More about me, I have IBS-D 17 years, Bile salt Diarrhea 5 years, Generalized Anxiety Disorder 17 years, PTSD for 12 years and now have Panic disorder and Agoraphobia(sp?) just diagnosed after a recent cancer surgery. I have been having these Panic Attacks so bad recently and am looking for and researching for answers to help cope and alleviate some of the symptoms. In all reality, I want it to be gone. I want to feel normal and function normally. So, it's my hope that being here helps. I want to try and succeed.
Thank you for replying. This morning, I attempted to try to start back on a normal routine. I was applying makeup for the first time since my surgery and I started having chest pains, my fingers started going numb. I had to tell myself repeatedly, its just makeup...I'm not dying, this isn't a heart attack. I did some deep relaxation breathing and I successfully managed to finish and did my hair as well. If not for that reading the first session, I would have sat around, worrying and waiting for my next attack. I didn't leave home though as I was supposed to go to the grocery. But after reading another chapter in a book a purchased in regards to coping with panic disorders, I walked to the mailbox as well...Baby steps. Now, I'm here to read some more and hopefully get this under some sense of control.
Thanks again for the reply. How do I get to the CBT part? I have read two books thus far, mostly on the causes, possible causes, different scenarios and breathing techniques.I have actually stopped reading on third book which I paid the most for, because, its just mundane literature referring back to previous editions, which of course, I haven't read. I am even considering hypnosis at this point. Does anyone recommend that? I'm trying everything I can find in searches regarding holistic approaches and am keeping an open mind. I have a Dr's. appointment on 26th, but until then, I'm trying to avoid the emergency room yet again as I have been twice already this month. It makes sense that I need to change the way I think towards many situations. I just don't know how since it's programmed in my mind. How do I get my homework unlocked? I don't want to go forward on the sessions without completing that as I feel it won't give me the best results if I'm not doing the program properly and jumping ahead of myself.
I did use the contact us form asking for my homework to be unlocked. Hopefully soon I will have the knowledge to get through the attacks and work on the phobia.
I wish I would have read your reply before I went to the grocery store. I actually made it there today. But, as with you, the bottled water I needed was in far back corner of the store. I did get the water. In my head, I kept thinking to myself, you can't take your meds without the water. Of course, I only came out of the store with enough groceries for 3 or 4 days. I am going to remember your mantra. I "want to" -whatever it is that needs to be done.Out of the 3 books I have read thus far, and this page, that has made the most sense to me aside from the breathing techniques. How simple and yet so profound.
I went to Grocery store today and got enough groceries for a week. Thanks to another member on this board for the wise words of "I want" instead of the negative thoughts I was thinking. If not for those profound words that I put in my head last night and this morning. Instead of thinking about the what ifs, I used "I want to go to the grocery store. Success!!! Thanks to Davit for the impact.
Seen the Dr today and they upped my medication which is a blessing especially since this evening I am still trying to ward off a panic attack. Several family members have called me, either wanting something from me, or just seriously making my symptoms worse with their own issues/concerns. How do I explain to family or friends what is wrong with me and get them to understand so that they aren't a part of the triggers? I calmly just explained to the last family member whom called me creating worries for me, that I am trying not to worry myself about that specific situation and it didn't go over so well. I was actually hung up on. Now I'm feeling bad that I put it so bluntly. How do I get them to understand my diagnosis so they stop?
You keep coming here. You read, then reread each section again. You do the homework. I personally know the experience of emotional, mental and verbal abuse. They are huge contributors to anxiety/panic as you're always walking on eggshells. You have to get better for you. I have recently joined this site and it has been the best help, guidance and support along with the books I have read and am still reading. I don't know what type of emotional abuse you are suffering from, there are several types, but you have to be strong for yourself. You can and will get better with support persons in your life. Find a friend who you can confide in or a close family member to be a support person for you. Keep coming here and don't give up on helping yourself to get better emotionally.
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