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panic attacks
Topic Started: Jul 31 2014, 05:37 AM (819 Views)
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Pretty sure I've made a topic very similar to this recently, but I figured I'd narrow it down this time around. I'm just wondering if anyone has panic attacks and (if they do) how they deal with them in public. I had to leave work early today because I had a panic attack and couldn't get it to go down, so I'm really scared it's going to happen again or cause me some trouble at work and school.

Do they prescribe medicines for this type of thing? I really don't want to have to do that, but I also don't want the embarrassment of having panic attacks at work and risk losing hours or potentially my job.
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The last significant one I had was on a drive back from Oklahoma, but I've never gotten a bad one in public so it wasn't a problem in that aspect. I usually got them at night when I was alone so I let them subside on their own. I tried to force them to end sometimes, but I don't really remember how that went.

You could be prescribed Xanax, Valium, or Prozac to name a few, but don't expect anything to be instant. It can take months or even a year or longer for that stuff to work, depending. Sometimes medication doesn't work at all, no matter how high the dosage.

It's better to get to the root of the problem, if there is one, than to just take medication and hope it gets better.

If you need anymore help, you know where to find me!

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I used to get them so much, until one time I had a terrible panic attack during class, I just got up and left the class for some fresh air and it subsided. After that I asked my teacher who used to get them a lot during college and she said panic attacks and anxiety attacks are just in your head. After that whenever I get a panic atack or an anxiety attack I pay it no mind and let that feeling drift away.
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Ja, going outside was an improvement over staying in a closed off room. Even opening a window would help. Focus on breathing, develop a technique for that.
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I have. They do prescribe medication but I'm not sure how effective they are. I think it's important to understand what are the triggers behind your panic attacks, for me, there's a trigger, usually if I focus too much on a single person or twist a thought. It's important to understand whatever the trigger is for you that way you can catch it before it gets out of hand.
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If I'm working and I find I'm stressed breathing through my nose helps, it doesn't have to be exaggerated, just sort of taking a deep breath, focus on whatever it is you're doing, the task at hand, as well as you can. For me at work that'd be restocking or register work.
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Invisible conditions shouldn't be seen as embarrassing. I've had problems with this for over 10 years and never in that period have I felt that I've embarrassed myself or anyone else.

I used to take medicine for my anxiety problems and Asperger, which helped a lot. I stopped because I thought I could handle it without medicine and it did work for 7 months or so. After that I've had a lot of anxiety problems like panic attacks and obsessive thoughts. The only advice I can give you; It gets easier. You'll get used to it gradually and find methods to deal with it. I know first-hand what it's like and it helps talking to people about it (ie a psychologist).
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BUMP. I had a pretty bad one today at work. I work at dunkin donuts as cashier/food prep and I usually work afternoons but today I worked morning covering someone's shift. I get to work, I'm working register, place gets packed. Customers come in and some also work retail and want to be a***** for no reason. Like, I'm taking a line, take customers order, hand off receipts and shout out orders to coworkers. I'm trying to be fast so I throw out receipts without asking if a customer wants them which they clearly don't. Lady behind them gets upset, tells me like "EXCUSE ME SIR YOU'RE THROWING OUT THEIR RECEIPTS! SIR YOU'RE THROWING OUT RECEIPTS" meanwhile I'm just trying to keep going and the customers she's talking about that I threw the receipt out doesn't even care and has walked away with his food. She takes her order and it's like she tries to start problems just for the sake of asserting herself, yelling across the dunkin that we have no napkins and no straws while im trying to take orders. As the place got packed I get flustered and start to visibly shake infront of everyone I guess because I'm not breathing the right way and I just let nerves get to me. It's so embarrassing and it's like when I'm in that mode it's hard for me to step out and calm down seeing as how there's a line of 20 people staring at you, knowing that you're breaking down lol. What really helped me was talking slow and calm to customers, not even for them but to calm myself down and control my breathing.
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I have pretty bad panic disorder, and work close to home for this reason.

Their isn't much you can do about it other than ride it out and try to take your mind off of it.

I know what you're going through. Hang in there.
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I get these in crowds, when I sit with my back to a window or door at a restaurant, when near an uncovered window at night, or if something unexpected happens. It was especially bad when I was a cashier at a grocery store where customers can be rude and mean about things you can't control or come through yelling at each other.

The worst work related one came when I was trying to give friendly service to a woman who was ignoring me because she was tearing down her child telling him he's worthless and won't amount to anything. I swear that kid must have been 9 or 10 and was looking at me for help and I couldn't say a d*mn thing because I was shaking from fear/anger.

I had one today when a plane came flying way low over our apartment complex several times. I thought some pilot was trying to land a 747 on the highway and was going to miss and hit the apartments. So I did the only logical thing of course; I screamed and ran from one end of the apartment to the other as if that would save me if a plane crashed on my head. Curled up into a ball and cried for about ten minutes after it stopped, then focused on relaxing each muscle until I was fine again.

The best thing I have against it is if you notice you are shaking or short of breath try this simple breathing exercise. In through your nose for a count of 4 and then out through your mouth for a count of 8. If you can close your eyes once or twice to focus only on how the air feels coming in/going out that helps a lot too.

If you need to vent about a problem related to this reach out to people who have been there. In my case it seems like sometimes talking it out does a lot to help in resolving/preventing these sorts of things.
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Honestly I pray when it happens to me. That and I distract myself with games or going outside. It's healthy to get away every once in awhile. But yeah I get panic attacks.
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I didn't know panic attacks were this common, at least on here.

Guess I'm not the only one, huh....
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An update of sorts...

I had a pretty weird panic attack tonight. I wouldn't even really call it a panic attack. Something set me off and immediately I was super angry, found it hard to breathe, and couldn't stop myself from getting out the vodka, drinking, punching things, and crying my eyes out. Before I knew it things had spiraled completely out of control.

Do any of you find yourselves completely freaking out and going into a blind rage/panic? I don't know how to make the insanity stop sometimes. -_-
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I have to stop myself because I know how much it upsets people. Last time I almost pulled a door of its hinges.

Thinking about doing it next time I have a psychiatrist appointment just to see what happens. I never seem to have the energy though. More evidence that I am being secretly drugged I suppose.


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