[Nike007]

Hello. Not that my panic attacks are like every single symptom, but it was more than normal and lasted more than normal. This one I haven't figured out a trigger for because it would triggered by social anxiety or GAD, but nothing that relates to both those things were happening when the attack happened. It came out of nowhere. At first, it was just a headache and i was like "well, I took Advil three hours ago, so I have to wait an hour" so I did. Then I started to feel shaky. And I'm like, "great, a panic attack". But I'm trying to not make myself super anxious about it because I know it could make it worse, so I tried to convince myself everything was normal and I was fine. Didn't work. Then I felt my heart racing. Then a few moments after that I started to feel dizzy. Great. I was working on school work and couldn't concentrate so I closed my eyes and rested my head in my hands. I was breathing like deep breathes like I was suppose to do, but it wasn't happening. Then the bell rang and I walked over to next class. As I was walking, the racing heart and shortness of breathe became worse. I felt mildly dizzy, but was okay. I sat in my spot and rest my head against the side counter. Then I felt light-headed and nausea. Fun. My dizziness became worse because of the light-headedness. Then I felt like I wasn't really there. Now, I was just resting my head, trying o distract myself from the panic. Wasn't helping. There had been enough time for me to take an Advil so I did that. Headache was gone shortly after, but everything else was still there. I was feeling really terrible, teacher doesn't care/notice me not doing my work and resting my head against side of counter. All cool. Then I was like "screw this, let's do work". Tried to do work, felt really light-headed and dizzy. Nope. No work. Not happening. Rested head again. I got no work done in two classes, lasting 2.5 hours long in total, and half my lunch break having a panic attack. Three hours of horror. Today has been the worse day for that. Then at work, I felt a panic attack coming, but luckily it didn't come. Almost 2 panic attacks in a day. Anyways, this is my vent, so..... yep. Panic attacks suck. Bye.

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[kaliope]

i am sorry this is happening. a way to stop panic attacks is to relax. it is physically impossible to panic and relax at the same time. you dont even have to really relax. just fool your brain into thinking you are relaxing. imagine as if you just did a meditation or had a massage and all your muscles have turned into limp noodles. just let them all go. this will stop the panic attack. you may have to do it a couple times over your first tries, but when i started doing this it ended the attacks and soon i never had a panic attack again,

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Originally Posted by Nike007

Hello. Not that my panic attacks are like every single symptom, but it was more than normal and lasted more than normal. This one I haven't figured out a trigger for because it would triggered by social anxiety or GAD, but nothing that relates to both those things were happening when the attack happened. It came out of nowhere. At first, it was just a headache and i was like "well, I took Advil three hours ago, so I have to wait an hour" so I did. Then I started to feel shaky. And I'm like, "great, a panic attack". But I'm trying to not make myself super anxious about it because I know it could make it worse, so I tried to convince myself everything was normal and I was fine. Didn't work. Then I felt my heart racing. Then a few moments after that I started to feel dizzy. Great. I was working on school work and couldn't concentrate so I closed my eyes and rested my head in my hands. I was breathing like deep breathes like I was suppose to do, but it wasn't happening. Then the bell rang and I walked over to next class. As I was walking, the racing heart and shortness of breathe became worse. I felt mildly dizzy, but was okay. I sat in my spot and rest my head against the side counter. Then I felt light-headed and nausea. Fun. My dizziness became worse because of the light-headedness. Then I felt like I wasn't really there. Now, I was just resting my head, trying o distract myself from the panic. Wasn't helping. There had been enough time for me to take an Advil so I did that. Headache was gone shortly after, but everything else was still there. I was feeling really terrible, teacher doesn't care/notice me not doing my work and resting my head against side of counter. All cool. Then I was like "screw this, let's do work". Tried to do work, felt really light-headed and dizzy. Nope. No work. Not happening. Rested head again. I got no work done in two classes, lasting 2.5 hours long in total, and half my lunch break having a panic attack. Three hours of horror. Today has been the worse day for that. Then at work, I felt a panic attack coming, but luckily it didn't come. Almost 2 panic attacks in a day. Anyways, this is my vent, so..... yep. Panic attacks suck. Bye.

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I'm glad to see you're doing alright. While I've had only one panic attack in my life, I can firmly agree that they suck. It must've been really hard to endure it for as long as you did but you pulled through and that's what matters. How often do these panic attacks happen? Either way I know you can beat it every time because you are stronger than fear.

[bugbear83]

Woah that sounded horrible from start to finish. I'm another one who's panic is kind of long and drawn out, and breathing exercises never helped much for me either.

Kaliope's suggestion of trying to physically relax to trick your mind into following suit sounds like a good one. Hopefully you don't have another incident for a while and you can get some schoolwork done.

[Amarose]

Sorry you are going through this, I can relate. Sending hugs!