Posted by pathetic_n_useless on January 23, 2002, at 13:15:56
In reply to ANXIETY SYMPTOMS ARE DEADLY!!!!?, posted by crazychickuk on January 23, 2002, at 9:28:38
you CAN overcome an attack once it starts. It takes practice, little steps at first. I felt like u 6 months ago. I couldn't get anything for mine, not even valium!I couldn't go out either. I have been seeing a therapist and although its still bad it is improving slowly. I found that if I kept thinking negatively and that I couldn't cope while it was happening it made it worse. The negative thoughts you think make it last longer and go on and on.I started by just walking to the end of the street. By finding that it was ok I didn't die/faint/ whatever the worst case scenario i pictured didn't happen, I felt more conifident next time. Now I can go out a lot more. If left alone an anxiety attack due to the workings of the human body and the processes that happen, will eventually end naturally. It's letting it thats tricky. Trying little things like my therapist taught me like breathing exercises which i had to do every day not just during an attack, educating myself about anxiety symptoms and what causes them , telling myself that they symptoms didn;t mean I was going to die etc all helped. I mean I still have them and it IS very HARD to do but little steps at a time. Therapy works better long term I think than meds. Just my opinion although I know a lot of people on this board are pro benzodiazepines which I think may be useful short term but not terribly long term. I'd rather not take benzos for the rest of my life beacuse when stopping them the anxiety comes back as part of withdrawal I think let alone after that. Ok I bet I get attacked for saying all this. Ah well
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