OUT OF CONTROL ANXIETY

I have recently begun to suffer from anxiety attacks that start as soon as I wake up and don't stop until I finally get myself to fall asleep at night....it is to the point that I can't leave my house because I get so dizzy and short of breath the instant that I get in the car......I have suffered from anxiety most of my life ( I am 25) but this is the worst it has ever been and I feel like I am going crazy.....I was given ativan but am scared to take it because it is highly addictive.......I was also given celexir? which I think makes me even more anxious.....I stopped drinking coffee and am trying to eat the stress reducing foods that I have read about......I would really like some help with how to deal with these attacks because nothing is working for me....I try counting or saying the alphabet over and over.....reading books .....I even stayed up until 3 in the morning filing my nails just to try and stay calm......I have two children and can not continue to live like this with them......they need their mother back....please help.

You sound so much like me that while reading your post I started to think I wrote it. lol.
I have suffered from anxiety since the age of 20 and Im 36 now. I too have anxiety and panic so bad that I rarely leave the house anymore. It is troubling to say the least. And I have a child so I know how guilty you feel that you cannot concentrate on your kids like you would like to. Its a never ending cycle and very draining. (Im lucky if I get 4 hours of good sleep a night!)
The only thing I can tell you is to keep trying different meds through your doctor and start seeing a therapist. Someone who specializes in anxiety and panic disorders. Once you find the right meds and are on them enough time for your body to get used to them, you will feel a lot better. I am just starting a new med myself. I tend to go off every now and again in the hopes that I can function without them, but then the anxiety hits me like a ton of bricks and I have to start all over.

I do the square breathing a lot. I watch TV at night because it helps take my mind off things. I write in a journal when I have a symptom or attack so I can keep track of all of it and maybe see a pattern. (One day I wrote in that journal about 50 times and realized I needed to keep myself busier, even if I didn't feel like it!)

I hope that helps you some and if anything just knowing that someone else knows EXACTLY what your going thru. PM me anytime if you need to talk or have any questions. It helps to have people to lean on....

Hi there,

sorry about your difficulty.

you might see a therapist like browneyes suggested, (everything she said was right on) because someone who specializes in anxiety can show you techniques to lessen the duration and intensity of episodes. for starters. and an added plus, you can learn to recognize when and how it effects you, and can find out how your body signals work when it's about to come on (sometimes).

good luck. money well spent!

peace,
nightbird

Thank you so much for your reply...t is nice to know that there are other people out there who deal with these issues on a daily basis although it's sad that we have to.......I really just want it to go away....I have been on the verge of tears all day because it just sits there a little ball in my stomach waiting to explode and turn me in to a basket case........I broke down and took an ativan today but that scares me because I really don't want to become addicted to it. Nothing else works though and the anti depressants just make me sketchy and freak out over most things so I don't know what else to do.

You know, looking back on my anxiety when it was at its peak, it was very weird to me that just being in the car, driving or not would all of a sudden take my breath away. It was very scary.

Oh I am surprised that there is some one like me n in the same situation in which i am. I also feel the same. When i was 15 i felt that i am having social phobia n I started feeling some thing out of ma control some thing very bad. Then i tried to over come or to compromise with that but about 4 months before i felt again worst n went to a psychaitrsit for the first time. he gave me 3 kinds of med n i used them for 3 days because After those med I started feeling like u explained n These days I am feeling the worst. I feel Numb or like there is something at the back of ma head feeling ma head heavy. I dont know how to explain but I relly need some professional help but cannot find the right one. I also cannot keep eye contact with someone most of the times........

May God help Us n we all start living with peacefull minds......!!

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You know, looking back on my anxiety when it was at its peak, it was very weird to me that just being in the car, driving or not would all of a sudden take my breath away. It was very scary.

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Plz tell us how u coped with all that n guide us.... We reallly need to knw...waiting for ur reply!!!!!