Anxiety attack Q and A

It sounds like you have several things going on. Have you eve been checked for asthma or allergies? Sometimes these are misdiagnosed as anxiety attacks and vice versa. Is your home bright inside or dark? If it is dark I would suggest trying to find a way to bring more light into your home. Assuming the diagnosis is right, it's good you are aware of what your triggers are and that what you are feeling is just anxiety. I was diagnosed by a psychologist. I was being treated for depression and she found some of it was actually anxiety attacks. Once I was aware of this and of how the two felt differently I was able to control them somewhat. I still have them but not nearly as often. I first started with them in my teen years. They were brought on by fear. Then later it was a case of being afraid to admit a mistake or forgetting something that would trigger them. I used to go to the grocery store and walk around in tears just going up and down aisles unaware that I was crying and unaware of the time. I ws in my 30's then. I once spent an entire 3 month span indoors because I was afraid my neighbor was going to steal my child. Poor kid didn't have much of a fun mommy at that time. I had to take baby steps to get over it. Go out the door and stand, walk to the end of the sidewalk, walk to the corner, walk to the store. It was awful! I was pregnant at the time and fainted at the grocery store because the grocer had asked me a question. Fear of speaking to strangers. I was 17 at that time. It took many years of therapy to get me where I am today and I never want to go back to being that way again. Now I write poetry to get over these feelings and I speak to myself. You know, like a pep talk. I also have my spouse to thankbecause he can sometimes detect I am having troubles and will ask me to talk to him and tell him what is going on. Often it is just my imagination getting carried away and he is able to help me sort out my feelings. I am now off all medications but 1. I take amytriptylin at night. It helps me sleep better and prevents the awful nightmares I used to have. No real side effects so far. You said you go on the porch and write down every song you know. Try just writing down random thoughts instead and see where it takes you. Don't read it that day, read it later and see how what you wrote makes you feel. Maybe there is some time in your life that affected you strongly and it is trying to surface and come out. In can be frightening but once I let out some of my inner demons I was able to make sense of how I waas acting and feeling and I was able to make them go away. I hope this has been of some help to you. There are many articles about this subject on Associated Content, I hope you will take a look: http://www.associatedcontent.com/join.html?refer=63111

Anxiety attack. It happens quiet often to me lately. It is stressful doing full time job, online earnings, and parenting 24/7. Not to mention trying to be a good daughter to my parents, and helping my siblings out. When I get one attack, I can tell. My body is jittery and edgy all the time. I cannot think straight and I cannot speak well too. My words are blurred and I cannot eat too.. My stomach gets upset and my hands are clammy. When this happens, I tell myself quietly, calm down. Stop thinking. I then sit down and close my eyes for a few minutes until all those feelings go away. At other times, I need to go lay down because it affects my vision and my motor skills. I cannot walk straight or sell well enough to drive too.. Well, I hope you will still be able to manage the attack and have fun with the kids.

i get them very often mostly now a days when i am very much anxious about my dad's health. its my parents health which makes me more anxious. he is not keeping well now a days.also there are some problems. its hard to get over those anxiety. still i try to pray and hope it will be answered.

This is a sensitive health/medical discussion on depression & anxiety. I can only tell you what I went through. I got promoted to work for an Administrator, and I'd get anxiety attacks because I did not have confidence that I could perform the assigned secretarial tasks. I was referred by my primary doctor to a psychiatrist. I was put on meds and given cognitive (coping) therapy 2 x a month. I was also transferred to a clerical pool, where I did not have to worry about deciding anything. (I was not demoted in pay, thank G-d.) Ater retiring, I thought I would be able to get off the meds and counseling. My anxiety turned to depression, plus I still got panic attacks. I worried about my ailing father, not enough money for what I needed or wanted (had to rely on pension and Social Security, which still didn't equal what I was earning). So I self-referred myself to another counseling office. I had to go back on meds, and have been receiving therapy (health insurance pays most, I pay a co-pay).

I suffer from anxiety attacks - no fun! I do not have them often. When I divorced, the doctor prescribed Paxil. I didn't think I needed it, but took them for awhile and then gradually weaned myself down to a very small dose and even went off of them for awhile. Thats when I realized that the Paxil actually helps control the anxiety attacks. So needless to say I take a very small dose of Paxil and it does help. I usually am not one for taking pills, but I realized that I do need this. My anxiety attacks usually don't last long, probably no longer than an hour or so, but that is long enough! I am not able to do anything but walk the floor when I have them. Can't concentrate or even lie down. It seems I have to be mobile. I hope that you can find something that works. Good luck!

I am sixteen and feel like i am having anxiety attacks sometimes. it starts out me feeling really clotrophobic and i cant have anyone touching me. then i will snap at people and start crying for no reason. but i have not gone to a doctor. my mom dad and sister are all on meds for depression so i think im destin

I had several many years ago. I attributed them to taking birth control pills. Once I stopped taking the pill I no longer had the attacks. they are no fun that's for sure. I think you should get into treatment with a psychiatrist,because you do not want them to rule your life. You've got to figure out what is causing them. Mine used to come out of the blue, but like I said when I went off the pill they went away.