Really bad panic attacks….advice?
I am 19 and I have had severe anxiety for the past 4 years, only recently however, my panic attacks are accompanied by nausea, gagging feeling, heart palpitations and sweating. These feelings make me even more anxious because I am so scared that I am going to throw up. I was at work today and I started to have one of the really bad panic attacks, I used my coping skills (self-talk, deep breathing, progressive muscle relaxation…) but I am so frustrated with it. I just don’t want to live like this anymore. Does anyone know anything that I may not be trying?
ps. I take BuSpar, Lexapro and Clonazepam.
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Go see a doctor. There’s a possibility that those aren’t caused by your panic attacks, they could be a sign of something more serious.
Hi, sorry to hear of your suffering with panic.
Have include my response to someone else, it is kinda long but hope it helps. I am no doctor or expert, just what helped me. Blessing
I suffered from severe anxiety for years and now I am fine. My doctor said it was the worse case he had ever seen, if I can recover so can you.
I have researched the subject of anxiety and here is what I found and what helped me:
First if you are having anxiety your brain chemistry is off, period. I triggered panic attacks and horrible anxiety when I am was under a lot of stress. I drank too much coffee, ate way too much sugar and began drinking beer and wine.
Street drugs, certain medication can do the same thing. These things over stimulate the adrenals and if it goes on too long will produce anxiety.
If you get too much adrenaline in your system from your adrenals being overstimulated it can cause your brain chemistry to get off track, either too much or too little of the brain chemicals are released and you are off and running with anxiety.
The neurotransmitter GAMA has a lot to do with anxiety.
Anxiety is often genetic in nature. My mom and dad had it.
Anxiety can be greatly helped by Vitamin C because often in an anxiety state the adrenals are exhausted. A good, sugar free vitamin C will help support them. I started with 500mg and worked like a charm. Also a B complex can be helpful as well as a raw adrenal supplement. All of these helped me a great deal when I suffered from anxiety. I simply did not get triggered into an anxiety state when I took the C, it was like a miracle and so simple.
Also I started taking thyroid hormone, Armour Brand in particular it is closest to nature. It contains T-3 and T-4 components, this is extremely important as most of the thyroid supplements are man made and not as effective. Also those who’s thyroid levels don’t register low enough often still need it. I was one of these people and when I started taking Armour thyroid was so much better, I can handle stress much better. Many people who are depressed, anxious and show symptoms of mental illness have great improvement with a thyroid supplement. I don’t mean to go on and on about this but it is something to take a look at.
Also the pancreas gets off track because of the increase in adrenaline and can become extremely sensitive to sugar so watch your diet now. Stay away from sugar in general, coffee, fruit, simple carobs and so on. Processed foods will drag you down now. Because the pancreas affects blood sugar which also affects brain chemistry you can get all sorts of weird reactions. The pancreas actually goes into a spasm and stops working very well, you can get really tired and shaky, spacey and not think clearly. I found that a “Castor Oil” pack on the lower left side of the back where the pancreas lies will help it get back on track, do it for 3 nights for 20 minutes each night. Sounds weird and a bit messy but research it online, lots of info on this.
Remember when the body gets off then the emotions follow. When the emotions get off then the body gets off as well.
I contacted over 450 doctors and alternative practitioners seeking help over a 20 year period. I found someone who could “muscle test” for the exact supplements I needed to balance back. This is a very common practice among alternative medicine doctors and if you can find the right person can work a miracle.
Also NMT or Neruomodulation Technique helped a great deal. Not an ad here but just what worked for me.
Check out Bach Flower Remedies as well, they are amazing.
Pollution, heavy metals, mercury fillings can cause a lot of problems and scientists say we all have them in our systems. They tend to bind to the nerve cells within the body and brain and our systems simply don’t work very well then. Make sure and get tested for this.
Many people have an allergy to milk and wheat. We can get depressed and cranky as can affect brain chemistry. Try and eat organic milk and bread, etc.
Sugar, coffee, alcohol, drugs, fast food can cause depression.
A lack of vitamin D and sunshine can affect brain chemistry and make us depressed.
Exercise if you can as it will work off some of the adrenaline.
You can recover and have a great life. Hang in there and don’t give up.