Constant feeling of impending doom!!

please let me know when you do. I'm trying my best to wait till the next session with my Dr. & I suffered a panic attack that kept me up through the night and had me pacing around the house. I felt hopeless cause I knew what it was and calling 911 wouldnt do anything I've tried being in the hospital and meds to treat depression and got very little from that.

Today I had thoughts of work that almost triggered the same feeling of my panic attack where I get worked up, hot and my heart is racing. I calmed myself down by closing my eyes dropping to the floor and breathing slow. Its probably not always going to work but its something.

What just helped me a little was watching someone on youtube explain their anxiety attack and make it sound normal rather than say this defines me. She also filmed the attack but I couldnt watch it, i was afraid it would trigger my. The same thoughts and feeling she had was what I always drive myself crazy thinking. Jus helps knowing someone feels like that.

Best of luck.

I have felt the same way. I started having severe anxiety for a year and the last 6 months is when i started to get it under control. When i had constant anxiety for 2 weeks straight and was always worried about the next attack i called me dr. My doctor helped me out and put me on 5 mg of Lexapro just to get the edge off. It was definitely not an easy process going on medication because I was against it. And the first month was not easy. But At that time I didn’t know how to cope with it. I was talking to a therapist every week and she gave me exercises and started to teach me how to cope with it. Your body is in a fight or flight mode giving you the surge of anxiety. Anytime that you’re worried about having an anxiety attack your body is fighting back. When you get that feeling of anxiety that floods your body you need to tell yourself I am safe I am healthy I’m going to overcome this I got this. you need to ride your anxiety like a wave. Eventually when you get that feeling again you will just say oh theres that anxiety im not going to do this right now and let it go. Its not a feeling your going to live with forever. I didn’t know that at the time but now I do. Takes a lot of practice. Think of your brain like a muscle you exercise in order to build up muscle. your brain actually needs to learn how to relax and think positive. I was always worried about my next panic attack. I never understood what was going on inside my body but now I know it’s just anxiety. if i feel anxiety coming back I tell myself I’m safe and healthy it’s just anxiety. Meditation helped me a lot. I’m not want to meditate, never thought about it but as soon as I started I couldn’t stop. It also takes practice but it helps relax my mind. keep yourself very busy. I also like to journal. In the beginning of my anxiety attacks I focus on the 3-3-3 rule. name three things that you see, name three things that you hear, touch three parts of your body. This will help center your mind and bring you into the present moment. count leaves on a picture, distract yourself. It’s not gonna happen overnight but you will get to where you wanna be and even better. After experiencing this anxiety I’m actually a lot more positive person and Appreciate things alot more. you will get throught this! its something you need to do every day and may get annoying but it will help! you need to find what works for you.