Cconnie
28-01-14, 10:56
Hello, I've had panic attacks for as long as I can remember and I'm only 18 and they are preventing me from living my life. I worry about things that my friends don't even care about and I get my self really worked up.
I'm fed up of having them and just want to get rid of them. I haven't been able to go to multi storey car parks, big shopping centres, some cinemas, I feel like if I haven't been to the place before I can't go there, I've missed out on loads of school/college trips as you've had to take the bus, I feel I can't go abroad on holiday, my panic attacks even prevent me from doing stuff I love doing such as horse riding.
I lived away from home for 2 years and had a panic attack every single day, multiple times, sometimes I wake up in a full blown panic and cannot even get back to sleep.
My panic attacks hit me the worst when I'm in the shower or the bathroom, and I always near enough panic about the same thing, I always spot things which can set my panic off and then I seem to think of them hours later and have a panic attack. I am able to stop my self panicking but sometimes I cannot and they're the worst and recently my panic is getting much worse.
I am now waiting to get a psy through nhs, I haven't been to the doctors about my panic attacks as I don't want to take tablets.
I'm just looking for advise from like minded people on how they combated their panic attacks.
I'm fed up of having them and just want to get rid of them. I haven't been able to go to multi storey car parks, big shopping centres, some cinemas, I feel like if I haven't been to the place before I can't go there, I've missed out on loads of school/college trips as you've had to take the bus, I feel I can't go abroad on holiday, my panic attacks even prevent me from doing stuff I love doing such as horse riding.
I lived away from home for 2 years and had a panic attack every single day, multiple times, sometimes I wake up in a full blown panic and cannot even get back to sleep.
My panic attacks hit me the worst when I'm in the shower or the bathroom, and I always near enough panic about the same thing, I always spot things which can set my panic off and then I seem to think of them hours later and have a panic attack. I am able to stop my self panicking but sometimes I cannot and they're the worst and recently my panic is getting much worse.
I am now waiting to get a psy through nhs, I haven't been to the doctors about my panic attacks as I don't want to take tablets.
I'm just looking for advise from like minded people on how they combated their panic attacks.