Comments on: What should i do about bad anxiety attacks?

By: aqil1000

aqil1000 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:27:59 +0000

Medication would help,but i think you should couple that to therapy. Medication provides relief and calms you down in times of anxiety. But, you might want to start addressing a crucial part of your problem-your mental state. What you think,affects how you feel. There are different kinds of therapies you could consider. Talk to your doctor about the best one for you or use google yourself and look into what you feel would work for you.

Therapy to condition your mind to not delve into depression, medication to help you improve your physical state to overcome your depression.
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By: Katy C

Katy C — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:11:59 +0000

How long have you been on prozac? It takes at least 6 weeks for this drug to take FULL effects on you, personally I have been on it for a couple years now and once it kicked in, I loved it, helped big time. If its well over 6 weeks and its still not helping ask your doctor to switch your meds. I experience panic and anxiety attacks as well and I can tell you first hand, they suck. I take Atavan (Lorazepam) for fast onset when I feel I need it as well as the Prozac, that has helped as well, I have heard Xanax helps some, though I didnt care for it myself. The only thing you can do is keep trying and know you will get through it, the paper bag crap never helped me, or the breathing but they may be useful to you, if you feel it coming on try and get up and get away from whatever situation you are in even at work or school, it may help. Lastly talk to friends and family as much as possible really get it out there, people are more understanding then you think, it will get better, know that and good luck
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By: Sandra M

Sandra M — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:23:59 +0000

Talk to him about possibly taking Paxil. I took Prozac and it never worked for me and I also had bad panic attacks. They changed me to Paxil and it helped alot with the panic attacks. If that don’t work, you should talk to him/her about giving you anxiety medication, i.e. Klonopin, Ativan, Xanax, Valium, something like that.

If you have a panic attack use a brown paper bag like a lunch bag and take deep breaths into the bag. I used to go around with a brown paper bag all the time.
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By: Isa

Isa — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:53:59 +0000

What has happened in the past thirty years that has caused us to become such a nation of stressed out individuals? Is society expecting too much from us or are we expecting too much from ourselves? Why are so many people suffering from the following:

• Anxiety disorder
• Social anxiety disorder
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Anorexia Nervosa
• Depression
• Panic attacks

Years ago, no one ever even heard of these conditions, now they are featured in every magazine you encounter. There is a huge market to treat both depression and anxiety, which usually go hand in hand and are the offspring of stress.

Pharmaceutical companies are cranking out different anti-depressants all of the time. These are said to be ‘better” than the other anti-depressants that they discovered a year prior. Thirty years ago, no one ever even heard the term “anti-depressant.” If you used that expression back then, people would think you were talking about something to do with your car.

Today it seems as if every single person you encounter is “on something” for stress, depression or anxiety. All of them can neatly be lumped into the same category and are caused by stress.

Stress is usually at the root of all of the above psychological disorders. It also affects us physically as well. Stress has been linked to every disease known to man, including heart disease and cancer. Clearly, it is not a good idea for people to be under stress. But, as human beings, we are going to experience stressful situations. There is no avoiding this fact. Therefore, in order to really be able to help cure ourselves from being “stressed out” we need to know how to do the following:

• Identify stressors that affect our daily lives;
• Eliminate the stressors of which we can free ourselves;
• Learn to deal with stressful situations in a healthy way
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