ellie_C_mason1990
02-02-17, 07:44
Hi everyone
I'm new to this thread as my anxieties have usually been health and social related but I've only ever had panic attacks when tired or hungover. Recently, I've cut out the booze but have suddenly been getting panic attacks in public out of nowhere which I'm finding particularly hard to get through as I can't say "oh I'm hungover" so I automatically think "I'm having a heart attack" or "I'm going to collapse around strangers."
I think this has stemmed from in the past 6 months various incidents in public (I fainted on a bus and at work, had a panic attack in a traffic jam on a bus after a very stressful day at work and had to travel home from work on a bus when I had a stomach bug.) Now in public if I feel my heart racing a little more than it should or I get a bit short of breath, it is a very quick spiral into panic, I start to feel faint etc etc.
Does anyone have any tips? I'm aware that it's something I might have to just live with. I've started a course of sertraline to see if that helps. I meditate every day but can't seem to apply any of the techniques when I get panic. I had cbt previously bit it wasn't focused on panic attacks more health anxiety so I'm wondering if anyone has success stories for cbt and panic. Doctors won't give me beta blockers as I have asthma :(
I'm new to this thread as my anxieties have usually been health and social related but I've only ever had panic attacks when tired or hungover. Recently, I've cut out the booze but have suddenly been getting panic attacks in public out of nowhere which I'm finding particularly hard to get through as I can't say "oh I'm hungover" so I automatically think "I'm having a heart attack" or "I'm going to collapse around strangers."
I think this has stemmed from in the past 6 months various incidents in public (I fainted on a bus and at work, had a panic attack in a traffic jam on a bus after a very stressful day at work and had to travel home from work on a bus when I had a stomach bug.) Now in public if I feel my heart racing a little more than it should or I get a bit short of breath, it is a very quick spiral into panic, I start to feel faint etc etc.
Does anyone have any tips? I'm aware that it's something I might have to just live with. I've started a course of sertraline to see if that helps. I meditate every day but can't seem to apply any of the techniques when I get panic. I had cbt previously bit it wasn't focused on panic attacks more health anxiety so I'm wondering if anyone has success stories for cbt and panic. Doctors won't give me beta blockers as I have asthma :(