My panic attacks have come to the point where they are over taking my life they wake me up in the night or they came on when in shopping but now i don't even want to walk out my front door i just have no confidence through them i just want them to stop they started just before Christmas last year so i don't know if its been building up for a long time and now its all breaking out id be grateful for all the help i can have xx
Hello G, the quickest help I have had for panic attacks was from the medication Mirtazapine which a GP can prescribe . 3 days later I started to feel a bit better. Hopefully the GP will put you in touch with the NHS Talking Therapies team who also helped a lot but that takes weeks. (You can go direct to TT without referral). I am sorry for you having to go through the panic attacks, until they started with me me I didn't have any idea just how debilitating they can be.
All the usual 'first aid things' also help. Get rest. Get exercise. Eat something decent. Cut back a bit on caffeine and sugar. Nicotine is no good. I advise don't drink alcohol - this will help a little but it will likely hurt you a few hours later with even worse symptoms. (that's why they fed the troops rum before they had to leap out of the trenches in WW1 )
Have you id'd your trigger? In my case it was the site sight of my neighbour. She is an unpleasant streak of misery but in reality no threat at all, accept to my eardrums perhaps. Nevertheless she could make me double up like I had been kicked by a horse. Go figure. Finding a focus like that gave me something to work on for my way of thinking. In my case turning terror into pity. It took a while, but it has worked.
All the best !
David.
Ye i agree i started venlafaxine and propranolol for the same reasons as you and I'm 100 times better now, go see your doctor, they will give you good advice.
Danielle
Thank u so much i have a illness and i worry about that i never had them until Christmas they started and they just got worse ive been woken up the past two mornings at two im so tired and makes me feel so unwell i just want my life back ill go and see my doctor about something to help me i thought i could do it myself but i guess not cant say i didn't try thank u again to u both xx
Grembo, I've had panic attacks for the past 8 years and its not until a month ago i finally asked for help, so i know exactly where your coming from but honestly, asking for help is the best thing I've ever done and its changed my life, i finally feel I've got it back.
I hope your feeling better soon
Danielle x