I've posted on here quite a bit since my first panic attack, but it's been 2 months since my first one and its been a 24/7 ongoing battle everyday since. I've been stressing every little thing I feel everyday, which I know makes it worse. I refuse to start medication because I want to do it on my own, but I think I've stressed myself out so much these past two months that I now feel physical pain everyday, and it's exhausting me. From tension headaches, brain fog to whatever else. I believe this happened after I smoked weed because I've never had panic attacks before this, and I just turned 21. I get these sharp pains in my hands, I'm still able to use them but it just is so uncomfortable. Does anyone get these physical symptoms ever? I've been to the hospital 6 times since my panic attacks but all my tests come back completely normal, will i be like this forever?
Oh this reminds me of my youth on occasion with weed. No you won’t be like this forever. At your age I led a fast lifestyle lacking sleep and recreational drugs, like many. It caught up with me in the form of panic attacks. Prior I was probably getting 4 hrs of sleep if that daily as I was working 60+ hrs a week then going out and partying 5 sometimes 6 nights a week or all damn week in some cases.
One evening I had some really potent quality weed, the kind you only hit once or twice tops for a high. This lead to a severe panic attack that lingered for hours. But really it was a culmination of lifestyle and so on. Well every physical symptom of anxiety followed after the panic attack because at the time I had no clue what they were at all. It got to the point I couldn’t walk for a day or so because my balance was so off as I battled through constant panic attacks.
Finally, out of misery of the chronic panic attacks I followed my doctor’s advice on cutting back on the partying, the binge drinking and recreational drugs (weed) and above all develop a 7-8 hr daily sleep routine. Sure enough, the panic attacks ended and went back to feeling normal along with many of the odd and uncomfortable physical symptoms subsiding.
Thank you for this, it has been two months since it’s happened but I think I’ve stressed myself out so much that I made it worse for myself. Reading this really did make me feel betted, so thank you so very much!!