What are these?

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Well, chat gpt doesn’t think they are panic attacks. Since panic attacks last for like 30 minutes or so.

What happens for me lasts for hours and hours, like 6-7 hours.

I get heart palpitations, my hand and the body shake, I become very aware of my surroundings (attention/focus improves). Then I get psychotic symptoms. The voices slightly, but they form a loop with the heart palpitations as fear increases.

Note that I have no symptoms outside of these attacks. I get them maybe once or twice in 2 weeks. But, chat gpt agrees it could be related to withdrawing from Klonopin too fast.
My pdoc has no clue I think regarding this stuff, and chat gpt also admits my experiences are very unique. Would anyone know what really is this?

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Not true in my experience. For me, sometimes panic attacks can last hours to days.

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I see. So, you get psychotic symptoms as well, during the attacks?

I confirmed with chat gpt, unless it is a panic attack which is trigerring another panic attack, they usually last between 15-45 minutes.

Then there are psychotic symptoms that I get which are usually not present in panic attacks.

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Isn’t this minor relapses?

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When i quit Ativan cold turkey i had panic attack after panic attack for about a week and then they slowly eased over the second week. It could be benzo withdrawal. I couldn’t even drive for the first week cuz of the shaking hands and heart palpitations. I’ve been off of them for 3 months and haven’t had a panic attack since…

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But there are some overlapping symptoms of anxiety, such as, heart palpitations, hands shaking, etc…and it starts with heart palpitations, then I gradually get psychotic symptoms, which worsen anxiety.

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My episodes usually have anxiety before full blown episodes, including the minor ones. I’m pretty sure anxiety is still a form of stress and it can be a symptom of psychosis

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But, I am working and symptom free otherwise.

These sound like episodic to me rather than persistent psychosis.

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I also don’t use Valium which my pdoc gave me for these “attacks”.

I tried many medications, including beta blockers, Buspirone, Pregablin, etc for these attacks but to no avail.

I took Klonopin for 7 years, 3 mg daily. Then, when I got off from it 4 years ago, for years I had withdrawal effects (I think these attacks are related to that too). I don’t want to take a benzo ever again, so I don’t take the Valium.

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Very quickly. 15-30 days. My pdoc tapered me very, very fast. As a result, I have had loads of withdrawal effects for many years.

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That definitely didn’t help things. Your past it now but I would have recommended a slow taper. I would start treating what you’re dealing with like an anxiety disorder in terms of the techniques you use to get past it.

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I have pretty severe anxiety attacks along with GAD and OCD. I don’t think I’ve ever had a panic. I’m sure there not as intense as a panic attack but they can last for what feels like days. For me anxiety and psychosis are so closely intermingled it’s hard to tell the difference.

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I also take Gabapentin for anxiety, works pretty well, except in the morning’s where my anxiety is the worst. I also take metropolol which is a beta blocker and when that kicks in my anxiety is controlled.

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