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Old 11-28-2003, 09:20 PM   #41 (permalink)
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Since I started working (July) I haven't had health insurance, so I've been off of the Lexapro due to the cost of the pills. I've had minor bouts of anxiety but nothing like before I started the medication. I don't know if this means I'm cured or I'm headed for a big one. Guess I'll find out in time.
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Old 11-29-2003, 01:28 AM   #42 (permalink)
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I had one a couple months ago. There was a lot of shit going on at home with my family and at school. There was a lot to deal with and I found that I had to battle each problem 1 at a time. I have fixed the problems for the most part and haven't had any reoccurances.
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Old 11-29-2003, 08:39 AM   #43 (permalink)
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luckily i've never experienced the same. My wife however has had panic attacks to the extent that she thought she was having a heart attack and had to go to the emergency department.

my wife too.

she had an angiogram done to her,.......not very fun to see a 33 year old woman have a test done to her that normally people get in their 40s and 50s.

lots of meds and a clear head about these attacks.

it's been a year and a half since her last attack.

she's doin' awsome now.

good luck to all......it CAN be beaten.
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Old 11-30-2003, 09:31 AM   #44 (permalink)
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had 'em since taking paxil some years back...a wonderful gift which i'm still waiting to give back. They aren't as frequent or as severe as they used to be, but i'll still have to use xanax from time to time. otherwise, its more about general maintanence-getting sleep and exercize-try to ward them off in the first place.

don't worry about relapses, angel-they happen to *everybody* and it's not about not having your life together. People don't kick their own asses for getting a cold, ya know?
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Old 12-01-2003, 09:01 AM   #45 (permalink)
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I got in a rut with them for awhile. Had a really bad one,, then a bunch more that mainly built up from the fear of having another one/passing out. Once I started having them in school it became a bigger problem. I ended up being able to control them on my own.

Sometimes I can feel the physical symptoms of it happening, but I've gotten used to it and know that nothing bad is happening. I don't feel the "panic" of the panic attack anymore, just the heart racing every now and then. I just start doing some deep breathing and it goes away. I still have a big fear about passing out in public, especially when I'm by myself.
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Old 12-01-2003, 01:12 PM   #46 (permalink)
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What Halx says definately makes sense, cause it happened to me. My first panic attack was the scariest because i didn't know what it was, and I ended up in the ER (it really sucked cause i was in truck by myself on a back country road - I was 99.9% sure i was "checkin out") stopped at the nearest payphone and called an ambulance. Anway - after that i started experiencing really frequent episodes of "depersonalization", which in turn started other "panic attacks." It was a full year of me fighting to keep my sanity / stay alive, whatever...and at least another two years that but not as constant. Luckily they have subsided and the panic attacks only happen every few months (and not nearly as severe), but i'm dreadin the day they resurface.
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Old 12-02-2003, 12:39 AM   #47 (permalink)
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I've had anxiety and depression since I was 15 and I get panic attacks all the time. They're far more subdued than they used to be (the meds I'm on now really work quite well), but they still piss me off, especially if I'm driving or in a situation where I can't casually step out...
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Old 12-02-2003, 04:22 PM   #48 (permalink)
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You can also get Kava Kava in a pill form. It's side effects are truely much milder (or non existent) as compared to prescription medications. You still need to be careful and treat it like a medication. My mother learned the hard way that Kava Kava does not go well with the other herb St. John's Wort. Also if you take Valerian Root it can multiply the effect of Kava Kava. Read all you can about these herbs and treat them with respect just as you should other medications.
Even though I am not afraid to fly, I get mild attacks at boarding time, takeoff and landing. I think they are a result of flying with food poisoning several times and not being able to get out of my seat when necessary. I have been taking 1 AllunaSleep tablet (Valerian) when I fly and it works.

A friend of mine had just started getting major panic attacks recently in different situations. I think it started when the actor John Ritter died and my friend realized that he has the same heart condition. AllunaSleep has worked for my friend too.
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Old 12-02-2003, 04:38 PM   #49 (permalink)
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If you can't find a specific trigger for your attacks, it's possibly time to have a look at your life and figure out what you need to change. They can be indicative of something you are not happy with in your lifestyle. You say you have it all together, is that rationally, emotionally, or both? Also, when they went away last time, what had you changed, if anything?
If thinking about those things still doesn't help, pay a visit to your doctor to make sure there's nothing chemically wrong.
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Old 09-07-2004, 01:01 AM   #50 (permalink)
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Old 09-07-2004, 04:53 PM   #51 (permalink)
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I was actually going to look for an old "panic attack" thread to post in today, but you beat me to it.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this method of calming anxiety (I don't think so), but I started taking about 150 mg of vitamin B1 and about 8000 mg of vitamin C, spread throughout the day.

It seems to be helping with my anxiety problems, at least so far. I've taken Paxil about three years ago for about 5 months, but I hated it, and the withdrawals were excrutiating. The panic attacks and overall anxiety never really went away (getting married, having a kid, getting divorced while keeping custody, getting laid off twice, and moving 6 times didn't help much). I was tired of feeling like this and went on PaxilCR. BIG mistake. Fuck Paxil. After two days, I stopped, dumped them down the garbage disposal. I'm sure they work for some, but not for me. The doctor prescribed Welbutrin, but the side effects scared me too much to even take one. I mean , one of the side effects is "anxiety". Another is "risk of seizure." Ah, no. Not for me.

I decided that doctors are way to eager to pass out " 'scripts." These drugs frighten me, especially after the Paxil nightmare.

I was reading a health book of natural remedies, and among other things it suggested the aforementioned B1 and C. I bought them and, not sure if it was merely a placebo affect, they seemed to work. I was social, happy... I actually felt like waving at strangers out my car window. All over a couple vitamins.

I'll have to continue taking them (I just started today; I bought them after I almost lost it at work today) to see how well it works, but at least they are natural.... and I felt much better after taking them. When on the medication I had trouble relaxing, just becasue I felt as if my mind was fake. The fake feeling was enough to give me anxiety.

I doubt I'll go through withdrawal if I skip a few doses of vitamins B1 and C.

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Old 09-07-2004, 05:23 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Have you ever suffered from Panic Attacks? Even mild ones?
Do they stop your world? What do you do for them?
I'm not sure I've ever suffered a full-blown attack. I've definitely suffered from anxiety attacks, though -- mind is racing and I feel very anxious, all the while knowing it's irrational but I can't shake the feeling. I've found that regular exercise helps a lot, and if I have one going on a long walk will almost always help. (Same thing with depression, at least if it isn't too severe.)

Haven't had one in a while (knock on wood).
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Old 09-07-2004, 10:14 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Well im on neurontin and I have attacks bout 2 years ago really bad and started taking that, n I didnt have one since then i desided to stop em and started having them again, I just started my pills again like 4 days ago and they are starting to help again. I dont want to take em forever but thats all the seems to help and I have missed a lot of work and stuff from them in the past week and I dont want to miss out on my life, so I do what i have to. i came on here to talk to someone bout it, cuz that seems to make me feel better too! Im 19 and dont want to miss out on my life!
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