Do you all have non stop panic attacks because of this? Like, your body just cannot rest and you’re pretty much disabled. I can’t even get the courage to leave my bedroom and I just panic and cry all day. I miss being present with my family but I’m too scared. And, I haven’t worked in 3 months. I do photography and have cancelled all my shoots because this is so disabling.
Yes, this has definitely happened to me for days on end. It's so scary and debilitating, and I'm so sorry it's happening to you. What really helped me is getting to see a psychiatrist who prescribed medication that helped me sleep and start to regulate my physical symptoms.
@ieschatz I see a provider for medication. I’m on Zoloft and I don’t think it’s helping. When I tried to wean off of it (from 125 to 100), my ocd went into overdrive. I ended up increasing my dose back up and that’s been 2 months ago. I think I may need new meds. This is hard to take and nobody understands. 😭😭😭
A routine and exercise has helped me the most with stuff like this
It's been a year since I've been able to stay home alone. I don't know how to fight this. I feel like the world will collapse on me. That the house will cave in. Or I'll just lose my mind and scream and run outside screaming and saying the world is falling type thing. I don't know how to help myself. I'm to scared to even try to be alone. I have to have my son 18 stay home with me or my aunt stay with me when my son does leave. It's horrible. I feel like I'm holding my son back from so much. I don't know how to beat this. Please help
Does anyone have any experience with this? I wake up early with severe, severe anxiety and nothing seems to help. I try embracing the anxiety, breathing, and exercising. But these things only seem to help a little. Fortunately, I do think the length of the attacks are getting shorter (mainly because I'm still trying my best to live normally in spite of them), but they are still lasting a good 5-6 hours. They are quite debilitating. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with these? I've read much about potential solutions (being okay with the anxiety), but I was looking for some personal antecdotes. Thank you
i’m currently experiencing a panicky anxiety attack and i don’t know why. i’ve been on edge all day because of being scared to get sick, but right now, i know i’m not going to get sick but i’m just really panicked and cannot calm down. i’m currently listening to music that helps relax me with an icepack on my neck to help, but not much is happening. my sister and mom keep coming into my room and it’s only making it worse but i don’t know why. i just don’t want to talk or be around anyone right now. these kinds of episodes are worse than any other because i don’t know why i’m so scared. it just feels like it’s never going to go away.
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