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I see you're worried. However, I admire your persistence in living your life and working toward helping others ☺.
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Thank u. I appreciate it! I really thought that being a cpss is what I wanted to do but now I’m not sure. I do want to help ppl but currently I think I need to focus on my own recovery first. I going to give looking for a job in that field time and stay with my current job. I have 2 days left in the course and graduation is Friday. It’s very important to me that I make it through and pass. Even if I never end up pursuing it as a career. I’m just not in any right state of mind to be making any changes or big decisions right now.
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Sending you hugs 💚💚
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So sorry this happened. For future reference when I have panic attacks while driving, I try and find a parking lot or a place to pull over to calm down, cuz it can make driving unsafe to be panicking. But yeah sometimes it’s hard to think to do that in the middle of a panic attack. But yeah, I can’t guarantee you won’t have a panic attack again because I don’t know, but I do know from experience that you do learn skills to cope with them. If they start to become a problem and you have a psychiatrist, then maybe talk about medications. I have an as needed benzodiazepine I take, my panic attacks used to be debilitating beforehand. Keep in mind with those that they can be addictive. Other than that things like breathing slowly and using grounding techniques can be helpful during panic attacks. Or even doing something to distract yourself, I often do drawing or painting, or even just scribble or smear paint around aimlessly. I know some people make themselves panic kits to have on hand, or lists of coping strategies because sometimes it can be hard to think what to do when panicking.
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I am trying to see if there are others like me. For the past 12 years, I’ve had crippling Anxiety that leads to intense panic attacks. I’ve been in and out of Ambulances and ER rooms and have called 911 several times. The panic is that intense. I can be just driving down the road and out of no where, BOOM! Hit by the anxiety bus. Most of the time it leads to me panicking, thinking I’m going to die or something is fatally wrong with me. The fear is so intense that I can only find a fraction of calmness by consistently checking my blood pressure, putting on a pulsometer and even checking my blood sugar until it passes. I’m not even a diabetic. I’m always having intrusive thoughts that doctors can’t even fix me. I’ve never met anyone else like me. I feel so scared sometimes that I’m going to loose my mind and that I’m going crazy and will end up in a straight jacket. Then I get another attack just thinking about that as well. Starting new medications freak me out too. If I experience ANY minor side effect, I immediately panic and freak out. I’m being so held back by this . This is a constant obsession that I can’t shake. It’s like I walk hand in hand with Anxiety and panic. Anyone else ever had these issues?
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Hey! Just wondering if anyone else has dealt with something similar. A bit of background: I have POTS and had a horrible flare up in March which led to us calling ambulances; I started on meds which didn’t agree with me; the POTS flare passed and left me with horrific anxiety on a level I’ve never experience before. I was still able to go out and do every day things like grocery shopping and see my nan but nothing more. Fast forward a few weeks my uncle dies and the grief and stress triggered a massive migraine, and bc I’ve never had a migraine before it scared me and I thought I was having a stroke or something. The migraine passed but my brain latched onto the fear of it and how it felt to have one. Long story short since the beginning of the year it’s been one thing after another. A few days ago I had the worst panic attack ever downstairs in my house (felt like I couldn’t feel my arm or face) and it sent me into a spiral. I am now terrified to leave the house in case I have a panic attack outdoors, it just feels so unsafe. I went to the shop with my dad yesterday and felt so bad, but i managed to do it and I was proud. Tried again to go to a different shop closer to home because I was already feeling bad, and it was horrific. I started having a panic attack, felt faint, my arm and face went tingly, so we went back home. I’m trying to challenge myself every day but I am really really struggling and not sure what to do at this point. I tried fluoxetine but had horrible side effects (which included a horrific dip in my mood) so I had to stop them. I’m seeing my doctor tomorrow to tell her everything and explain how difficult it is, but I’m just SO scared all the time. It’s like my body is constantly scanning for danger. It’s got to a point where it’s been going on for so long I’m just desperate to try anything to help me feel just a little bit better. I’m not asking for much, I just want to be able to go to the shop without feeling like I’m going to die. My question is has anyone else dealt with anything like this? The panic attacks are terrifying, and even though I know they’re “not dangerous” it does not help because they’re still so so scary and even worse when I’m out of my bedroom because if I’m by myself I can kinda lie down, do some breathing and talk myself round. I just don’t know how to get over this and I’m so so sad because I’m 31 and scared of being stuck like this forever 😭
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