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[karenox]

hi all
im karen im 35 married with 3 kids, just found this site nice to know im not the only one with weird thoughts and panick attacks. (feel panicky writting this). i have sufferd with panick attacks for about 8 years. any help and support would be much appreciated.
thanks
karen

[Daisybun]

Hi Karen and welcome. You will find lots of help and support here, and you are right, you are definitely not alone. Sorry you have suffered so long, hope you will find the start of your journey to recovery soon, we're here to support each other.

Take care
Daisybun

'This too will pass'

[chucklehound]

Hi and welcome to NMP:D

Take care

Chuckle

xxxx

[trac67]

Hi Karen,

Welcome to the forum, you will get a lot of good advice here and make some new friends.

Try the following links on coping and symptoms :

Strategies for coping (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=2680)
Some of my symptoms and explinations. (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4495)
very strange panic attack symptoms (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5071)
Actute Anxiety,given ZISPIN ???? HELP (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6054)
bowels (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6941)
Since the dentist (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6924)
You can overcome this! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7017)
What to Say when you Talk to Yourself! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6478)
THE FINAL STEP TO RECOVERY (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7120)

Take care
Trac xx



'Live your life with arms wide open, today is where your book begins, the rest is still unwritten'

[joeyb]

I have experienced severe panic attacks years ago. They were caused by CANDIDA. That is a condition of a yeast overgrowth in the gut. It causes holes to develop in the intestines and that doesn't allow nutrients to enter the bloodstream and brain - thus the panic attacks. It can be fixed to an extent. I don't have the panic attacks any longer. But I still wake up around 3 at night. Diet is the key. NO SUGAR, DRINK ABOUT 10 GLASSES OF WATER DAILY, GET A ANTI-FUNGAL DRUG FROM YOUR DOCTOR (although most doctors don't recognize candida), AND GET CAPRYLIC ACID FROM THE HEALTH FOOD STORE. GET A BOOK ON IT FROM THE HEALTH FOOD STORE. CHECK INFORMATION ON CANDIDA AND SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT ON THE WEB. Hope the best.












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[karenox]

thanks for the replys. can i ask how people generaly cope with panic attacks. as not quite sure of the best way to deal with them.
thanks
karen

[jackie]

we will give you all the support we can karen and hopefully will make you feel less alone too``

jackie

[marie ross]

Hi Karen,

Welcome to the forum, you will find a lot of good advice and help here, i have.

Take care.

Marie XXX

[Ange P]

Welcome Karen,
You have been brave enough to join the forum, well done. I was really nervous revealing all my inner thoughts and experiences on this forum, but everyone is in the same boat and everyone has great ideas to help one another. If I feel a panic attack coming on I start my deep breathing exercises, breathing from deep down in your abdomen, not your chest. I've got the written recovery programme from the No Panic website and I'm working my way through it. I also try distraction methods if I'm out and about in a shop or something and I start feeling panicky. I try and think about something nice and talk to whoever I'm out with. The worst thing is being silent when out and about (I'm agoraphobic), as I start thinking about all sorts of crazy things in my head and then start panicking. Have you tried learning the breathing and maybe try a relaxation tape? It's a start. Good luck, you can come through this. Take care - Ange X.

[polly daydream]

Hi Karen, and welcome to the forum.

Best wishes
Polly

[PUGLETMUM]

:Dhi karen, i'm also new joined the other day. know what you mean about feeling panicky even writing on this forum! it's mad is'nt it what is there to be frightened of? but the only way i cope - when i'm not in a situation where i'm just panicking constantly - is to will the symptoms to get stronger, but not like say it to yourself , but really hope they don't get any worse, to really mean it, they actually get less. it's frightening yourself that makes them worse. how have you managed to cope with having 3 young children? i don't feel qualified really to give you advice when iv'e resricted my life so much because of fear of panics, but hope we can help each other anyway! emmas<center></center><div align="left"></div id="left">

[giddy]

Welcome to the forum Karen
Love Helen

[jill]

Hi Karen :D

WELCOME TO THE SITE

There are lots of nice people here who will help and support you.


TAKE CARE

LOVE JILLXX


When you fear something
learn as much about it as you can
knowledge conquers fear

[hayles]

Hi and a big welcome to you

Hay x

[karenox]

hi
thanks for advice im a bit like emmas i try to avoid situations if i now its going to happen. i only go out and do what i have to then i come straight home.its very frustraiting cause i want to do things with my family but i will make up excuses so i dont have to. i feel very selfish at times because of it. i do talk to my husband when i know its going to happen he's very supportive and trys to reasure me but he dosn't allways understand. sorry if spelling is bad can't type.
karen

[manmoor]

Hi Karen,

Welcome to the best place for us anxiety sufferers. You will be made very welcome here.

Take Care

Mandy

xx

[Karen]

Hi Karen

Welcome to the forum.

You might like to have a read through the following information as a place to start:

First Steps (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/default.asp?t=cms&c=firststeps)

Symptoms (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/default.asp?t=cms&c=symptoms)

Links post: Links to posts about Common Problems (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=7784)

I try to deal with my anxiety and panic attacks by using breathing techniques and waiting for the feeling to pass - whch I know they will. Sometimes I cope better than others and sometimes I do avoid even though I know it doesn't help. I think we all go through that stage at some point.

You will find a lot of help and support here.


Karen



Happiness is not a state to arrive at but a manner of travelling.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough ~ Christine Cagney, Cagney & Lacey

[nomorepanic]

Karen

A warm welcome aboard and lovely to see you here.

Nicola

[Paddington]

hi Karen,so glad you found us,i remember when my panic was out of control and i never went anywhere,but i still got them in the house,Then i found this forum,and i now go to the supermarket,and on friday i went to a concert,trust me,that would have been impossble a few months ago!And if i think about what i have edone i still get scared it's a learned reaction,and we can get overwhelmed by it all.As Karen said ,do look on 1st steps.You will see you are sooo not alone and how to start coping with it ,then after posting on here 4 a while i think you will begin to feel you can do more,my outlook was 'i will try,if i cant do it ,i will try again another time.There are still things i have problems with driving is my new pet hate!!See we still do it swop one fear for another,buti am determined to beat it.By coming on here and reading the posts it gives me such inspiration to keep on keeping on!Take care,love mary-rose.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

we are all in the same boat and can guide each other ashore

[karenox]

thanks 4 you reply mary rose i do try alot im alright once iget where im going its the getting there bit thats hard.i do get quite panicky at home aswell. just started reading the clair weekes book which is very intresting hopefully might help
karen