Eevie
10-07-20, 13:53
I am 29 and I have dealt with panic attacks since I was 6 years old, this developed into agoraphobia and I became completely housebound at 18, I was housebound for 8 years.
It took a few years but I started going out again and trying to conquer my agoraphobia. Then coronavirus hit and I had to go inside again, I have been inside since March and my health anxiety and agoraphobia has gone mad again.
Yesterday I had one of the worst panic attacks I have had in a while, today I have woken up anxious and can't seem to control the anxiety. My heart is pounding, my chest is tight, I feel short of breathe and dizzy and fidgety and I can't calm myself. It has also set my IBS off badly. I have just been in bed trying to calm but I can't.
Although I have dealt with this for years it's hit me harder than it has in years, does anyone have any tips on what I can do try to calm?
I have taken some diazepam but I am still freaking out, I have tried watching something but can't concentrate.
It took a few years but I started going out again and trying to conquer my agoraphobia. Then coronavirus hit and I had to go inside again, I have been inside since March and my health anxiety and agoraphobia has gone mad again.
Yesterday I had one of the worst panic attacks I have had in a while, today I have woken up anxious and can't seem to control the anxiety. My heart is pounding, my chest is tight, I feel short of breathe and dizzy and fidgety and I can't calm myself. It has also set my IBS off badly. I have just been in bed trying to calm but I can't.
Although I have dealt with this for years it's hit me harder than it has in years, does anyone have any tips on what I can do try to calm?
I have taken some diazepam but I am still freaking out, I have tried watching something but can't concentrate.