How can I manage Pannic attacks?

Question

I have 14 years about a continous fear and fear of having pannic attacks. I cannot be normal , to go for a walk, or to have a proper job beacause of continous fear. Recently I have a continous dizzyness and Í'm afraid for faaling down instantly. Anyone have the same problem? How can he/she manage it? Thanks for future help.

Answer 1

I know how you feel. I felt the same way. No one dies of a panic attack/anxiety, even though you feel like it at the time. First you must learn the stages of panic attacks and how to control them. Once you learn this, you learn that you never have to fear another panic attack again. They can be controlled and you can learn to have a normal life again. Contact me, I'll help you.

I did and so can you. My nickname used to be Taz short for the Tasmanian Devil. They don't call me that now!

Answer 2

I liked what dead sushi wrote. Also, I too have had panic attacks, and I deal with a recurrent anxiety. I'm a Holocaust survivor, grandson of a lawyer whom a government tried to assassinate, son of a political prisoner, and have survived twelve years homeless. Thanks to God and a combined array of events and factors (lucky?) I am pretty well off today.
How did I get through life to the age of 45? One thing: never give up. I never gave up, not through the sleepless nights, the days of depression, the times of underemployment, unemployment, bipolarity or depression... I hung in there.
Of course I thank and give credit to some psychologists, clergy, good friends, and most of all God.
Please, no matter what, never give up. Confront the fear, face it head on, pray or meditate if you have to. You will I am sure, grow stronger, and learn better how to manage. You have to have hope, faith. And I think charity. When you're feeling well, or even not, but when you are able, try to do little things to help others. This will take your mind off your own tough situation. This is love. Love will heal you, even as you help others to heal.
Yes I know it sounds like the blind leading the blind, I'm not saying to try to do more than you can. Just do your best. I wish you well, my fellow being and sufferer.

Answer 3

Beginning to sound like something other than just panic attack. Dizzyness is caused by one of two things...an inner ear problem or a balance problem physically. Both should be checked out and remedied.

Need to realize, when you react to fear, you are changing the chemistry of the brain. This in itself will increase the intensity of your fears as well as other bodily functions.

Answer 4

okay first of all, know that many of us feel the same way -- you're not alone. panic attacks can be totally debilitating. Just the feeling of the beginning of an attack: stomach tightening up, speeding up of heatbeat and short breath and fear of not being able to escape anywhere...that is a nightmare....

a hot bath will make you feel better. also, just writing, in the middle of an attack, about whatever is coming into your mind, the fear, the panic, the horror, terror, death..whatever...that's good because when it's over you can go back and try to analyze what you've been through and how to prevent it.

Answer 5

Yes, I do have panic attacks. They are very scary and I always had the fear of going insane or dying. But, I hated that, so I went for help. Seeing a professional counsellor can REALLY help. It helped me A LOT. Go for it, you already had the courage to ask for help and to admit it. Go see a counsellor, they are the best people to go to.

Answer 6

Are you sure you have panic attacks? shop around for a great therapist; one that has a genuine gift for his or her job. Mediocrity is unfortunately everywhere.The benzodiazapines (Ativan, Xanax, or rarely Valium) might be tried based on history. Most resort to antidepressants. If they don't help after a fair trial, have them switched. Don't give up because of one crappy therapist. No one has to suffer like you have anymore.Go out there. You are worth it.

Answer 7

ive had panic attacks so often that i dont go to stores by myself...but the doctor put me on xanax to help me relax.but i still have my husband go with me shopping in case i get sick.my health is not good.ur dizziness can come from many things.it could be a medical problem.or u can be stress.u really need to get checked out by a professional.

Answer 8

OK, this is a serious problem ok?

1)Go to your parents, explain to them this quesiton and tell them you need help.

2)You may need a mix of counseling and learning stress relief techniques, and don't be suprised if the Doctor issues you something along the line of Xanax.

Good Luck

Answer 9

I've had panic attacks for years was put on paxil first & am now on lexapro. it helps so that there aren't any panic attacks! the only downside is is that I'm so mellowed out that I can't get mad even when I know I should.
it's weird.

Answer 10

I know what you are going thru. Here are some sites to check out.
BEATING ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS
By Jurriaan Plesman BA(Psych), Post Grad Dip Clin Nutr
The mystery of having these strange anxiety attacks coming from nowhere can be explained by a sudden secretion of adrenaline into the blood stream.
Adrenaline is a hormone that converts glycogen (stored glucose (sugar)) back into glucose in order to feed the brain. When your body is suddenly deprived of glucose, causing brain starvation, adrenaline kicks in to bring these levels up again as soon as possible.

Thus the question is why these unstable blood sugar levels?

When we suffer from insulin resistance it means that the body’s cells do not respond properly to insulin that functions to control blood sugar levels. Insulin transports nutrients (including glucose) across cell membranes. With insulin resistance blood sugar level rises with the result more insulin is pumped into the system. This is called hyperinsulinism. With so much insulin we now have a crash in blood sugar levels to low levels, that the brain interprets as brain starvation.
Now the brain sends a message (hormone) to the adrenal gland to pour adrenaline into the system to raise blood sugar level quickly.

It is excess adrenaline that is responsible for the sudden anxiety attacks coming from within the body. Thus anxiety is a fear response without an external object of fear also known as ‘floating anxiety’. Very often the mind invents an object by a process that psychologists call 'reverse conditioning’, whereby any random object in the environment is paired to a powerful emotional response. The environmental cue becomes the stimulus (the cause of) for the fear response. This can also be demonstrated if we inject a rat with adrenaline and it will develop a fear at any innocuous object in its cage. It might even bite you.

Thus if you have an anxiety attack and you happen to be in a lift, then the lift may become a trigger for anxiety at a subsequent event. This Reverse conditioning or the pairing of an external stimulus with a fear response may be seen as the mechanism by which a person develops a phobia. That stimulus then becomes the trigger for the fear response.

When a anxiety is paired with a recurrent idea which then functions as a stimulus to that response, this may become an obsessive idea. The idea that we may not have closed the doors properly may result in a compulsion to check the doors. Similarly, if the fear reaction is linked to a negative self-image, the latter may trigger stage fright (an anxiety response) as when we have to give a speech before a large audience.

One temporary remedy for an anxiety/panic attack is taking glycerine. This is converted slowly in the liver to glucose and hence does not provoke excess insulin secretion causing a hypoglycemic dip. Take one tablespoon of glycerine and mix in a glass of water or other fluid, with a dash of lemonade to improve taste. Drink during or before an expected anxiety attack.
It prevents the production of excess stress hormones. It relaxes you when you have to give a public speech, face an exam or job interview. It is also an ideal remedy for insomnia.

Psychologists may help a patient to overcome this reaction by means of systematic desensitization whereby the patient first learns to relax by means of “relaxation therapy”, which is then paired by the gradual introduction of the object of a phobia. This is fully explained in Anxiety, Phobias and Gambling .

TREATMENT: Go on the hypoglycemic diet and do Psychotherapy! The hypoglycemic diet will stabilize blood sugar levels and insulin levels. The brain should be supplied with a steady supply of glucose and should not need to send panic (stress) hormones to the adrenal gland to get more glucose.
The psychotherapy will help to beak the link between between a negative self-image and fear response. It teaches the client to handle life stress situations in an more effective way.
Psychological stress causes stress hormones to interfere with the synthesis of serotonin, and hence a life with less stress allows the body to produce serotonin naturally.

If you are hypoglycemic, which can be tested (GTT and NBI) you are likely to deplete your magnesium levels, which in turn increases the lactate to pyruvate ratio, also found to be responsible for anxiety. Thus it may pay to increase your magnesium intake. Buist RA 1985 mentioned in Werbach 1991, 53

If you are on medication for anxiety, you cannot withdraw from drugs except with the help of your doctor. Receptors for neurotransmitter may have been damaged and takes a while to rebuild. The hypoglycemic diet helps you to withdraw gradually and comfortably from medication. It also helps to avoid any stress situation that can trigger the roller-coaster of stress hormones. Hence it is important to do a course of PSYCHOTHERAPY. This will help you to deal with inevitable stresses in one’s personal relationships, bosses, work situations etc. There are many other activities that will reduce stress, such as regular exercises, walking your dog, listening to classical music, do yoga, meditation, in fact any enjoyable activity that does not produce stress hormones.

Please discuss with your doctor for a plan to withdraw gradually from your medications whilst you are on the hypoglycemic diet and doing the self-help PSYCHOTHERAPY course.