FenderMadison
04-03-11, 20:46
Hey all, I just found this site. I thought I'd start by sharing a bit of my story with you. I've been experiencing what has been diagnosed as panic attacks since I was 15 years old. I'm 23 now. The most common symptom that I experience is the inablity to catch my breath. I feel as though I have a yawn that I can not fulfill. Terrible feeling. Feel like a fish out of water.
Anyways, this mostly occurs in the middle of the night. Lately I've been waking up at Mid-night or 3:00am in a state of pure panic. The best way that I can describe the feeling is if you were on a plane and you were 99.99% sure it was going to crash and there was nothing you could do. I've been on Celexa for a couple of years now and it seems to help. I sometimes keep a bottle of Ativan around when it gets too hard to cope. The Celexa helped almost immediately but has recently not been doing the trick. Like many, I probably rely entirely too much on meds and do not participate in any form of therapy at this time.
All of my symptoms leave me entirely drained through out the day and I'm currently not doing so well with this whole panic thing. I just wish I could feel like a 'normal' person and not have these feelings.
I hope that participating in this community that I might learn how to deal with this better.
Thanks and great to meet you!
FenderMadison
Anyways, this mostly occurs in the middle of the night. Lately I've been waking up at Mid-night or 3:00am in a state of pure panic. The best way that I can describe the feeling is if you were on a plane and you were 99.99% sure it was going to crash and there was nothing you could do. I've been on Celexa for a couple of years now and it seems to help. I sometimes keep a bottle of Ativan around when it gets too hard to cope. The Celexa helped almost immediately but has recently not been doing the trick. Like many, I probably rely entirely too much on meds and do not participate in any form of therapy at this time.
All of my symptoms leave me entirely drained through out the day and I'm currently not doing so well with this whole panic thing. I just wish I could feel like a 'normal' person and not have these feelings.
I hope that participating in this community that I might learn how to deal with this better.
Thanks and great to meet you!
FenderMadison