One constant panic attack

Hi there,

I really sympathise with you as I know how horrible panic attacks can be.

I suggest you do some breathing techniques. Breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth and try to breathe nice and slow.

Also splashing cold water on the back of your neck helps to cool you down or even taking a cold shower. You can also drink water with ice as all these things help to lower your heart rate.

Try to distract yourself as well like thinking about positive things or listening to your favourite music whatever you enjoy doing while you do the breathing.

Grounding is a good technique as well concentrating on what you can see, hear, smell, taste ect. Keeps you focused on your environment rather than the way you feel.

These are some things that have worked for me in the past. Hope this helps.

YOU NEED TO GET ON XANAS TO STOP THE panic cycle . GOOD LUCK

thanks everyone i laid down and dozed off calmer now but feel groggy in the head and just worn out

i am beside myself right bow with anxiety And have been for a month. I have been getting more shortness of breath and that just sets panic off full-blown. My breast hurt so bad it feels like about six months pregnant and nothing I do makes it better.

I can tell you not to check your blood pressure. Blood pressure varies tremendously from minute to minute depending on your emotional state. If you keep worrying about it and checking it you are guaranteed to get a sky high reading. Stop checking it. Just let it be whatever it is. It is impossible to force yourself to calm down. The very act of trying increases the tension. It is no use trying to distract yourself either because your mind knows what you are trying to do. When you become anxious about the symptoms of anxiety you are adding anxiety to anxiety and are trapped in a vicious circle. The only way to stop it is to accept that you have got some unpleasant physical symptoms. Don't try to get rid of the symptoms but face them head on and accept them. Tell yourself that they can't do you any harm because they really can''t. You need to accept the symptoms and get on with things in spite of them, as you would if you had, say, a muscle pain. It isn't easy but you can do it. When you realise that the symptoms can't hurt you, you will gradually lose your fear of them and they will eventually fade away. It takes a bit of thinking about but it does definitely work. At the moment you are actually causing the symptoms by being afraid of them. This isn't theory. I know it works.

thanks fir all the replies its gotten some better i have been trying to just ignore and go on with my day but some symptoms is intense and then that causes me to really react. ive been so tense with all this ive cause the muscles in my chest to hurt off and on and get stiff. but going through the change hasnt helped any of this either if anything its intensified all of it. one taking one day at a time