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    #16
    Panic attacks

    panic

    Oh I see. I get the mental part, feeling disoriented and overwhelmed, like something bad is going to happen, but not the physical symptoms. I think that might be different. But I've been working generally on self-soothing and esteem round the clock, which makes me less prone to getting overwhelmed/feeling out of control at times

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      #17
      Panic attacks

      hart;1507011 wrote: Hang in there. I had to get medication when the panic attacks were bad. It does help. They weren't even very expensive. I had them combined with the beginning of the change of life. They did subside after about a week, but it was tough, especially not letting my employer know what was going on. Hang in there.
      That must of been tough hart. Am going through my change. Do u think going through a change can make it worse i wonder?

      Glad ur feeliing better shelbysmiles. :-) x
      Formerly known as Teardrop:l
      sober dry since 11th Jan '2010' relapse/slip on 23/7/13 working in progress ! Sober date 25/7/13 ( True learning has often followed an eclipse, a time of darkness, but with each cycle of my recovery, the light grows stronger and my vision is clearer. (AA)
      my desire to avoid hitting bottom again was more powerful then my desire to drink !

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        #18
        Panic attacks

        I get them too Shelby. All the time. Part hormonal, part me. Probably mostly me. My mind just gets on a roll. The deep breathing and calming hypnosis aps have really helped me. Best of luck!
        February 27th, 2013. A New , Successful Start. :h

        When everything seems like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top!!

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          #19
          Panic attacks

          Had a bad panic attack this morning were it felt like my mouth when dry and i could not swollow breathing got very short really started to panic. Dont knw why but i have left this pastic bag in my hand bag, so glad i did i breath in and out for 10mins. was gine afterwards then after a few mins my windpipe started to get tight yhat when i started to rlly panic. I used the. again and it did help. felt scared to go back.to sleep because my heart was racing. feeling exhausted still. Is this normal to feel like this after a bad panic attack or am going to get another attacked? HAS any1 experience one like this and how do.you help urself please.

          Catch22. X
          Formerly known as Teardrop:l
          sober dry since 11th Jan '2010' relapse/slip on 23/7/13 working in progress ! Sober date 25/7/13 ( True learning has often followed an eclipse, a time of darkness, but with each cycle of my recovery, the light grows stronger and my vision is clearer. (AA)
          my desire to avoid hitting bottom again was more powerful then my desire to drink !

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            #20
            Panic attacks

            Catch,

            Yes, I have experience with panic attacks. They are horrible, no denying that.

            Deep breathing, tummy breathing, etc, help a lot.

            They wear you out because so much adrenaline is released in the body. I usually have the shakes for quite a while afterwards.

            Good news. Panic attacks don't kill you. They just make you miserable, so don't let the panic attack make you so afraid you increase its intensity.

            Hang in there.

            Love,
            Cindi
            AF April 9, 2016

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              #21
              Panic attacks

              Catch,
              I hope you are feeling better now. Deep stomach breathing really does help. Are you drinking or AF?
              DW

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                #22
                Panic attacks

                Hi Daily wine, No am not drinking, but i am going through a stressful time right now
                I d id go to my doc's y/day am on citalopram and oxybutynin for my bladder. Dont knw if it was the side effects But i have been feeli.g a build up to this . Thanx yoi for ur reply and will trying this , it makes sense. Also i have a cough not bad it feels like i need to clear
                my throat all ghe time, not sure is this ispart of it..
                Formerly known as Teardrop:l
                sober dry since 11th Jan '2010' relapse/slip on 23/7/13 working in progress ! Sober date 25/7/13 ( True learning has often followed an eclipse, a time of darkness, but with each cycle of my recovery, the light grows stronger and my vision is clearer. (AA)
                my desire to avoid hitting bottom again was more powerful then my desire to drink !

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                  #23
                  Panic attacks

                  Hi Daily wine, No am not drinking, but i am going through a stressful timre right now
                  I d id go to my doc's y/day am on citalopram and oxybutynin for my bladder. Dont knw if it was the side efforts. But i have been feeli.g a build up to this . Thanx yoi for ur reply and wlll be trying this , it makes sense. Also i have a cough not bad it feels like i need to clear
                  my throat all the time, not sure is this is part of it..
                  Formerly known as Teardrop:l
                  sober dry since 11th Jan '2010' relapse/slip on 23/7/13 working in progress ! Sober date 25/7/13 ( True learning has often followed an eclipse, a time of darkness, but with each cycle of my recovery, the light grows stronger and my vision is clearer. (AA)
                  my desire to avoid hitting bottom again was more powerful then my desire to drink !

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                    #24
                    Panic attacks

                    Daily wine, just want to say thanks again had another one this morning. It worked without the bag. .Felt like i had a bag inside me pumping the air by usiing my stomach .
                    It really help a lot. Getting honest it was not the meds tht did it. It was the smoke am
                    smoking.
                    Catch22 :l
                    Formerly known as Teardrop:l
                    sober dry since 11th Jan '2010' relapse/slip on 23/7/13 working in progress ! Sober date 25/7/13 ( True learning has often followed an eclipse, a time of darkness, but with each cycle of my recovery, the light grows stronger and my vision is clearer. (AA)
                    my desire to avoid hitting bottom again was more powerful then my desire to drink !

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                      #25
                      Panic attacks

                      Cinders;1515417 wrote: Catch,

                      Yes, I have experience with panic attacks. They are horrible, no denying that.

                      Deep breathing, tummy breathing, etc, help a lot.

                      They wear you out because so much adrenaline is released in the body. I usually have the shakes for quite a while afterwards.

                      Good news. Panic attacks don't kill you. They just make you miserable, so don't let the panic attack make you so afraid you increase its intensity.

                      Hang in there.

                      Love,
                      Cindi
                      Not seen.ur post cindi justed read it now . Thank you x
                      Thade think is am think if i can control my attacks,
                      just maybe i could still have a hit . Madnass .
                      I.knw why i got it because i cut down . And had a big hit.hste myself.
                      Formerly known as Teardrop:l
                      sober dry since 11th Jan '2010' relapse/slip on 23/7/13 working in progress ! Sober date 25/7/13 ( True learning has often followed an eclipse, a time of darkness, but with each cycle of my recovery, the light grows stronger and my vision is clearer. (AA)
                      my desire to avoid hitting bottom again was more powerful then my desire to drink !

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                        #26
                        Panic attacks

                        Tv with simple shows help, but the best thing to do is stay busy. Use your hands, run, jog excercise, this will get your body to use your neurotransmitters such as endorphins and gaba. You're left with too much glutamate in your body and an imbalance with gaba-glutamate makes for no calmness and over excitatory. If you have a panic disorder like myself you may have just been drinking to cover it up.

                        Sitting down, put your head between your knees and breathe deep. Gaba is the most important neurotransmitter in the body, when you drink and throw its levels off, you throw all of your neurotransmitters off.

                        Avoid murder shows, the news, things like that. Try to exhaust yourself with activities. When deep breathing, inhale a lot slower than you exhale. Sigh, this signals your brain that the threat is gone and you can relax. A sigh of relief. Google panic attack coping skills/methods. Take b12 and b6 vitamins

                        Another thing i've learned by living with a panic disorder. DO NOT FIGHT IT, if you feel an attack coming on and try to supress it, it will only cause it to grow into a full blown panic episode. Let it happen, learn to use that energy in a positive way. As hard as it seems to do so.
                        I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me." - Hunter S. Thompson

                        Life affords no higher pleasure, than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and seeing them gratified. He that labours in any great or laudable undertaking, has his fatigues first supported by hope, and afterwards rewarded by joy

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