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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 21 Jun 2017 12:41 #285693

Today, I invited a friend to hangout and was pretty excited to be getting over my anxiety and improving my life.

But as soon as I saw him, I froze, my mind went blank, I felt my head hurt, I excused myself and made up some excuse why I can't meet him.

I've never felt this anxious in my life. My anxiety has always been mental. But this physical part really freaked me out.

Any advice on how to deal with this?

Also, it seems that my skin complexion gets really terrible when I'm anxious which further increases my anxiety.

I've heard beta blockers can be helpful for this and they're not really addictive. Or maybe buspar. I just need something so I can decrease anxiety through exposure without all the panic.

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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 21 Jun 2017 14:34 #285695

It doesn't really sound like it was a panic attack. Usually panic attacks consist of extreme shortness of breath and feelings like you're going to die. I've been getting them for the past year but I've recently gotten prescribed a beta blocker for high blood pressure and haven't had any panic attacks so far and it's been about 2 weeks give or take

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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 21 Jun 2017 16:02 #285696

I felt like I was going to feint/pass out if I didn't leave and started sweating really bad

I did try to meditate today and I think it might help with the restlessness and learning to deal with my thoughts.

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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 21 Jun 2017 21:12 #285714

[Redacted] could just be an atypical panic attack presentation like SmoothOperator said

However, your anxiety is beyond the scope of most of the stuff on GLL. Well beyond it.

You need to get professional, medical help to deal with this problem. Make it your number 1 priority
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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 21 Jun 2017 21:20 #285715

Okay, didn't know what the medical term was for this, just assumed it was panic or smth.

Going to see a professional tomorrow and tell him about my experience.
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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 22 Jun 2017 12:30 #285737

I've had episode where I feel very uneasy. Nothing specifically provokes it. I felt light headed, nauseous. One of the really bad episode I went to the ER checked my blood pressure and heart rate, the blood pressure was actually up a little. Heart rate was fine. I always wondered if they were atypical presentation of panic attack.

Anyways you definitely should seek a doctor to rule out something severe.

In addition, just make sure you live healthy. East well, exercise, plenty of sleep, sunlight.

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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 25 Jun 2017 11:06 #285861

Had the same feeling the next day At the same time when I was alone.
Got a vitamin and mineral panel and I have hypo-calcemia(high calcium levels). This was probably related to that.

Thanks anyway for the advices. My anxiety is getting a lot better now.

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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 25 Jun 2017 11:43 #285863

Anything relating to panic attacks and depression at any level at all... my advice to seek the professional help of a psychiatrist as a first step.

Things like "herbal supplements" "anxiety drills" are not going to address chemical imbalances in the mind.

I cannot speak for anyone other than myself but for me it had to do with pride and "I don't need that" and "that won't teach me to get laid"

^all of these things were/are true too... but I wish I had listened to this advice I am giving here decades ago...

Hopefully someone reads this and they listen and it improves their life.

And before anyone asks, yes I would suggest you do AA drills at same time as seeing docotors... the doctor ain't going to teach u to get laid. But just like the doctor aint going to help u get laid, GLL is not going to help you fix your brain chemistry issues. GLL is not a doctor, GLL cannot/does not give medical advice...

Panic attacks/depression require medical attention... the AA drills are for people with "normal" levels of anxiety.
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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 26 Jun 2017 10:12 #285910

As someone who's had depression and anxiety all their life even as a kid and having tried various medications and drugs, I'd like to offer that doctors get paid to push you pills. How is it a chemical imbalance when they don't even take any tests to see what the actual chemical situation is in your brain? Not to mention, psychiatric issues can actually cause the neurotransmitter balance to change in your brain. All medication is going to do is mask some of the symptoms of these conditions, while giving you a nice assortment of side effects. The only way to actually make any difference in the conditions themselves is to learn to think different. This can be done in various ways, such as psychotherapy, exposure therapy, spiritual growth etc. The main thing is you stop looking for a quick fix to solve all your problems, and take responsibility for bettering yourself.
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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 30 Jun 2017 19:19 #286094

Lexapro is definitely helping me realise how messed up my thinking was in the past. How I've not been able to enjoy my entire life because of it. I have experienced some side effects such as insomnia, and delayed ejaculation which I will bring up with my doctor. The reason I decided to get help was because I've tried dealing it on my own and even though I thought I was improving, I seemed to be stuck in the same place, my life would repeat the same cycle every year. And, I slowly realised that I'm 18 now and my situation seemed to be getting worse. I couldn't remember the past 8 months. My focus in school got worse over time. I had lost interest in a lot of things fand was stuck in a rut for a long time and became extremely forgetful.

I am definitely going to expose myself to situations I fear, and lexapro helps me in doing that.

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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 01 Jul 2017 06:03 #286117

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not to send you down a rabbit hole but I've studied some of this stuff for a while and it looks like us(as in humanity/modern medicine) doesn't actually know whats going on in our brains, a lot of this mental deterioration where you lose energy, memory gets fked, practically lose your mind and are just a mess could actually come from systemic infections that are damaging your brain, in africa they've got stuff like malaria and schistosomiasis that'll straight up kill you. in the developed world we've got all kinds of stuff like borrelia, bartonella etc and despite rarely being fatal man can they screw you up hard.

dunno that there's much use even typing this up other than making the point that you most likely won't find answers.
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Advice on dealing with panic attacks? 04 Jul 2017 13:19 #286296

That's scary. Though I don't feel that way anymore. My memory,energy and emotions have stabilised and are back to normal again. I guess I was just stuck in a rut for a few years and had messed up priorities cause I was not thinking clearly.

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