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Rebekah
Jun 27, 07 - 9:44 PM |
Need Help with PANIC ATTACKS and Support
Dear Anyone out there. Please offer your god sent prayers or anything you else for me. I am trying to fight and be an advocate for myself for these attacks. I have horrible symptoms, one that nobody seems to understand so I now feel I in a world alone, even from my husband or my father who I am closest to and I am afraid of running out of my Xanax which is what keeps me going. It was after I had deeply proclaimed my faith in God through a church that this started afflicting me for the past month and now it truly is in every way. My body is wracked in pain. I take the bus and am in fear of doing that, horrifyingly sometimes. Other times I tell myself I am okay but the act of warding them off can be exhausting, but worth it. At other times, no matter how hard I pray or want them to go away, they just do not go away and they come back and then I am afraid of the symptoms themselves. Because of lack of resources, I feel trapped as the ER doctors told me it was all panic and nothing else and all they did was a blood test and EKG and they did nothing else and I went to a clinic doctor who told me to go off Xanax in FOUR DAYS and to go on Prozac. My mom died four months ago, I am in a new city and feel very alone. My husband does not even want me to talk to him anymore. I am suffering from severe panic attacks and am not sure how to find support services. I am truly suffering and need suggestions and support. I do not even know where to start, but all I am capable of saying right now is tha I am 34 years old and I started having them a month ago and having them severely. I called 911 twice in one week and was sent home by the doctors with them telling me I had panic attacks. I had and still have (and still have not found a therapist) ongoing anxiety but I am reading a lot of books and listening to tapes and I pray to God that this is overcome by me. I want the fear to be gone. I want the symptoms to be gone. I have severe "booms" in my chest along with chest pain. I have palpitations. I have episodes that last longer than 10 minutes. I have read that they are 10 minutes but mine last longer. I am in despair as my husband does not understand them and yells at me thinking that will make them better. I have no insurance and am reliant upon my husband for income and I am having real problems finding any kind of services we can remotely afford. I am so scared...what happens when I go off the Xanax? What happens when I go on the Prozac? And do I trust a doctor who told me that an irregular heartbeat on a constant basis is normal? Please help. I know the lord wants me to have faith, but... If you have any experience directly with them and how you handle them, I want to hear directly from you. I am surviving off of Xanax alone and am afraid that is going to run out. Sincerely, Rebekah |
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Tammie
Jun 28th, 2007 - 1:01 PM |
Re: Need Help with PANIC ATTACKS and Support
Rebekah, I will pray for you. I too have suffered with panic/anxiety. God does love you keep that in mind. My husband actually divorced me when my panic attacks first started. I know what you are going thru. I have been there. There are mental health clinics that work on a sliding fee basis. I have days where I am afraid to leave home, but I pray and go anyway, when the panic comes, I tell myself this is just a feeling that is all. You cannot trust your feelings. I started having my attacks when my cousin died 2 years ago, I was 37, she was 35. I began to realize my mortality. Please try to deep breathing it does help some. Take one day at a time. I am being weaned off Klonipin because benzo are addicting. So I am hoping that things dont get worse than they are. Love in Jesus and I am sending you a hug. Tammie |
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Rebekah
Jun 28th, 2007 - 5:38 PM |
Re: Need Help with PANIC ATTACKS and Support
Dear Tammie, I really need your support. It means so much to me. Please let me know what you can offer to me as far as what you do on a daily basis. I have been everywhere looking for mental health services but have not found a realistic sliding fee that I can afford. There are none here in this county, no scales I can afford. I got one counseling appointment but will only be able to see them very little until I find someone cheaper, even $60.00 is a lot of money to me for one of these appointments. I do not know if I mentioned this in my original e mail, but I wanted to state (I do not have as much time to write as I want to) that I was prescribed Prozac the other day by a clinic doctor and he told me to go off the Xanax within four days but I am terribly afraid to do so. Can you please let me know if you or anyone you know has had terrible PHYSICAL symptoms EVERY DAY? I have been doing everything I can during this time to pray to God and to ask for the resources I need, but while I have not had them I wanted to know if ANYONE OUT THERE is suffering for MORE THAN TEN MINUTES AT A TIME FROM: (*All of the books I am reading say that the episodes only last 10 minutes, leading me to try to figure out why mine seem to last ALL DAY, and times when I DO NOT have symptoms, I feel strung out on Xanax.) *Heart Palpitations, Racing Heart much of the time **A LARGE BOOM in their Heart and an IRREGULAR heartbeat A LOT Of the time. **Feeling out of touch with reality much of the time, while doing basic daily tasks. ***Small things seeming large and hard to overcome, like going to the store or library, riding a bus (which I have to do right now as My husband and I have no car, largely due to the situation of me not being able to work, etc.) or going to fill out a job application or going on an interview. *****If one is able to do these things, being completely exhausted afterwards to the point of CHRONIC FATIGUE and exhaustion and therefore not being effective in ANY area of one's life. Tammie, I am asking for any of your personal experiences you would like to share and what you would recommend. I am scared to go on this Prozac as a cousin recommended I should do something other than Prozacmand that I should try another drug. Let me know what you think and what you think about tapering or going off the Xanax, that is what I am most afraid of. I wish I could do an Inpatient program but I can barely afford the cost for an appointment. It is pretty severe. Please let me know any thoughts about COPING with physical symptoms, I am finding a lot written about the disorder itself but not a lot about the coping tools, which I am trying to find out more about. Thanks for sharing and I hope you do not mind, but I really need support from those suffering from the same thing. Spiritually, emotionally and mentally it means so much and I am going to keep reaching out. Sincerely, Rebekah |
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Susie
Jul 6th, 2007 - 11:28 PM |
Re: Need Help with PANIC ATTACKS and Support
Hi Rebekah! I am sorry to hear about your panic attacks issues. I too am in my 30's but ave had panic attack since I was 21. I was prescribed Zoloft and for 7 yrs. it worked wonderfully. Then in a flash the zoloft stopped working. Since September I have been living in an anxiety filled world. I have upped my dosage, Im going to a therapist and a dr that prescribes only meds for anxiety. It seems that my medicaine has hit the "pooped out' period. I feel horrible. My panic attacks can last ALL DAY!!!! Even on the medicine. I feel spacey and like I can't breathe, and dizzy. They are very starnge sensations. I hate the way I feel. Plus I wake in the middle of the night with panic attacks, so I have necome nervous to go to sleep. I completley understand what you are going through. My husband has been understanding and loving about this issue, but I know that he gets frustrated and feels bad for me, which make me feel guilty and makes me more anxious. I have purchased books from Joyce Meyer, " Be Anxious For Nothing, Battlefield of the Mind, Straight talk on Worry and Fear, and there are WONDERFUL verses in the bible that let us know that the Lord is watching over us. Sometimes when I wake up scared, I grab my bible and start to pray and read verses from psalms and matthew. Please know that my symptoms last longer than 10 minutes and I feel terrible, but I know that the Lord will heal me, maybe not today or in 2 years, but I know he will. I just need to be strong, turn to God when I am feeling nervous and just put my faith in God. I know it is easier said than done, but I as well as you need to stand up to Satan and claim God's word!!!! I will pray for you. By the way, I may start prozac since zoloft no longer is working for me. Also, I took Xanax and surprisingly was ok when I stopped. I took it for a month or so. May the power of the Lord heal you and give you a peaceful spirit. Susan 
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Denise
Jul 14th, 2007 - 10:27 AM |
Re: Need Help with PANIC ATTACKS and Support
First of all, I want you all to know you are in my prayers I have suffered from severe panic attacks for years and have been on medication for it. (Thank the Lord for medication) I recently stopped taking the Lexapro because my prescription ran out. I am taking a leap of faith. I, however, will NEVER stop taking the Xanax. I take it once a night and it is a miracle drug. I still get a severe panic attack 2 - 3 times a month, but, they don't last for hours like they used to. ******** God is the god of Peace. Pray for peace for yorself. Keep that prayer. It seems to relax me a lot. ***** Also, the only people who can give you comfort for panic attacks are those who experience them themselves. I mean REAL, HARDCORE, panic attacks. Everybody seems to think that they have panic attacks, but, you can really tell the one's who have them. The fakers will tell you "Be strong, I used to have them... all you have to do is..." There is NOTHING you can do without medication and God. Once they start, they are not going to stop until they are good and ready. Keep praying. Jesus loves you. |
tonya
Oct 28th, 2007 - 11:17 PM |
Re: Need Help with PANIC ATTACKS and Support
hi, i have struggled for years with panic and anxiety and agoraphobia. if you have been taking xanax regularly for more then a couple weeks everyday, you will need more then 4 days to get off them. if your dr refuses to give you more time go to a different dr or to the er. it can be dangerous to come off xanax that quickly... i will be prying for you.. tonya |
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Steph
Jun 9th, 2008 - 4:14 PM |
Re: Need Help with PANIC ATTACKS and Support
I really understand where you are at. I have gone through many years off and on where anxiety and panic have ruled my life. I am currently in one of those battles. I do have to tell you that you may want to ask your dr. to give you Inderol or Tenormen. I stops that terrible heart pounding that gets your brain to thinking the flight and fight response. It has been wonderful. It doesn't eliminate my anxiety, but does stop the attacks. It is not addictive or a controlled substance, but it intercepts the heart/mind adrenaline flow. Also, I am taking Effexor XR and Klonopin .5, Buspar 30mg, and Remeron 15mg for sleep and appetite help. I hope to wean off some of this stuff eventually, but I so know where you are at. It makes you afraid of your own self. I am so sorry and I will pray for you for certain. |
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