Axiety Attacks/Panic Attacks

Dub_Guitarist

anybody suffer with panic attacks ? that stop u going places even like city centre ? holidays ?

u feel like u cant swallow or breath at times and heart races anybody suffer with this ? if so how u getting treathment any excercises to help get rid of it ?

kazzer

You must normalise your breathing. Breathing is not done on a conscious level and we are not normally aware of it. So when you get a panic attack, you must consciously normalise your breathing. Do this by breathing slowly and forcefully through the nose, and out the mouth. Take your time, you should find that you soon feel ok.

Once you learn how to normalise your breathing, you dont have that worry of 'im suffocating' or im 'going to pass out'. When you learn how to restore your breathing the anxiety should go, because usually it is just the fear of the panic attack itself and not being able to control it, that causes it in the first place! when you know that you have the power the get rid of it, you no longer fear it.

Hope this helps, if not visit your GP.

padraigcarroll

i used get them.helped on by drugs.
mate of mine is just getting through having a bad time with them recently.

re: the breathing thing.
when you breathe in through the nose its important to push ur belly out and breathe into the stomach rather than the chest, in thru nose slow and deep and out thru mouth slowly. reason is when ur in defensive mode and begin to panic you breathing quickens and ur chest contracts.you breathe into the chest rather than lungs, its part of the preparation for action.
by slowing breathing, focussing ur mind and purposely breathing into stomach as such ur reprogramming ur mind not to think u need to be defensive and it slows the panic attack down and gradually stops it.

meditation is fantastic for those who suffer.i mean that seriously, u can teach urself too, just buy a book read it and practice.

panic attacks are cause by , probably, a childhood trauma of some sort, that was compounded over the years by other things, all adds up to this.
i reccomend councelling, its only 60 squid a go, and u honestly dont need many sessions at all before ur sorted, ie. able to recognise why u have them and how to deal with them.

If they get really bad in the mean time go to your GP explain and he will put u on i think xanex or roache which really is a big big help.
PM me for the number of a bloke that can help u sort it out permanently if need be.

Dub_Guitarist

hey thanks for all the support guys/gals my prob is i have them 7 years and always think worst now im so negative,its very hard for me to do them breathing excercises i worry bout slightest thing

OFDM

If medication doesn't float your boat consider a herbalist like Sean Boylan. I know people who have benefited from his herbal remedies in regard to panic attacks.

bohsboy

You have my sympathy. I never understood panic attacks until a couple of weeks ago when I had my first. I was in a packed cinema and suddenly my heart started racing and I felt as if there was no oxygen coming in. The walls od the cinema felt as if they were moving in tighter and tighter on me. I had to get up and go out for about half an hour.

Hope I dont get another one. What are they linked to? I thought they were stress related. I was totally relaxed prior to it.

Dub_Guitarist

they say something that happened when u younger or something like that.im afraid to go into town incase i get one i have them 7 years and its depressing me to be honest i just want rid of them