I can't stop panicking. I have had anxiety for years but this is horrendous. I don't want to phone NHS 24 as i feel stupid doing so, but i don't think i can handle this any longer. I'm on 150mg of sertraline and 40mg of propanolol. But yesterday, and today is killing me. I can't handle this. I don't know what to do.
Does anyone have ANY advice. I am really struggling.
Hey Hun,
How long have u been on the medication I'm on the same as you and been on it 4 weeks now, what are you feeling like? X
I've been on it for about a year now.
I honestly can't describe it. I'm hot and sweaty but really cold, I want to go down the stairs but i can't even do that because i'm panicking so much I've felt this way before, but usually my bed is my comfortzone, but for the past two days i just can't seem to stop panicking and i honestly can't handle it much longer! x
I had this for about a week where I couldn't even sit with my family without feeling so panicky. I just wanted to feel normal again, I was really working myself up. You need to spend time with someone your comfortable with, do you have a partner? I forced myself out the house and spent the weekend with my boyfriend, just being with him and having him calm me down really helped. You just need the reassurance that it will pass, coz it will, I promise you. Deep breaths, calming music can help. Stop working yourself up, it's hard to think rationally when you have anxiety but this will pass.
That's what I'm like aswell. I just can't go down and sit with them. Yeah my partners actually away working, and I think the fact that he's not here is making me worse and I won't see him until tomorrow, or maybe later than tomorrow. I have tried going for a bath and calming music, nothing helps, I haven't ate in 24 hours because every time i take a bite i feel physically sick
Hey Lauren
I really feel for you right now it is awful
I don't know how much help I'll be but I understand. I'be been going through a few weeks of severe anxiety ATM and suffered with anxiety and depression for years. This has been my worst ATM though and but is horrible!! Fed up to say the least.
Has it recently come on this bad? And is it constent? Have you been back to see your Dr recently?? Sorry lots of questions but maybe you need to come down off the meds or a change? I've had to see a Dr again regularly and have a new dr that is some help
Do you also have people to talk to? I am trying to learn coping ways and it is hard but worth doing. Mindfulness etc keeping mind on other things as much as possible, breathing, talking to yourself at the bad times positively. You've probably heard this all before I know!
I have been experiencing a really similar thing though when bad, shaking constantly not eating not sleeping fear all the time panic attacks day and night. Currently signed off work. And can't face going the shops or anywhere. So I really really sympathize
We WILL be fine though!!
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Natalie
Hi Natalie,
I've suffered from depression and anxiety for years aswell. I go to my doctors every month but there useless. It is constent, I can't eat or sleep either and I literally feel like i am losing my mind.
I do have people to talk to, but no one that fully understands. I just get the "it'll be fine" but right now nothing feels like it's going to be fine.
I just signed up today aswell. I didn't know where else to speak to someone. I feel stupid for wanting to phone NHS 24, but this feeling is the worst
Exactly the same as I was, exactly! Couldn't eat a damn thing, you feel as if no one understands but they do, well everyone on here does. My doctor signed me off work for a week and I feel like in a way that made me feel worse as I knew there must of been something wrong. All I wanted to do was sleep as I felt that was the only time I felt ok, when I woke up and didn't feel better i would start panicking all over again. Watching confrontation on the telly would make me panic, everything. It's such a horrible thing to go through but it will pass. Perhaps phone your partner, talk to him about how your feeling. Just keep saying to yourself you have family around you, a partner who loves you. I just thought as long as I have my partner I have nothing to worry about. Easier said than done I know, but just remember everything is the same, you're not going crazy and you are going to be absolutely fine. Are you under stress? This might be your body's way of telling you to have a little break and relax.
Yeah, I was searching the internet to try find somewhere to speak to people, and here seemed like the best place. Same as me. I just wish i could go to sleep and wake up when my body decides to stop my anxiety. Yeah, he stayed with me last night, but as soon as he left for work, it just got even worse. Hate being alone. I've been signed off from the doctors for over a year now. Nothing that people would actually consider being stressfull, but people with anxiety would haha. x
Hi Lauren, I'm so sorry you're suffering so much. I live in California and don't recognize the meds you're taking. I have to take valium (in the benzodiazapine grounp) for my anxiety but it's pretty sporadic. I have had two full-blown panic attacks, one that required hospitalization. I have learned to get my anxiety somewhat under control through relaxation exercises. I don't know if this is something you've tried. I use a breathing technique which calms the parasympathetic or sympathetic nervous system in my body. Fill your body with air so your tummy distends. Place your hand on your stomach and feel it push out so you know you are doing it right. Breathe in to a count of 5 and out to the same count (or longer if you wish). I also say a mantra: "Good air in, better air out." I used to say "bad air out" but this made me anxious. I have found focusing on breathing, and knowing this type of breath control short circuits the system for excitability has helped me a lot. I used to have panic attacks when driving but this is no longer a problem for me. I still have situational stress and will breathe through it. I hope this helps you. You have my total sympathy.
You need a benzo to calm you down , but getting them is hard have you has any before , if not ask your doc
I just saw your new post. I am undergoing a new treatment for depression and anxiety. Meds don't work for me either and talk therapy wasn't helpful either.
My psychiatrist has approved me for TMS transmagnetic resonance for treatment resistant clinical depression. I've had about 11 treatments thus far and am benefitting from this. It is for both anxiety and depression. People are cured after the course and just need an occassional maintenance treatment (once every couple of months). It works because it's reactivating the parts of the brain that have gone dormant or are unable to benefit from antidepressants. It also stops anxiety in its tracks. Please look into it and see if you're a candidate. You should not have to suffer like this - and don't be embarrassed to call NHS 24 (is that emergency?) if you feel desperate. It's good you're reaching out. There is help for us.
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Hi Lauren, your story is just like mine. I have anxiety on and off and when it's bad I'm like you just want to sleep but can't, can't think about anything else, can't eat and feel hot and cold at the same time. When I'm like that I find that I feel better by being distracted especially being around others but people who I know would understand me. Do you have a relative or friend who doesn't work that you could spend time with. Also going to the gym, run, swim etc helps me. Seeing a councillor, therapist, cbt specialist also helped as it was a point each week that I could work towards. Hope you feel better soon.
I don't know what benzo is? X
A benzodiazepine type medicine is basically a sedative which will calm you down. Like Prozac or Vallium I think?. They work but can be highly addictive.
Lauren, this is an obvious panic attack. Do you have access to a drug in the benzodiazapine class? This would be Valium, Xanax, etc. If so, it might be helpful to ingest 5 mg of Valium or 1 mg of Xanax for example to help calm you and allow you to sleep. You are currently in a cycling mode which doesn't allow you to calm down. If you do not have any medication, try a warm bath, and sit in it for a good period of time. This may help to bring down the anxiety and allow you to feel less stress.
If this persists, your best bet is the emergency room to get immediate medical intervention. Good luck.
Hi Dyslexic, What do you mean TMS 10%? It has 10% efficacy?
Hi Lauren.
afvice is, you will not stop worrying if you had advice. Anxiety disorder is horrible and everybody will tell you,they have had anxiety. Truth is If it's GAD they won't understand and that makes you feel abnormal. Reality of it is your one step ahead, becouse you have already thought and dealt with it. Problem is nobody else is there. I'm struggling too as all ppl on this page. But the fact everybody is doing this is becouse they don't need numb help and they want to connect with people who feel that. Don't let it cane you because it can be sorted. Just stay open with it! Btw it eases my anxiety to try to help other ppl with it, and I still don't fully understand it myself.. Stay strong kidda