What is your anxiety/panic attack like?

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Today have difficulty swallowing. Want to swallow but feel like i’m not able to. Also feel anxious and nervous. every time i try to swallow. Used to be prescribed a prn but was taken off it by my new psyc. I need to learn how to relax.

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It is usually at this time that this happens. Am going to start work soon and i am worried that i’ll suffer a panic attack when i’m at work. How does one cope with their panic/anxiety attacks? Does their psyc. prescribe them something?

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I have Xanax for when I’m really starting to unhinge…

For me the anxiety hits at night when I’m tired… the sneaky brained thinking starts the second doubting and soon I’m starting to have a really hard time breathing…

then I’m feeling sort of out of body and not in control of my own body…

then the voices open up and make it worse.

I do have a therapist who helps me cope with the catastrophic thinking that triggers an attack… but there are times when it’s all just too much to deal with and I feel like I just need to run away.

I’m a bit claustrophobic… so I also need to go outside in a wide open space where there’s not a lot of people.

I’ve also been put on mood stabilizers… that has helped a bit with the anxiety.

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It feels like im having a heart attack, its painful i cant breath or swallow. The only thing that helps is buspar, i also take an asprin for peace of mind, because i honestly think im having a heart attack at the time.

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Mine feel like my heart hurts and stomach is nausea, but lately I been feeling that way a lot. I feel like I’m being poisoned…

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Thanks everyone for your feedback. It has been very helpful.

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When I was young I experienced real panic most of the time I was around people. I’d sit in class so scared I was afraid something would break inside me. Now I experience a real, low, yuck feeling when I’m around people. I often feel humiliated when I’m around people because my behavior is so wooden, stiff, and awkward.

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Sorry you feel that way :frowning:

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I just puked at work…I think my body jacked from these meds but the opposite is psychosis so either way I’m ■■■■■■.