Comments on: Panic Attacks? What do you do for them? http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/ Your trusted and independent reviews of the most effective anxiety and panic guides online Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:13:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sunrise_carousel http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/comment-page-1/#comment-5144 sunrise_carousel Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/#comment-5144 Okay... I'm going to be straight up with you, and I know there is probably going to be like 32097502395320 replies like "EW THAT DUMB SLUT NEEDS TO STFU THAT DOESN'T HELP THAT ALL" etc etc etc Listen; I started having panic attacks in fifth grade. They were so bad, a lot of them ended with me throwing up. It was so hard for me to breathe, I had horrible social anxiety, it was just BAD. One thing helped me out I started smoking weed I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW It's "bad", it's illgeal (which, yeah, I know is REALLY bad), but I am not kidding you when I say I feel so much better. I have had maybe three attacks within the past year, in comparison to having one every single day, its a big change. It really helped me out so much Do some research and don't just listen to all the bad stuff. Try to check out some of the positive effects of it because I can tell you it certainly changed my life. Okay… I’m going to be straight up with you, and I know there is probably going to be like 32097502395320 replies like "EW THAT DUMB SLUT NEEDS TO STFU THAT DOESN’T HELP THAT ALL" etc etc etc

Listen; I started having panic attacks in fifth grade. They were so bad, a lot of them ended with me throwing up. It was so hard for me to breathe, I had horrible social anxiety, it was just BAD.
One thing helped me out

I started smoking weed
I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW
It’s "bad", it’s illgeal (which, yeah, I know is REALLY bad), but I am not kidding you when I say I feel so much better. I have had maybe three attacks within the past year, in comparison to having one every single day, its a big change. It really helped me out so much

Do some research and don’t just listen to all the bad stuff. Try to check out some of the positive effects of it because I can tell you it certainly changed my life.

]]> By: camembert http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/comment-page-1/#comment-5145 camembert Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/#comment-5145 If you want to get back to "normal", I think you need to start believing in yourself a bit more. You know (intellectually) that nothing bad is going to happen, but your body is trying to tell you differently. I am not qualified to say, but I don't think the medication is helping much and you should go for a course of CBT with a really good practitioner and try to wean yourself off the drugs. I don't know what happens for you when you have a "full blown attack", but I am sure that you do actually survive them - nothing bad happens, the sky does not fall down, you just need to believe that. I am not in any way belittling your symptoms, I know how crippling they are for you. Try to go a little bit further each time and take control of them. If you want to get back to "normal", I think you need to start believing in yourself a bit more. You know (intellectually) that nothing bad is going to happen, but your body is trying to tell you differently. I am not qualified to say, but I don’t think the medication is helping much and you should go for a course of CBT with a really good practitioner and try to wean yourself off the drugs. I don’t know what happens for you when you have a "full blown attack", but I am sure that you do actually survive them – nothing bad happens, the sky does not fall down, you just need to believe that.

I am not in any way belittling your symptoms, I know how crippling they are for you. Try to go a little bit further each time and take control of them.

]]> By: shelbybears33 http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/comment-page-1/#comment-5146 shelbybears33 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/#comment-5146 runs n my family runs n my family

]]> By: Dancer http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/comment-page-1/#comment-5147 Dancer Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/#comment-5147 When i have anxiety attacks i tell myself that im fine and nothing bad is going to happen to me, and that i'm in a safe place. I always carry my ipod around so that if i do have an anxiety attack music seems to cool me down. goodluck (L) When i have anxiety attacks i tell myself that im fine and nothing bad is going to happen to me, and that i’m in a safe place.
I always carry my ipod around so that if i do have an anxiety attack music seems to cool me down.
goodluck (L)

]]> By: hansie C http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/comment-page-1/#comment-5148 hansie C Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:12 +0000 http://www.dealingwithanxietyattacks.net/1004/panic-attacks-what-do-you-do-for-them/#comment-5148 Antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications are the most commonly used medications for treating panic attacks. Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) have been used to treat panic disorders for more than 40 years. These include imipramine, which has been studied the best, desipramine and nortriptyline. However, TCAs have largely been replaced by newer antidepressants called serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs), which include paroxetine, fluoxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, citalopram and venlafaxine. The SRIs are effective antidepressants and anti-anxiety agents. The popularity of SRIs is due partly to the fact that they cause fewer side effects that the TCAs. Benzodiazepines are anti-anxiety medications used to treat panic and other anxiety disorders. These medications can cause physical dependence and produce withdrawal symptoms, so they should be prescribed only for people who cannot tolerate or who do not respond to SRIs or TCAs. Alprazolam is the best-studied benzodiazepine, but clonazepam (another benzodiazepine) also has been used to treat panic disorder because it is longer acting, requires less frequent doses, and causes fewer withdrawal symptoms than alprazolam. Both antidepressants and benzodiazepines work because they block the panic attack. Some people with panic disorder say the medications "put a lid" on their attacks. They can feel the attack coming, but instead of having a full-blown attack, the feeling is blocked or controlled. Medications can block panic attacks and decrease a person's fear of having another attack (called anticipatory anxiety). That fear also improves when the person with panic disorder repeatedly puts himself or herself in the feared situation until confident that an attack will not occur. See here: http://www.fightingpanicattacks.com/ Antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications are the most commonly used medications for treating panic attacks.
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) have been used to treat panic disorders for more than 40 years. These include imipramine, which has been studied the best, desipramine and nortriptyline. However, TCAs have largely been replaced by newer antidepressants called serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs), which include paroxetine, fluoxetine, sertraline, fluvoxamine, citalopram and venlafaxine.
The SRIs are effective antidepressants and anti-anxiety agents. The popularity of SRIs is due partly to the fact that they cause fewer side effects that the TCAs.
Benzodiazepines are anti-anxiety medications used to treat panic and other anxiety disorders. These medications can cause physical dependence and produce withdrawal symptoms, so they should be prescribed only for people who cannot tolerate or who do not respond to SRIs or TCAs. Alprazolam is the best-studied benzodiazepine, but clonazepam (another benzodiazepine) also has been used to treat panic disorder because it is longer acting, requires less frequent doses, and causes fewer withdrawal symptoms than alprazolam.
Both antidepressants and benzodiazepines work because they block the panic attack. Some people with panic disorder say the medications "put a lid" on their attacks. They can feel the attack coming, but instead of having a full-blown attack, the feeling is blocked or controlled. Medications can block panic attacks and decrease a person’s fear of having another attack (called anticipatory anxiety). That fear also improves when the person with panic disorder repeatedly puts himself or herself in the feared situation until confident that an attack will not occur.

See here: http://www.fightingpanicattacks.com/

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