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HELP!! Anxiety attack... WHAT CAN I DO???

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I used to have that too, even though I never had asthma. Sometimes it happened when I was in the middle of a pool. It kind of felt like the weight of the water was pressing so hard against my body that it prevented me from breathing completely.
 
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Tallgeese
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: Geekbabe
Get a paper bag Nik and breath slowly in and out into it.How many times you needed the rescue inhaler this month? If it's more than a couple times you might want to call your Doctor,your asthma is poorly controlled.

Try to relax,repeat to yourself that you are just anxious and that this bad feeling will pass in a few minutes.
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Tonight will be twice this month. And that's more than normal. This whole thing came from an extremely heated conversation lasting almost two hours over the phone this evening, ending terribly.
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Hopefully not with Chelsea...not that it's any of my damn business.

GB has the right idea. Prolly need to call your Doc in the morning.
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My insurance that is provided by my employer doesn't cover me yet. It's 30 days after my first full month of employment, IIRC. That means two months before I can see a doc. But I've been working there going on 5 weeks this week. So maybe in a month or so?
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Even if you have to dip into your own pocket for a few $$, you still might be better off seeing a doctor ASAP. If I was suffering from something like anxiety, I'd seek the proper treatment now, as opposed to two months from now when your policy kicks in.

Does your company offer an Employee Assistance Program? If so, you might be able to qualify for the benefits of the program now. You might be able to locate a therapist on the program and start seeing the thereapist before your regular health insurance kicks in.
 
Originally posted by: SagaLore
Originally posted by: datalink7
Originally posted by: ffmcobalt
Originally posted by: TNTrulez
How about hyper ventilating?
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Possibly. I get these every now and then. I feel like I have so much energy that I can't stop moving. If I stop rocking back and forth quickly or pacing back and forth in my room or in the apartment, I feel like I'm going to explode! I feel like my chest is going to burst open or something. I feel like I can't breathe 🙁
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It's in your mind... calm down dude.

Of cource, that is easier said than done. What do you do to calm yourself down? Like when I get angry or something, I think of a big black void, or my head as a sand bag with a hole in the bottom and the sand (representing the pressures of life) flowing out so I don't have them anymore.

Sounds hokey I know, but it works for me. I don't get "anxiety attacks" but perahps something of this sort would work?
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No it's not. I used to have the same problem, mostly when I was growing up. It is caused by the overproduction of adrenaline. You go into fight or flight mode. But after years of it, you build up too much adrenaline in your body - which is bad because adrenaline isn't supposed to last for more than 10 minutes, or it starts to break down your ligaments like a toxin. I had this problem awhile back where I'd wake up with backpain, and would be very tired. Then by the time I got to work my back was better but all my muscles were sore. Then by the time I got home my muscles were better but my head and neck hurt really bad. And so the cycle went for months...

Well I have a chiropractor who is a bit of a nutrionalist, and also knows Applied Kinesiology. After I described the symptoms he knew exactly what they were, and said I was having Adrenal Stress. It's where the adrenal glands don't stop working... most likely from all my anxiety attacks. So he gave me this glandular complex which takes the places of many glandular hormones/enzymes until I'm done with the bottle - this lets them all rest and recover, and get back in shape. Then when I was done taking them I felt great, I slept great, and moved great. Anyway what happens when your tendons and ligaments get weak from over-adrenaline, all of your support muscles have to make up for it, so every muscle in my body at one time was active to keep my body together. He said he knew this one lady that had it so bad that she had to brace herself when making turns in a car or she couldn't hold herself up from the force.
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You can also try to find ways of burning the adrenalin off. I have a punching bag in my garage that works quite well at cooking off that extra adrenalin.

Xanax is good, but it will take a little while to get into your body. Placing a tablet under the tongue will usually speed up the process for getting the medication into your body. Of course, then you have to live with the side effects of Xanax which could involve a dependence on the medication.
 
If this happens frequently it's often a treatable illness with the right medication. It's a common problem. With the frequency you described you definately want this taken care of. I guess you can wait until your insurance covers it but then make an appointment with a doctor (make it so that the appointment is already set once the insurance kicks in) and he'll likely refer you to a psychiatrist who will then probably give you an eval and then prescribe a medication.

At least the above seems likely...
 
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