I'm having intense panic attacks daily.....I even wake up with them....I'm unable to fall asleep on my own. I'm a mess! Anyone else like me out there?
Yes I am suffering with panic attacks as well, especially during the night. I fall asleep and wake up with my heart pounding 2-3 times a night. It is so horrible I can hardly sleep which is exhausting. I am also suffering from depression.
Hi Keri...yes , I wake up with my stomach in knots,and feeling sick,this always leads to a panic attack..This can stay with me right through the day, or take a notion and disappear..Anxiety seems to have a mind of its own...it has with me anyway..cannot plan anything, Magnesium, is supposed to be good for it but I havant tried it yet...x
Are you taking any meds?
Yes I had these kind of intense panic attacks , I am struggling for 2 years .. now myself in cognitive training . I am improving . What you need is understand it will take some time to come out . Need very strong mind and logical analysis should take over emotional analysis very easy to tell but very difficult to achieve . First you have to do a retrospection in yourself, do you have any thoughts or pattern which bothers you?. What are you thinking ? And get trained form there
What is Cognitive training?
Cognitive training . Means replacing your emotional thought with actual reality . Take an example you are having an intense panic attack , you are tthinking you areare going to die . What is actual reality ?
See the hormone called dopamine it is rushing currently in your body that time . That is the reality . If you see a lion in front of you same thing that us what you are happening but there is no lion .
Yes I am struggling with this too. It doesn't happen every day to such extremes but I do have anxiety every day and sometimes very unmanageable panic attacks. Mine mostly occur later into the evening, but there has been the odd occasion where I've woken with my stomach in knots, panicky breathing and an overwhelming sense of fear and dread. When I wake like this the whole day is a write-off.
I have been practising mindfulness and have various books which I like to read to try and self-soothe. I am also awaiting a date to start CBT as I went to my GP and was referred. I find on days when it's not too bad, lavender Kalms help and on days when I'm beyond being able to rationalise everything/anything diazepam is the only thing that helps me settle.
Yes dear same with me. I hv heart conditions. All time i hv fear. Cannot sleep on my own. Very micerly position with all anxiety patients.