I couldn’t make it to my sleep study last night. I panicked. I was shaking all over. I’m trying to figure out specific things to do to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
What are some things you do to push through the panic and anxiety? Prn meds aren’t working.
I practice breathing exercises and mini vacations three times a day. I’m finding it isn’t enough. I have agoraphobia and ALWAYS have anxiety when going anywhere.
What specific things can I tell myself about it all being in head? And, thanks!
Im not to sure honestly. mayby try to understand it as a fight or flight physiological responce and work on minimizing that responce by focusing on the opposite of what your body is doing
If I had to go to a sleep study and I was panicking about it, I would have someone else drive me and I would physically hold on to my seat to get there. Then I would do a breathing technique for the hyperventilation. By then I would be ok. I would have come down from the panic.
When I’ve had panic attacks in the past I’ve held on to my seat to keep me from jumping up and running then controlled my breathing. But there have been plenty of attacks that required medical attention and nothing would help. So it sort of depends on how bad your attack is what you can do about it.
one more thing that helped is checking in with someone like you’re doing now. I’ve called a relative on numerous occasions when over stressed and asked for guidance.
Thank you. I actually have recovered mostly from panic. Now I only seem to panic when it comes to driving highway speeds and the one off situation. And my anxiety seems really pretty good since I started taking 120 mgs of Cymbalta. It really helps me a lot. I’m sorry you are struggling sweetheart. Anxiety is so awful. You just feel so helpless when it’s happening.