That sucks dude....I suffered from these for about 2 years after 9-11 (I was very close to the incident when it happened)....let me tell you, they are VERY scary to go through...most of the time you get all clamy in your hands, you feel like you can't breathe, you get very nervous, and for me at least, I felt like I was going to die. For whatever reasons, these things just started at the most random times, but I noticed it usually happened when I was with a large crowd of people (in a restaraunt, at a ball game, etc)...at that point I basically got so sick to my stomach and freaked out, that no matter what was going on, the only way for me to cure myself was to go directly home and lay down in bed. After this was happening for awhile it got to the point where I didn't want to go out anywhere, because I was living in fear of having another panic attack. I went on Zoloft but I hate taking drugs, so I told myself I was going to get past the panic attacks without medicine. I know it's easy to say, but it really is as simple as mind over matter. I started going out again, and when I got that same feeling, all I would have to do is just stop, and tell myself that I was physically OK, and that nothing was wrong. Closing my eyes and rubbing my temples were a really good way to relax myself. Instead of panicking (sp?), you had to control your mind, or else the fear just builds on top of itself until you completely freak yourself out. Right now I believe I have gotten past this in my life, and I think a big factor for me was having my girlfriend there to support me through all the hard times. Having a shoulder to lean would probably be helpful for her too, maybe you could provide one for her 🙂
Good luck! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions.
