I can’t stop panicking

I don’t know what crack my hormones are on this week but I’ve had like 4 different panic attacks at work today. I sometimes think it’s so silly that I was diagnosed with panic disorder until this starts to happen every 4 weeks. Panic attack followed by panic attacks all day for days. I feel like I’m going insane. I’m scared I’ll get reprimanded for staying in the bathroom for so long but I can’t have a panic attack out there in front of everyone :( I feel so scared ugh

HOY

Date posted: 18w

ur not alone, while I cant say its exactly the same for me, I would get panic attacks in my sleep, now more than before, among other stuff.

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 18w

@HOY I hope you’re doing okay today. Panic attacks do really suck

HOY

Date posted: 18w

@issphra 🫶🏻 Agreed theyre terrible, and they happen whenever I dream about something related to my theme or thoughts during my awake times

moon0270

Date posted: 18w

this sounds incredibly exhausting and scary :( i wish i could offer more, but im sending hugs and support.

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 18w

@moon027097 thank you so much, it means the world to me 🤍

BigGyro09

Date posted: 18w

These are just random panic attacks? Nothing is triggering them? I'm sorry to hear that's been happening to you. Have you told one person about your panic attacks? I

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 18w

@BigGyro09 Only my boyfriend knows, and sometimes the panic attacks feel random, and other times they’re triggered. My brain just tries to explain the random panic by attaching it to an intrusion. Sometimes I’ll get an intrusive thought or catch myself stuck in some rumination. I do my best to stop it and refocus on the present moment. I am not even actively thinking about whatever it was, but it still feels like it is lingering in the back of my mind, which I assume is normal. That feeling of incompleteness makes me panic, or I will literally just start panicking over an intrusive thought. Most of the time I’m fully fine and then suddenly I’m hyperventilating and my heart feels like it’s beating out of my chest. Then it feels like my brain starts to ruminate for whatever felt more urgent last and then it makes the already existing panic about whatever it found. Does that make sense?

Mpatt054

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 18w

Did you know anxiety/OCD symptoms are triggered by hormonal shifts in our cycle?? My psychiatrist put me on an herb to help with OCD symptoms in the luteal phase and it’s been life changing with my other meds. I would definitely ask your OB/GYN/PCP about it. You’re not alone! It’s a legit thing for women

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 18w

@Mpatt054 Yes, I’ve been diagnosed with PMDD for a while and it feels like I get hit with an overloaded truck of intrusive thoughts and panic every single time. It’s usually 2 weeks before my period until like the third day but I’ve been on magnesium glycinate for 2 months and doing much better. Suddenly it feels like it’s not working anymore and my panic attacks just keep coming

nae nae

Date posted: 18w

Omg that's so draining... :( I don't have any advice, unfortunately, besides the basic tips for panic attacks. I'm really sorry you've been going through this. It's a new job, so I wonder if that transition has anything to do with it?

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 18w

@nae nae I’ve been at this job for almost a month now, and maybe the stress just showed up late, or maybe it’s always this bad every month and I don’t notice. There are other things stressing me, but I’m not really thinking about them. Either way, I’m not sure if the difference is that drastic, or if I’m just stressed from the new job without realizing it. I appreciate that you remember things I’ve shared, it means a lot. Hope you’re doing well! :)🩵

issphra 🫶🏻

Date posted: 25w

I don’t know what’s wrong

I can’t stop crying. My thoughts are going insane, they’re so fast I can’t keep up. I want to tell everyone around me what’s happening (my family doesn’t even know about my OCD). I can’t seem to resist compulsions today. I’m freaking out. I want to give up. I feel like I’m suffocating in whatever is going on. I feel like I need to go to a hospital. I don’t know how to ask for help. I don’t feel okay. I don’t understand this at all. It feels like I took some random drug. I’m really scared I’m sorry, I am so panicked. It’s embarrassing but I feel so desperate for help right now I feel crazy

flowerpetals

Date posted: 23w

panic/anxiety attack

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.

eugeniodepalo

Date posted: 22w

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I don’t know how to stop I feel like I’m going to develop psychosis from my existential OCD

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