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Jul 19, 2011, 10:58 AM
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I just kind of need to put my thoughts down as it's been stressing me out. Sunday night bf and I were at a friend's house, we were watching TV, just hanging out. There may have been some less than legal things going on that neither of us have done for a while. Bf took part, I don't have a problem with it, it wasn't much. Anyways, he ended up having a panic attack, which he has never had before, under the influence or otherwise (he doesn't have any family history of it either). I felt so bad for him, I tried to calm him down but I just wasn't getting through. I have some relaxing meditation things on my ipod that I listen to when I'm having an anxiety attack so I put it on for him. It started making him tired (relaxed) but he thought that meant he was dying so he wouldn't listen to it anymore. He was pacing, and worried about fainting and checking his heart rate. At that point it was 113, not so high but he had me look up the maximum heart rate before his heart could explode, the symptoms of a heart attack. Then he went and checked himself. He went to the bathroom because the throat convulsions made him think he was going to throw up and he had been drinking kool aid so it was a little red. He thought he was coughing up blood.
A while later he had me drive him to the hospital. He laid in the back seat and I talked to him the whole way there because otherwise he thought he could die and I wouldn't know. After checking in to emergency he slowly started calming down but his chest was really sore still and wasn't convinced on the kool-aid/blood situation. They ran a heart tracer, and it started to slow down. He kept saying how he was so embarresed, he ruined my night etc, I COULD NOT convince him otherwise. We talked about what I know/have felt during panic attacks. After a few hours in the hospital he was tired enough to go to bed. I worked the next day, went to check on him on my lunch. He was still pretty freaked out by the whole thing and felt a tightness in his chest. I told him it was probably just from being overworked the other night, but if it continued today we could go back to the doc. WOW, just writing all of this has my heart racing again. My bf is one of those calm, relaxed guys, he rarely gets stressed about anything other then a long day at work. I'm a worrier, so it seems like panic attacks/anxiety fit my personality. It was so out of the blue for him to have one. He's a little worried that he'll have more of them but I really think it was only due to the activity that had taken place, which he's pretty clearly back on the "not a fan of..." boat. I think his panic attack was as scary for me as my own. I just wanted to hug him all better. Stupid friggen panic attacks! 
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Jul 19, 2011, 12:31 PM
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Hello, tsol. Has your friend seen the coping tips?
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pan...8/METHOD=print |
 Silent_tsol
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Jul 19, 2011, 08:19 PM
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Jul 20, 2011, 11:19 PM
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He's been easily stressed out since and I think he's afraid of having another one. Poor guy  Anyways, we both have the day off tomorrow, so maybe we'll get around to talking about it and he'll feel better.
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