[moralfe]

Do not know where else to turn. Last night it was really bad. I was shaking and felt like I wanted to run. I was able to control it after talking to my wife a bit and drinking a blend of teas. Tonight it is the same. Not much of the shakey but the feeling to run and cry are there. My HR is elevelated and it is freaking me out. Ever since my first panic attack I have been affraid of heart issues and my heart rate. I had many test run for my heart and it all turned out good. My heart is fine. I also thought my panic attack was worse so I began to loose weight and eat better so since March of this year I have lost 80 pounds. I know I am healthy but my minds sometimes takes over and I it is very hard to stop. I do my cbt exercises but because I am a little panicky I do not want to wait. I want instant relief. I also am a bit sick. Clogged nose, some coughing and my throat hurts. I think this has to do with my anxiety a bit. Well I think I know what my trigger was. Yesterday on my company's intranet site an article about a regional president passing at the age of 45 really freaked me out. The what if thoughts began and since then I cannot shake it off. I am usually really good with being able to control and rationalize the situation and correct the thought and try to remove the emotion but this one has been the worse one yet. I am always concerned about my heart and heart rate even though I tell myself I am fine. The illogical thoughts just hit me full force. I am so tired now. I am going for a drive with my wife now but if there is anyone with encouraging words or advice or similar experiences please reply.

Thank you

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[letmeknow1]

Hey buddy, hope you're feeling better, I'm in the same boat today I was really anxious .just a little earlier and now feeling a little better now. I took a Xanax and it helped, also talking to my wife helps like you said. This is my second bout with depression that lasting a while, I think I've always had issues with anxiety but as an adult got worse. I recently started on an antidepressant Viibryd and hoping that it helps me come up out of this funk. Good luck to you and I hope you feel better!

[kaliope]

congratulations on doing so much for your health. I get chest pains frequently from my anxiety and I am able to keep it from overwhelming me health wise by telling myself that if it were a heart issue I would be dead by now.

the best tool I was given to keep the panic attacks at bay was to relax. it is physically impossible to panic and relax at the same time. I have done relaxation tapes where you go thru and relax each of the muscle groups of your body to where your body feels like a limp noodle. so that is what I go for. when I feel a panic attack coming on, I imagine the limp noodle feeling thru out my body. sometimes I have to do it repeatedly but it stops the panic attack in its tracks.

you seem to also suffer from the obsessive thoughts so you might want to look into mindfulness. imagine your thoughts as clouds in the sky. do not judge them or attach any emotion to them. just let them float on by. I see a door at the front of my mind and a door at the back of my mind. I let the thoughts come in, pass on through and out the back door without paying them any attention. they are just passing thru. they cannot hurt me. I have no attachment to them. I do no judge them. they are not me. they do not control me. I just let them pass on thru. sit and practice it and it becomes easier when those unwanted thoughts come up. take care

[Hope6116]

Originally Posted by kaliope

congratulations on doing so much for your health. I get chest pains frequently from my anxiety and I am able to keep it from overwhelming me health wise by telling myself that if it were a heart issue I would be dead by now.

the best tool I was given to keep the panic attacks at bay was to relax. it is physically impossible to panic and relax at the same time. I have done relaxation tapes where you go thru and relax each of the muscle groups of your body to where your body feels like a limp noodle. so that is what I go for. when I feel a panic attack coming on, I imagine the limp noodle feeling thru out my body. sometimes I have to do it repeatedly but it stops the panic attack in its tracks.

you seem to also suffer from the obsessive thoughts so you might want to look into mindfulness. imagine your thoughts as clouds in the sky. do not judge them or attach any emotion to them. just let them float on by. I see a door at the front of my mind and a door at the back of my mind. I let the thoughts come in, pass on through and out the back door without paying them any attention. they are just passing thru. they cannot hurt me. I have no attachment to them. I do no judge them. they are not me. they do not control me. I just let them pass on thru. sit and practice it and it becomes easier when those unwanted thoughts come up. take care

Hello, I just wanted to thank you for what you said here. I am having a terrible time as of late with horrific feelings of fear and terror and wake up from a dead sleep to this. There is much mire, but the information is very valuable

[Hope6116]

Originally Posted by moralfe

Do not know where else to turn. Last night it was really bad. I was shaking and felt like I wanted to run. I was able to control it after talking to my wife a bit and drinking a blend of teas. Tonight it is the same. Not much of the shakey but the feeling to run and cry are there. My HR is elevelated and it is freaking me out. Ever since my first panic attack I have been affraid of heart issues and my heart rate. I had many test run for my heart and it all turned out good. My heart is fine. I also thought my panic attack was worse so I began to loose weight and eat better so since March of this year I have lost 80 pounds. I know I am healthy but my minds sometimes takes over and I it is very hard to stop. I do my cbt exercises but because I am a little panicky I do not want to wait. I want instant relief. I also am a bit sick. Clogged nose, some coughing and my throat hurts. I think this has to do with my anxiety a bit. Well I think I know what my trigger was. Yesterday on my company's intranet site an article about a regional president passing at the age of 45 really freaked me out. The what if thoughts began and since then I cannot shake it off. I am usually really good with being able to control and rationalize the situation and correct the thought and try to remove the emotion but this one has been the worse one yet. I am always concerned about my heart and heart rate even though I tell myself I am fine. The illogical thoughts just hit me full force. I am so tired now. I am going for a drive with my wife now but if there is anyone with encouraging words or advice or similar experiences please reply.

Thank you

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I am be where and I just wanted to let you know that I too suffered from the panic attacks. Mine would happen mainly at night but at its worst.. It started during the day as well. I got to the point where I just thought that too much sugar in my diet was causing them so I stopped consuming it and the attacks went away for many years, but here I sit years later suffering from them again with so much stress on my plate. Only difference now is I don't get the heart palpitations with it anymore. I have extreme overwhelming anxiety to the point k get the shakes and sweat. I also have the horrible feelings of fear and terror and I just feel like I'm losing my mind. I'm so happy my husband is here for me like your wife is for you. No one knows the h*ll we go through unless they too have been through it. I love the way another on the site talked about how to use the emotions as clouds and just let them pass by and having a front door and back door to their brain and letting the feelings come in and just past through the back door. Wonderful advise and reassurance

[joeyb123]

Hey brother sorry to hear you are having a hard time but as you can see you are no where near alone. This will be my second round dealing with anxiety and panic attacks the first was after the loss of my mother in may of 2010 and the four months following that were to say the least painful....no desire to leave home gave up my hobbies of fishing storm photography and photography in general could not eat hardly it goes on and on and symptom wise yea dizzy head feels like its gonna pop can hardly hear chest pains feeling like my skin is on fire oh joy right lol......keep your head high and try what i have started doing...challenge it tell it to bring it on that it gas no power over you...you control your mind not vice versa.....stay strong brother \\m// \\m//