Hiya Cdog,

 

I just wanted to drop in and say welcome to the forums!

Welcome to the board, cdog!  I don't know if you have a desk job like me, but music tends to help me with those "quiet" times.  Distractions are a wonderful thing!  Then when I have a moment to cool down, like lunch or a break, I challenge my thoughts much like they suggest in this program.

 

If you do write a book, please let me know.  I would be interested in checking it out!

Cheers,

Glad to hear you're feeling better

Keep us posted on how you're doing,

 

thank you for you help! i will definately use this site more often. even if its just to vent. i am going to try relaxation tonight. like i said before this hasnt happened in a long time so hopefully it will just pass again. but for the time being...it stinks!! (i know everyone can relate). the journal idea is a very good one too. im actually strongly considering writing a book to help others.

 

thanks again for your help:)

 

update: after i wrote this i felt alot better. was off and on all day. but keeping myself busy always helps!

thank you for you help! i will definately use this site more often. even if its just to vent. i am going to try relaxation tonight. like i said before this hasnt happened in a long time so hopefully it will just pass again. but for the time being...it stinks!! (i know everyone can relate). the journal idea is a very good one too. im actually strongly considering writing a book to help others.

 

thanks again for your help:)

 

update: after i wrote this i felt alot better. was off and on all day. but keeping myself busy always helps!

hey everyone, im a new member and was hoping for some help. ill try to summarize my situation the best i can. I started getting panic attacks about 6 or 7 years ago. The doc put me on Effexor and it worked great and everything has been fine since then. Ive had a few minor panic attacks here and there but nothing compared to what it was when they started. However, this past weekend it all came back wth a vengence. I was in the middle of NYC and freaked out. I needed to leave and get out. So I did. I know this happened becasue ive had a lot of stress lately. I got a new job, i moved, im trying to get my fiance a job so she can move in with me, im living with my future father in law until we can find a house, i travel about an hour to work everyday and an hour home, and to top it all off im turning 28 next week and my cousin passed away 4 years ago (when he was 28) of heart failure. All this was going on and i think the dam just broke. I have acknowledged this and im trying my best to move on but I just cant seem to shake this nausious/guilty feeling. The attack occured on Sunday. After I got out of the situation i was fine for the rest of the day. Then on monday the feeling was coming back as I was heading to work. I finally got there but had to leave halfway through the day. I left and went to the walk in clinic to see a doctor. The doc reassured me that i was fine but it made me feel better to just hear it out of someone elses mouth. Tuesday I couldnt even make it to work. So i took the day off, got my bloodwork done and made an appointment to see the cardologist to again reassure me that I was fine. After that I was feeling alot better but i still had a nervous feeling knowing that I needed to go back to work Wednesday morning. i wasnt sure how my body would react. Sure enough I was freaking out on the way to wrok but I knew the best thing was to go and get though the day. I coped with it throughout the morning untl about lunch. then it all seemed to go away. I thought i had taken care of it and wa really excited. but.....thursday (today) morning I still have it now that I am at work. I know ill make it though the day because i did yesterday but its just the anticipation that im having thats making me sick/naucious. Im wrting this becuase its helping me not focus on my anxiety. Its taking my mind off of it.

 

Im also hoping someone can share some tips or some coping techniques for me to shake this. Im thinking that I just needed to get this off my chest and it will make me feel better so I browsed the internet and found this site. ANything anyone can share would be appreciated.

 

Im pretty good with anayzing all this and helping others in my family cope with anxiety. So Im planning on keeping up with this site and hopefully share my experiences and knowledge with others to make them feel better and cope.

 

thanks all:)