I need support??

[Pug_n1]

I have been suffering panic attacks on and off for the last couple of years, There have now been back for nearly a year now and have been dealing with them everyday worrying but getting on with it untill this monday my sisters birthday i havd been nervous all day bout goin out for the meal, The worry thing is that my panic has changed it was breathing it is now feels like there is a cartarh stuck in my throat in witch i can clear so when the limo turned up to take us i flipped could stop crying due to my throat, I finally made my on way to the meal later on, Next day at work this feeling of my throat bein blocked this was as soon as i woke up and barly cleared all day i got home from work and started crying again so mum booked an appointment for the doctors who said we have tried things before so i feel medication is all we can do so im now taking Fluxeore and some other tranquilers sorry bout spelling, Im worried cause i was always under the impresstion that a panic attack only could last a short pieriod of time not days am i wrong??

Sorry bout the amount of text i just had to find out

[Alexandra]

Hi Hun

Sorry to hear you have been going through a bad time with panic attacks. These attacks have a surprising way of coming along just when you feel calm again. I think it can depend on what your feeling anxious about in the first place as to whether it will carry itself on or not. Ie is work going okay at the moment for you?
As you say if your were already getting nervous about going out for the meal it could be that the body is only now feeling that it was'nt so bad after all. You did achieve getting to the meal though that is very positive & you know you should be feeling great about that.

Take Care

Alex

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In & Out Of Your Life
But Only True Friends
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[Paddington]

hey pug,sorry you are feelin scared by the swallowin symptom.it is soooo common .It is more a symptom than a panic attack,but then the fear of choking can set off a panic!I HAVE USED OLBAS OIL PASTILLES!!!I know it sounds daft,but it worked,as they are strong menthol and i could feel that the breath was going into my lungs and there was no blockage or any thing.i keep them in my bag!Do your deep breathin too,read 1st steps on main forum to remind you that this is just a symptom and it will go.love Mary-Rose.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Pug_n1]

Thank you for ur replys people it just feels like catarh in witch wont move, i seem to be worrying from the min i get up 2 the min i go to bed

[Ma Larkin]

Hi Pug, When i first started reading up on panic attacks I was under the impression that they only last mins/hours, but I had some symptoms for days/weeks/permanently. I think anyone who suffers from panic attacks ends up with anxiety & it sounds like you have some classic signs of anxiety so the GP did right giving you the tablets. See how you go, but always remember that its only anxiety Pug (which is a horrible thing for us & we see it as a real serious disease), but it won't harm us or kill us, just scares the cr*p out of us!

Take care & hope the tablets kick in soon.

Les, xx

[Trev]

Hi Pug,

I agree. There's no set time for panic attacks. Sometimes they can be over quite quickly and sometimes go on for ages.
I also think that you can be in a state of "near panic" where you get the symptoms but don't always get a full blown attack all the time.
I can relate to the throat one. I used to get a sensation of tightening around my throat and thinking it would close up. I hated it. However, It's not possible for the the throat to close up in this way and so you will always be able to breathe.
Relaxation of mind and body at every opportunity is a good thing. Not easily achieved I know. It's good to set yourself definite times where you try to relax though. I used to listen to a relaxation cd before bed each night when I was bad.

All the best,
Trev :D

[Meg]

The worst of a panic can only last a a few hours at most BUT the follow on feelings can last days. The fear and clinginess and high anxiety and feeeling really fragile and emotional.

Common Symptoms of Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Phobias and OCD. (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/NMPcms.php?nmppage=symptoms)

First Steps: First Steps to overcoming Panic and Anxiety (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=942)

Tight throat
MORE HORRID SYMPTOMS!!!! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1957)
Swallowing / throat problems / Being strangled! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4476)
What has suddenly changed, feel awful! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3518)
Really frightend of Swallowing, (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3576)
A strange one, anyone else experienced similar?? (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3741)
throat !!! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3857)
Strange Lump in Throat (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3929)
Throat, improvements, questions (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4008)
Problems with eating and Swallowing, (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4175)
update on throat problems (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4270)
Swallowing fear (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4341)
Horrible Throat Feelings! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4396)
Finally admitted what the problem is! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4725)
Another scared one (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4770)
Strange symptom that comes with anxiety (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4771)
Swallowing / throat problems / Being strangled! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=4476)
swallowing difficulties associated with panic? (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5359)
Globus Hystericus??? (not so hysterical) (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5612)
Made It Through (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6938)
Throat problem(another one sorry). (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6871)
Some Progress..Yipee! (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/showthread.php?t=6944)


Meg
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[sal]

Hi hun

Pleased you have posted and sorry you are feeling so bad at the moment.

Dont we all wish it was for a matter of time then we could walk away and go back to how we were. But there is no time limit and that is the hardest part not knowing when we are going to come through this and look back on it as a hard learning curve but made us realise we are stronger than we ever thought. It does take time and we will help you all we can. There are no stipulations at all and that is hard to grasp but we are here for you and totally understand how you feel.

In time it gets easier, through the simply understanding of what has happened to us.

Love Sal xx


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