...Especially at night.
I've personally never had panic attacks during the day, I suppose it's just becuase I get myself worked up at night when I have time to think too much. I find myself calling my closer friends who stay up late at night, and I'm hoping to find a new way to calm myself down. I feel aweful for making them stay up with me. I don't have a computer or a television in my room, so I focus strictly on calming music or something to take my mind off. Often, I daydream to sleep if I can but that's very difficult. I always have trouble sleeping because of it. I've resulted with using nightlights (how embarassing..) to sleep, and it works, and the sound of running water calms me down (you have no idea how many nights I've sat hours in the bathroom to calm down) but I lack ideas to help me get to sleep. Mostly I just deal with it because I don't know how to do otherwise.
I take Zoloft at a low dose to help calm me down, and my anxiety is hereditary but...that's no excuse. My father is a bit harsh with me every panic attack and tells me that I'm fine and I struggle to believe it. It's another reason why I don't like waking my parents up. My dad gets angry because I can't control it. No matter I have tried to explain it to him, he's still frustrated, and maybe it makes my panic worse. Who knows?
...So any help?