Kao
19-03-09, 15:37
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I'm Michelle, 29, from Scotland
I've been having panic attacks off and on for a few years now :(
Mine started with feeling nauseous and with having a phobia about throwing up....well now any sick feeling makes me panic.
I also have IBS and can have weeks of constant nausea, so weeks of constant panic.
I did have about a year where I felt I had this beaten (well enough that my day to day life was not affected, still has put me off of flying due to the 'what if' factor), I had some therapy and knowing the mechanics of it helped a lot, along with getting a new job, and getting back into a hobby I had left years before. :)
Just recently tho, since leaving my job due to them cutting my hours, the nausea is back, along with the panics.
Also my heart sometimes slows down a lot or goes very fast (been checked and had an ECG and I'm fine) but I end up panicking especially when I'm on my own.
I use the bus a lot and I go out to where my horse is kept and have to get the bus on a country lane with no other people around (right next to a graveyard ). This is another thing that is setting me off :( I do tend to worry about death and dying too much :(
So what are people's coping strategies?
I have to have a bottle of juice with me, I find little sips help to ease me. It's like my comfort blanket and I never leave home without 1.
Thanks for reading :)
I'm Michelle, 29, from Scotland
I've been having panic attacks off and on for a few years now :(
Mine started with feeling nauseous and with having a phobia about throwing up....well now any sick feeling makes me panic.
I also have IBS and can have weeks of constant nausea, so weeks of constant panic.
I did have about a year where I felt I had this beaten (well enough that my day to day life was not affected, still has put me off of flying due to the 'what if' factor), I had some therapy and knowing the mechanics of it helped a lot, along with getting a new job, and getting back into a hobby I had left years before. :)
Just recently tho, since leaving my job due to them cutting my hours, the nausea is back, along with the panics.
Also my heart sometimes slows down a lot or goes very fast (been checked and had an ECG and I'm fine) but I end up panicking especially when I'm on my own.
I use the bus a lot and I go out to where my horse is kept and have to get the bus on a country lane with no other people around (right next to a graveyard ). This is another thing that is setting me off :( I do tend to worry about death and dying too much :(
So what are people's coping strategies?
I have to have a bottle of juice with me, I find little sips help to ease me. It's like my comfort blanket and I never leave home without 1.
Thanks for reading :)