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[HOTWIFE]

My whole life I never appreciated what people who have anxiety attacks go through. Recently I started having them and I have no idea why. I haven't really been under any more stress than usual and I feel fine otherwise. I'm aware that anxiety is a form of depression but I don't feel depressed. This is awful.

[jackrock]

Anxiety really bites. I often lose hours of sleep due to it, I'll just lie in bed and just can't forget abou it, you know. Tough stuff.

[HOTWIFE]

Anxiety really bites. I often lose hours of sleep due to it, I'll just lie in bed and just can't forget abou it, you know. Tough stuff.
Yeah I miss the normal sleep I used to have. I have most of my attacks at night, sometimes I even wake up having one. I should probably see someone about it, as much as I hate that kind of stuff.

[ggirlballa]

wuts an anxiety attack?...describe maybe i might have experienced one?

i've heard of it but never knew wut it was

[HOTWIFE]

wuts an anxiety attack?...describe maybe i might have experienced one?

i've heard of it but never knew wut it was
well I think it's different for everyone but when I have one my heart races, I get feverish, nauseous(which is the worst part), all accompanied with a dreadful, hopeless, depressed feeling that I can't shake. And the more I try to fight it the worse it gets.

[QueenAdrock]

You don't necessarily have to feel depressed to have other forms of depression. It's not just sadness, it's anxiety too which completely sucks. I used to have panic attacks so badly I couldn't leave my house with food in my stomach...I'd get so anxious I'd get sick to my stomach.

Luckily, they DO have some really, really great tranquilizers that take away everything. They just numb your body so you can't react to anxiety. They've helped me a LOT. I can now go out to restaurants and travel on planes!

But if people haven't gotten anxiety attacks, they won't understand what you're going through. I've tried explaining that it's the feeling that you've woken up and realized you're in a coffin and being buried and no matter how hard you pound, people can't hear you and there's NO WAY OUT. That feeling of sheer terror, that you're going to be buried alive and there's nothing you can do, that pure panic - that's an anxiety attack. But still hard to fathom unless you've had it.

Sorry to hear about your attacks, but the good news is there's lots of help out there.

[HOTWIFE]

You don't necessarily have to feel depressed to have other forms of depression. It's not just sadness, it's anxiety too which completely sucks. I used to have panic attacks so badly I couldn't leave my house with food in my stomach...I'd get so anxious I'd get sick to my stomach.

Luckily, they DO have some really, really great tranquilizers that take away everything. They just numb your body so you can't react to anxiety. They've helped me a LOT. I can now go out to restaurants and travel on planes!

But if people haven't gotten anxiety attacks, they won't understand what you're going through. I've tried explaining that it's the feeling that you've woken up and realized you're in a coffin and being buried and no matter how hard you pound, people can't hear you and there's NO WAY OUT. That feeling of sheer terror, that you're going to be buried alive and there's nothing you can do, that pure panic - that's an anxiety attack. But still hard to fathom unless you've had it.

Sorry to hear about your attacks, but the good news is there's lots of help out there.
Yeah I've tried explaining it to my husband and he just can't seem to grasp it.

I'm cautious of taking medication for it but I may have to try that for awhile. Anything's better than this. My feeling is that there's something going on with me that I'm not aware of yet and if I work on some stuff it may help. We'll see.

[ggirlballa]

help is out there

go & get it if u really need it

[QueenAdrock]

Yeah I've tried explaining it to my husband and he just can't seem to grasp it.

I'm cautious of taking medication for it but I may have to try that for awhile. Anything's better than this. My feeling is that there's something going on with me that I'm not aware of yet and if I work on some stuff it may help. We'll see.

Don't be worried about the meds, because it's just a body tranquilizer. It stops the physical aspects of the panic attack, but won't help with the underlying issue. You'll probably need to talk to someone and figure out if you want to take long-term meds to get at what's causing the anxiety (chemical imbalances, etc.), but until then, tranquilizers will stop the attack dead in its tracks when it's happening. Actually, it's pretty much the equivalent of being high. You don't care about anything, your body's numb and heavy, your mind is blurry, it can make you sleepy. Either way, it's good stuff. (y)

[hitmonlee]

i get anxiety... not attacks... not too full on but sometimes i throw up

personally i don;t recommend using medication for it as you rely on it too much and when you get anxious again its twice as bad.

[na§tee]

my flatmate started getting panic attacks after she had cancer - her doctors say this is a common side effect of all the chemotherapy. i never appreciated how disabling this was, either, until she described it to me. it's not just feeling a "little scared" or "nervous".. it's a really horrible physical manifestation of.. whatever. she got them even in quite unstressful situations like going to the hairdressers or travelling.

problem is, she is an actress and she got them so bad before she went on stage in the theatre that she had to take a break. medication etc didn't work, so she tried hypnotherapy for a couple of months and this seemed to help her a little - don't think she's had one for quite a while.

[Loppfessor]

I only started having anxiety attacks like 3 years ago but they are some scary shit. The first time I had one was at BWI around Christmas time so it was a freakin mad house. I was all alone and didn't know what to do. I almost missed my plane. Anyway QueenAdrock is right there is a lot of help out there so don't be scared to ask your doc