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I think i had one once. It was probably the shittiest experience in my life, that includes getting hit with an iceskate in the face, suffering a major concussion and being unable to remember anything for a month and getting royally screwed over by some people i thought were friends i could trust.

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Originally posted by djnitride Alot of people like to blame it on their E usage from their laser unicorn days but I didn't notice a difference before I started to after I quit.

The only time I've ever come remotely close to an anxiety attack was on the comedown from E.

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Originally posted by Salegon They use to appear seemingly out of nowhere. A real panic attack is experienced as a life-threatening event which maintains itself through a positive feedback loop and can last for serveral hours (imagine a pulse of 180 bpm for just an hour ). Feeling the panic-induced high blood pressure, people are afraid of possible aneurysms bursting or loss of control over their body as well as dozens of other life-threatening events thus enhancing the panic attack. Quite "harmless" for most people, panic attacks pose a serious thread for those with servere cardiovascular diseases or large aneurysms.

I had a real panic attack 10 years ago during lunch at work, probably started by something in my stomach or bowel. Felt like I was going to die, pain on the chest, dizzy, losing all control, very scary.
Knowing I could control my breath maybe made it worse as I could out-rule hyperventilation. Something which has been tested later by simulating hyperventilation, which again showed it wasn't a hyperventilation attack. I was able to get out of hyperventilation without any help.
I'm on 10mg Seroxat since then. Never knew what really caused it. I don't out-rule stress and sensitive below reaction. I probably suffer of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS, or spastic colon) but don't have the common symptoms. Signals from below to brain are extremely quick, which most people experience when looking at a scary movie. Some people are or get very sensitive for those signals.

A couple years ago I was getting them all the time... didn't know what brought them on either. All I know is it's like your own personal hell that seems inescapable and you don't know when you are going to get out of it. One time I was just sitting on my couch and my heart rate became super fast and was able to hear it too.(crazy shit, right?)

When I get them my heads feels likes its expanding and I feel the need to get up and walk which might be counterintuitive. I'm much more conscious of when I'm getting them and start some deep breathing. I also found upper-body stretches(arms,wrists,fingers,shoulders) as well as dynamic tension to be quite helpful in reducing muscular tension which could accelerate an attack.

I've had two major ones.

One sent me to the hospital because I actually thought I was dying...

...it's a weird thing what the mind can do.


I feel like I have a good grasp of controlling my anxiety, for the most part. I don't take any medication for it (unless you count le ganja)


it happens. nothing to be ashamed of.

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Originally posted by Mr. Pink

Same here, went to the hospital once as well; felt like I was done for. I took some pills for a few months and stopped after feeling like a zombie and just wanted to conquer it with positive thinking. Weed also helps too.

I started getting bad random panic attacks about 5 years ago after a bad break up. The way Vivid Boy sums it up can pretty much be applied to me. That feeling of going out of body is called depersonalization or derealization and it's scary as fuck. I went to go see a psychologist because I kept getting them in restaurants for some reason. The doc and I would just go to restaurants and try to deal with it and I can honestly say it worked. Smoking weed will also trigger it x100 and I'll feel like I'm losing my mind, so no more of that unfortunately.

I now experience anxiety/panic attacks whenever I go hypoglycaemic. I learnt this the hard way when I had my first experience with it a couple of weeks ago.... it wasn't nice at all and it was incredibly distressing.

I've discovered that severe shaking immediately precedes a (hypoglycaemic induced) anxiety/panic attack, so I can do my best to tackle it before I get brain damage.

FML.

I used to get them. Rather, I thought they were panic attacks.

Went to hospital and was told it was paranoia, which is different and was actually part of a bigger problem.

Just twice for me.

The first was when I was about 18 or 19, shortly after I decided to take on an atheistic perspective of life. The whole "when you die, that's it" thing was terrifying at first, to the point where I had a panic attack at work one day, out of the blue. The thought became so intense and horrifying that my boss ended up watching me dry-heave in the stock room. That was really embarrassing.

The second was a few years back, on a plane. I am normally really cool with flying, and I think that flying during a sunset is one of the most beautiful things you'll ever see. The air over Texas/Arkansas/Mississippi/Alabama is rougher than much of the rest of the country (though only comparably speaking - it's really not that bad), and it was my first time flying over that area. For some reason, though, I freaked the fuck out. I knew it was a panic attack, I knew that I was fine, but I just could not stop my legs from shaking like crazy and was borderline hyperventilating for a good hour. Every flight since then has been smooth sailing, and to this day I have no idea what came over me.

this thread needs more drugs. next time i'm consuming something, alcohol, i'm not sure. i can't freak out on a plane again. what if its worse next time? f*** that.

I always make sure I have Oxazepam with me, not that I think I'm gonna need it, but only the thought of having it with me helps.
And when I need it I only take a half one.

Huh, well it's pretty comforting that so many people had the exact same experience I did when I was dealing with them.

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Originally posted by enydo Huh, well it's pretty comforting that so many people had the exact same experience I did when I was dealing with them.

That, and the knowledge that people drop about airline safety in the Travel group on FB (I just added you) seemed to help with my next few flights.

lol at being scared of death. Pussy.

I get being scared of dying from doing something stupid or dangerous, but to like be scared of death itself, as in the inevitability of it, I just can't fathom.

Probably comes from generally being a depressive lol.

Also being scared of flying? The only scary parts are take off and landing, and yea, those are also the most fun, so I am too busy going "weee" to be scared. Furthermore, it goes into the same category of the inevitability of natural death. You decided to get on that plane, once those doors shut you are with out a single ounce of control, so why even think about it. If you die, you die, nothing that can be done, so not worth thinking about.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby lol at being scared of death. Pussy. I get being scared of dying from doing something stupid or dangerous, but to like be scared of death itself, as in the inevitability of it, I just can't fathom.

Right, you can't fathom it. Some people can. I'm such a pussy for getting over that fear. I'm sure you're afraid of something that would make me go, "lol, pussy" too.

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Also being scared of flying?

Uhh...

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Originally posted by idoru I am normally really cool with flying ... I knew it was a panic attack, I knew that I was fine, but I just could not stop ... Every flight since then has been smooth sailing, and to this day I have no idea what came over me.

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Furthermore, it goes into the same category of the inevitability of natural death. You decided to get on that plane, once those doors shut you are with out a single ounce of control, so why even think about it. If you die, you die, nothing that can be done, so not worth thinking about.

And I can agree, but you're still displaying an inability to understand the thought process of someone with what you find to be an irrational fear. You don't get it, so why give someone shit for something that you can't comprehend?

Cause I'm a dick.

AND HOW.

Though maybe I did get too defensive. You're still a dick, though, and that's why we love you.

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Originally posted by idoru AND HOW. Though maybe I did get too defensive. You're still a dick, though, and that's why we love you.

Adam's sister in law spent the camping trip saying she couldn't imagine me being a dick (at least to her). It really got under my skin after a couple days lol.

Bahahaha.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby lol at being scared of death. Pussy. I get being scared of dying from doing something stupid or dangerous, but to like be scared of death itself, as in the inevitability of it, I just can't fathom. Probably comes from generally being a depressive lol. Also being scared of flying? The only scary parts are take off and landing, and yea, those are also the most fun, so I am too busy going "weee" to be scared. Furthermore, it goes into the same category of the inevitability of natural death. You decided to get on that plane, once those doors shut you are with out a single ounce of control, so why even think about it. If you die, you die, nothing that can be done, so not worth thinking about.

What you say makes sense, but that doesn't mean it will completely stop the panic. People with anxiety generally understand that their fears are irrational and although I think logical thinking is very effective, there is definitely some sort of overactive part of the brain that is unbalanced.

Oh for sure. I get that. I am a hypochondriac, runs in the family. Good times, my oldest cousin and I basically can't go a few months with out thinking we have cancer or AIDS or something.

Only lasts like a week and its not a big thing, but it generally comes up with other stresses.

Just fear of death as a final end doesn't bother me.

I just opened the hypochondria journal citric got me a few years ago. The quote it was book marked to (I don't think I ever moved it, so lol I doubt it was intentional, but oddly coincidental) was pretty apt about this and a lot of other things.

I was never officially diagnosed with hypochondria but I have definitely had brief experiences of it. When I went into remission, I spent a long time being very paranoid about my health, to the point where I had once diagnosed myself with 6 cancers in a day. Oddly enough it usually goes away once I can talk to a doctor and just have him tell me I'm fine.

In the fall/winter of 2010 I diagnosed myself with lymphoma, brain cancer, male breast cancer (yea that one was odd), and MS within a 24 hour period and was freaking out hardcore.

Turned out I had actually a condition. I'd given myself a compression injury on my fifth cranial nerve from laying in bed and reading or working on my laptop at night and resting my cheek on the ball of my wrist. One night my whole left (or right) side of my face went numb and stayed that way for like 2 days. I was flipping the fuck out haha.

I started feeling bumps everywhere and pains and twitches... Also this was right around the time my business partner disappeared after his mom died, doctor said it was all stress. Got an exercise bike and started riding it every day for an hour and I felt like a thousand times better (I had also had my first panic attack right before that too).

Honestly exercise keeps me in such a good state of mind that over the last couple years my hypochondria has been pretty much nil. I am more apt to diagnose myself with what it probably is than the worst thing possible and it usually pans out to be true.

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