Infinity
20-10-11, 16:19
Hi, I'm Infinity, I have lived in the Algarve Portugal for some years now and I have Panic Attacks. I started having panics when I was 21, after having an extreme bad bout of bronchitis, I was sent out by my ex husband to buy a paper and crashed the car into a lamp post, this was my first attack, I didn't have a clue what was happening to me, only that I couldn't breathe at all and I knocked on a door to get help and was turned away, I think they thought I was nuts or something, luckily I did find some kind people who took me in and gave me a glass of water, even helping me to phone my family, also drove me home too. I was referred to the doctors, who put me on a course of Lorenin, that I am still on but not as many as before and only one milligram. Just under two years ago, I had my son AJ, when I was pregnant phobias took over, I couldn't be driven in a car unless my now husband went at under 80 kph, I couldn't go out in the rain. I'm ok with that now though. My panic attack symptoms have been from severe to not so severe, but I have found that stress or change is a major factor, good or bad. I also just hate the ones you get for no absolute reason. But my major worry was a few days ago, I collapsed in a heap on the floor, I had felt stressed pre-hand, but my head went fuzzy, the room spun and everyone round me sounded muffled, I didn't completely black out, once I got to the floor I seemed to come out of it, I have had these before but not so severe and I have had a bad neck of late. What worries me, is that I have started staying in on my own, which I have never been able to do and I'm worried that it will happen when I pick up my son, as these things come out of the blue with no warning. Pre to this two weeks ago I managed to get to a park with friends, a Zoo park and even though I only saw one show, it was a major achievement for me. I just don't want to go back to square one, panicking about the near faints, hope someone has some useful advice and being that I'm a natural worrier can help me calm myself maybe enough to recognise symptoms I haven't noticed before. I would dearly love to help others too and share some of my experiences, hopefully some of my remedies may help someone else in need, thankyou for reading and I'm glad I found this site yesterday and added it to favourites via Google xxx :)