panicsucks
11-06-08, 12:29
hello everyone
iv been suffering from panic attacks for about 4? years now, it started very mild and every now and then but now its happening quite alot, i can't attend job interviews as i feel stuck there and icant escape if i feel panic coming, im training to become an IT technician so its important that i get this sorted out
my story...
it al started when my parents split up which was obiously deeply stressful for me at the time i was using marajuana at the time with freinds to blank out what was happening (not sure if that can be linked at all)
i was then at college went to tesco and suddenly this overwhelming force came over me for about 3 secounds i just assumed it was nothing which i now know it wasn't it was my first attack, after that i would have them in college classes, i dropped out as a result as i felt i was seriously ill, i then went to work for a garden centre which was perfectly fine until they made me use till's then that was it, i had one in once and a while, then nearly everytime i was on there, then to a point where i couldnt even go near the tills at one stange the force was so extreme i just walked out and went home, cryed my eyes out and finally told my parents what id been experiencing they took me to the doctors and they diagnosed me with panic attacks.
since then iv been on propranolol which i didn't realy find helped much then i was put on another drug which i cant remeber the name, but the last one caused me to have wierd gazey feelings it would be kind of like tunnel vision stuck stareing like u would when u "day dream" and that freaked me out so i came off those, im not at a stage where im not sure what to do i don't really get panic attacks much now unless i have time off work and when i come back i feel mildly dizzy and panicy (my guess is im unfamiliersing myself with the surrundings which then makes me worried)
all in all id just like to know how to get rid of this as its causing me alot of problems in life i just want my freedom back
what are my options?
iv been suffering from panic attacks for about 4? years now, it started very mild and every now and then but now its happening quite alot, i can't attend job interviews as i feel stuck there and icant escape if i feel panic coming, im training to become an IT technician so its important that i get this sorted out
my story...
it al started when my parents split up which was obiously deeply stressful for me at the time i was using marajuana at the time with freinds to blank out what was happening (not sure if that can be linked at all)
i was then at college went to tesco and suddenly this overwhelming force came over me for about 3 secounds i just assumed it was nothing which i now know it wasn't it was my first attack, after that i would have them in college classes, i dropped out as a result as i felt i was seriously ill, i then went to work for a garden centre which was perfectly fine until they made me use till's then that was it, i had one in once and a while, then nearly everytime i was on there, then to a point where i couldnt even go near the tills at one stange the force was so extreme i just walked out and went home, cryed my eyes out and finally told my parents what id been experiencing they took me to the doctors and they diagnosed me with panic attacks.
since then iv been on propranolol which i didn't realy find helped much then i was put on another drug which i cant remeber the name, but the last one caused me to have wierd gazey feelings it would be kind of like tunnel vision stuck stareing like u would when u "day dream" and that freaked me out so i came off those, im not at a stage where im not sure what to do i don't really get panic attacks much now unless i have time off work and when i come back i feel mildly dizzy and panicy (my guess is im unfamiliersing myself with the surrundings which then makes me worried)
all in all id just like to know how to get rid of this as its causing me alot of problems in life i just want my freedom back
what are my options?