Posted by bulldog2 on July 9, 2009, at 16:15:09
In reply to Tips to reduce the frequency of panic attacks?, posted by Vincent_QC on July 8, 2009, at 18:23:03
> Hi Everyone,
> I'm in a never ending state of panic attacks (trigger by thoughts or not) since more than 3 weeks... and it's worse since 1 week... and I need some help...
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> Since I had my heart check up last night at the emergency and everything is ok, I have to avoid the heart issue... everything is ok...
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> The story then... I start doing panic attacks again after a lot of time without having one... I mean having a REAL panic attack no trigger by thoughts, drugs or alcohol abuse... I was mainly free of panic attacks from 21 yo to 29 yo... had small ones in 2005... dissepear with the Clonazepam ... having one once in a while when I was too drunk or when I had oral presentation to do at the university, but I never had any STRONG panic attakcs like those ones since a while...
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> At first, it was only at the gym, when I begin to exercises more in the begining of April 2009. It take at least 3 weeks before they fade away and that I was able to hit the gym being panic free...
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> After a trial of a natural product (L-Arginine), I start doing BIG panic attacks. They first appear while I was driving the car. The others happen always when I have a med (AD or something else) to take. It's like I know I take a med and I will have side-effects and I start thinking about this and the BIG panic attack occur...
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> The problem now is they never stop, I do around 10-12 panic attacks by day, even if I stop all the meds I take and use only my Clonazepam (4mg) and some Valium pills... who still don't help me at all to prevent or control the frequency of the panic attacks...
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> What make me anxious the more is that now, each time I drive the car, my heart start racing as hell and I start a panic attack... If i'm alone at home, even if I don't a med, I feel bad because I know i'm alone and I will not be able to have help if something happen, so my heart start racing and I start a panic attack... They happen for every possible reasons... even suddenly while I watch TV or something as usual as surfing on the net... even if I awake at night time...
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> So the question is... What to do with this? Some of those panic attacks last 1 hour and more. I assume that my heart can resist for a pulse rate of 150 and more for more than one hour... but having 10-12 panic attacks a day it's a lot... I feel tired and even if everybody around me told me that I need to change my minds and stop thinking about panic attacks, I can't stop thinking about this because it's what i'm living now...
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> I call my Doctor... he told me that I have something wrong with my serotonin... I call my PDoc and he never return the phone call...
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> Over the years I have learn a lot of tricks in CBT or other therapies to prevent the occuring of panic attacks... but now it's seem that I lost the control!!!
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> I'm now stuck in the panic circle...and want to find an exit...
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> I had to stop the gym, since I can't even drive my car there, it's far away from my home. If I have to go out of the house and drive the car I take the small roads... and stop often because I do a panic attack...park the car and wait that the pulse rate slow down and start the car again... that's freaking me out and make my life miserable... I don't want to hurt someone else with the car...
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> I wonder if I will have to do like I was 19yo... and start to meet again a Psychologist who will just listen to me each week??? That's the thing who work the best for me at the time... Now i'm 33 yo, have mofe life-experiences and know a lot more about meds, therapies and other things that I will hope sometimes that I don't know... I almost try all the meds used to treat anxiety, even the off-label meds... seem like I will have to find another solution...
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> The only meds who I never try are the Luvox, the Cymbalta and some TCA's (Surmontil, who seem to be good for panic attacks...)... I wonder if a med is really something who will help me or I will have to work more with natural technics...
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> One thing is sure... the Benzo will be the next thing, when I will be more stable, to be out of my life forever!!!
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> Anyway, any tips or tricks or meds advises will be really appreciate...
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> Thanks a lot everyone!
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> Vincent ;-)
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>I to suffer from social panic attacks..Started first when I spoke before people in high school and than followed me to college when I spoke before people. When I became a teacher sometimes I had them when I spoke before the assembly. For those of you that have never had a panic attack it is a horrible experience. Such terrible fear and anxiety.
I found that 30 mg of valium would prevent panic attacks when speaking before the assembly. Later switched to klonopin and need 3 mg to stop an attack when speaking before the assembly.
Try upping your dose and find one that will stop them. Heard xanax may be good for them
A long term solution may be nardil as some say it works for them.
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