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Why did it take so long to over come my panic attack.

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tim2014
tim2014

Hello everyone, I've posted in the past about certain things with anxiety, but I wanted to raise this question, why did it take about 2-3 months to physically overcome my first full blown panic attack?

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  • pmnc
    pmnc tim2014

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    Tim,

    I think some researchers said the actual attack is less than 10 minutes.  But I think it's more like half hour and can be retriggered daily.  SSRI meds may stop that but they can take a couple months to work, is that what you meant?

    • tim2014
      tim2014 pmnc

      Posted

      Well mentally I just couldn't overcome it because I didn't know what it was. But when I researched stuff online and linked the symptoms with mine and I started to get better. But it made me feel awful in so many ways. Loss of upper body strength, dizzy, high pulse rate, jumpiness, palps. So much stuff
  • sarah86347
    sarah86347 tim2014

    Posted

    Hi Tim, in what sort of way do you think you didnt overcome it? x
    • tim2014
      tim2014 sarah86347

      Posted

      Mentally. But I also lost alot of my upper body strength when I hate the first full blown panic attack.
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