Anxiety Attack

[Sweets79]

I need to calm the hell down.

It's 4 30 am. I'm wide awake now. I just got a severe anxiety attack. I haven't been able to sleep all night. I was worried about someone. I kept thinking the worst happened when I didn't get the call. I picture all these bad things happening. This is insane, I haven't gotten one of these in awhile.

Whenever I got like this, I wouldn't think twice about taking a drink. This is REALLY hard. I think I really need to get some self-help books or CDs, or whatever the heck, I don't know. I also think I need to see the D.R. and get a script for valium or something to calm me down when I get like this. It feels scary and I can't drink, so I need something to help me out. Just needed to get it out.

Thanks.

[Cleansing]

How are you with meditation and breathing techniques? Look them up. Search for something like "calming techniques" or "breathing excercises". I take Valium once in the morning, and again in the afternoon. It helps alot, plus im on Lexapro and metoprolol both used off label for anxiety, I used them for depression and high blood pressure respectively, but it's cool having them have some effect on my calmness. I barely find myself needing to meditate. Though i should start to pray and meditate even if i'm not anxious, because i do have a lot of hatred and jealousy in me.

I'm glad you didn't pick up. i find that drinking just makes the anxiety and depression worse once the buzz goes away.

Since i don't take Valium after 2pm, I usually start drinking my caffeine products once i know I'll be home and relaxed for the rest of the night. I only get anxious when im out and about. So by 7Pm I'm home. The green tea and sodas help me pep up a lil bit so I can do my excercise around 8:30 ish.

Overall, you have to stay away from caffeine though. Seasonings sleepytime caffeine free tea. Usually sold in the vitamin or diet section of the drug store, or in some supermarkets, where trhe rest of the tea is at. Has some Valerian and a lot of chamomile, so you can relax at night.
Yogi Tea is another good brand. Im not sure what's in their slepytime tea.

[Sweets79]

Originally Posted by Cleansing

How are you with meditation and breathing techniques? Look them up. Search for something like "calming techniques" or "breathing excercises". I take Valium once in the morning, and again in the afternoon. It helps alot, plus im on Lexapro and metoprolol both used off label for anxiety, I used them for depression and high blood pressure respectively, but it's cool having them have some effect on my calmness. I barely find myself needing to meditate. Though i should start to pray and meditate even if i'm not anxious, because i do have a lot of hatred and jealousy in me.

I'm glad you didn't pick up. i find that drinking just makes the anxiety and depression worse once the buzz goes away.

Since i don't take Valium after 2pm, I usually start drinking my caffeine products once i know I'll be home and relaxed for the rest of the night. I only get anxious when im out and about. So by 7Pm I'm home. The green tea and sodas help me pep up a lil bit so I can do my excercise around 8:30 ish.

Overall, you have to stay away from caffeine though. Seasonings sleepytime caffeine free tea. Usually sold in the vitamin or diet section of the drug store, or in some supermarkets, where trhe rest of the tea is at. Has some Valerian and a lot of chamomile, so you can relax at night.
Yogi Tea is another good brand. Im not sure what's in their slepytime tea.

Hi Cleansing

Thanks for your reply.

I haven't tried meditation or breathing techniques, I will look them up though. I think I would benefit with a script for valium. I have taken it before and never got addicted to it. I just like being able to have something on hand when the anxiety gets severe, like the other night.

I don't drink coffee, but once in awhile I drink diet soda and green tea. Thanks alot for the tea suggestion, I am going to try that. I heard Valerian is very good for sleep.

Thanks again for the suggestions.

[Zencat]

I take Atavan for anxiety. I tried Valium before for my anxiety but it has a high potentiality for abuse. For me now taking Atavan doesn't make want to abuse it. I just get sleepy if I take too much. It dose help with the anxiety some what. But I think the CBT and therapy helps just as much.

[least]

As soon as my shrink learned I was alcoholic he yanked me off Ativan, well, not yanked, but wrote no more scrip for it. I'm taking Neurontin and Buspar now for anxiety and it helps without being addictive, and without the "relaxation" of the benzos.

My current anxiety is mostly situational, with two teenage girls living at home this summer!!! So dealing with them is difficult, no matter what anti anxiety meds I'm taking.

[yankees24]

I hear you sweets, i've had some bad panic/anxiety in my days. For me the best way to cope is to eat healthy, get a lot of sleep, and avoid caffiene and any other stimulants.. I would love to be able to have a bottle of valium by my side, but unfourtetly I like it too much and will use it just like i used alcohol... Also my anxiety is increased 100 fold the day after drinking..I usually wake up around 5am, cant get back to sleep, and have panic attacks all day. Alcohol may be a temporary cure but the rebound effect is horrible, the same goes for Benzos...I do sympathize with you deeply and i hope you are feeling better...

[ChameleonBoy]

Originally Posted by yankees24

I hear you sweets, i've had some bad panic/anxiety in my days. For me the best way to cope is to eat healthy, get a lot of sleep, and avoid caffiene and any other stimulants.. I would love to be able to have a bottle of valium by my side, but unfourtetly I like it too much and will use it just like i used alcohol... Also my anxiety is increased 100 fold the day after drinking..I usually wake up around 5am, cant get back to sleep, and have panic attacks all day. Alcohol may be a temporary cure but the rebound effect is horrible, the same goes for Benzos...I do sympathize with you deeply and i hope you are feeling better...

You absolutely nailed it for me yankee. When I go more then a few nights without good sleep my body gets run down and my anxiety goes way up. Proper diet and staying away from caffine are very important for me as well as having to quit smoking. I have also recently starting taking both Chromium and L-Glutamine to help stabalize suger spiking along with an over all improved diet because I too have a history of abusing benzo's. Nothing wrong with a prescription for the majority of people who take them as needed.

Good luck to you sweets. Panic attacks are awful.