Ive been suffering from anxiety for about 3 months but I have a problem with substance abuse due to the panic attacks. Are there medications that are legal that will help me from attempting suicide?
PS. (I only began abusing illegal drugs because I was embarrassed and ashamed of my panic attacks)

Will shark cartilage provide relief from social anxiety disorder, panic attacks, depression?

Tomorrow I have to go get a wisdom tooth chopped out by the Dentist!
I really really am scared of having a Panic Attack on the operating table! Anybody got any advice on how I can Psyche myself up for the scary as hell event I’m facing!!!!
Thanks in advance.

Hi, I was wondering if anybody knows if there’s any over the counter supplements that can be used to treat panic attacks and/or depression? I would love to discover some sort of supplements or medicine that would help prevent social anxieties specifically. Maybe I should find some sort of breathing exercises to help keep my heart rate down.

I had been in therapy for two years in a different state and moved here, during my pysch meetings we tried drug after drug after drug.

(I had a mental break down prior to the therapy sessions and was diagnosed with PTSD, acute anxiety disorder, panic attacks, night terrors or panic attacks whilst sleeping and borderline personality disorder)

At the end of treatment I was finally on meds that fit me well. 225 mg effexor xr daily, Xanax 2mg one in morning, 1 in afternoon, 2 at night for the extreme night terrors, and trazadone ( I forget the mg)

Well I became pregnant and was weaned off my medication for the babies safety of course.

After the birth I became extremely more depression and detatched and was placed back on the same medications. Unluckily though we lost our health insurance and could not afford the therapy sessions, nor the meds

I found a Family Practice Dr. who was very kind and since we had moved out of state called my former therapist and followed her previous medications, the problem was, all I could afford was the xanax- So we had to change the anti-depressent which was in the 800$ range(effexor xr 75mgx3) there is no generic, so we went back to cheaper zoloft, which I hate, It takes away my sex drive to the point of noexistence at the dosage I need to be on (150-200mg range) and it really isnt cheap at that dosage either running me about 75-100$.

SO the doc decided to try some older meds which he knew would be much much cheaper and put me on Pamelor (I dont know dosage off the top of my head) but its 3 a day. Im also on Haldol.

So all in alI am on Pamelor, Xanax, and Haldol.

But recently my best friend died and I have taken it very hard and my depression medication is just not cutting it, I havent taken the Haldol in a few months due to muscle spasms, and I have a bad back to begin with.

So being on the poor side I started self-medicating- first with alcohol. I was bad for about 2 weeks, I blacked out approx. 5 times in 2 weeks and went to the hospital once, because i drank a whole 5th of jack alone. (Please be aware I usually dont do things like this and I take my meds as prescribed, I was just EXTREMELY depressed)

Well let me be the first to tell you alcohol does not help, it just makes it hurt worse- cause you wake up feeling ashamed, disgusted with yourself, imbarrassed, worried of how you maintained yourself AND STILL Depressed.

So my friend said he had some methadones and told me to try them, I looked on the internet, and found the were used for pain managment, herion or drug withdrawl symptoms but they are doing studies on depresion treatment and methadone – check it out here http://opioids.com/antidepressant/index.html

So I bought some and tried them, at this point I was desperate to feel relief from all my anxiety and depression. He had 30 mg tabs and I broke them in two, took one half in morning one half in afternoon and a whole one before bed. This with my Xanax, well it was an amazing feeling (and I dont mean I got high, I didnt take enough methadone to even feel a difference) I could get up in the morning and actually get out of my pajamas, put on makeup- Make a full breakfast for my kids and husband. Make a full lunch for the kids, Play games outside, and inside, CLEAN MY HOUSE DAILY!! (if you have major depression you know how much an accomplishment this is) Have dinner ready for the old man when he got home, get the kids ready for bed, read bedtime stories, have sex SLEEP. Its like I can live for the first time in 5 years *Tears*

I need your opinions, because I found a new Psyc. and an appt coming up on the 26 and I kinda want to bring it up to her, but I am scared of what she will think of the degree of the drug, but Im also scared if I dont tell her, I will be living in fear and depression for the rest of mylife.

HELP!

I am very afraid of flying, and am currently being treated for genaralized anxiety disorder. Does anyone in a similar situation have tips for avoiding having anxiety and panic symptoms while flying?

How "exposure" treatment might be helpful for treating each of these disorders. How does learning contribute to a person developing each disorder?
Of the three types of anxiety disorders which do you think would cause the most disruption in the way a person lived?

I am suffereing from severe panic attacks since my son was born in March. I am going to the Dr. this week but am terrified that I am going to have to choose between my sanity and breastfeeding my son. Does anyone know of an anti-anxiety medication that is as effective as Xanax that is safe for a nursing mother? I have heard anti-depressants are used to treat panic/anxiety disorder, too, but I am not depressed – and am afraid of becoming dependant on the medication. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

they say that Luvox and Paxil are good to treat those disorders. Could it be that the Celexa company didnt spend the money to test to see if it will treat those disorders such as Paxil.

I have had the primary test took for heart attack and I still don’t feel any better my primary doctor and the doctor in the emergency room think I am suffer from stress, anxiety and panic disorder. I feel there is something going on with my heart. I am hoenty not stress about anything.

I recently had a bladder infection, and because of this I developped an anxiety/panic disorder. I fear going anywhere where I don’t know if there’ll be a bathroom. I can’t sit in school, or a car because sitting in a closed place makes it worse. Home is ok because there’s a bathroom. But, I’ll get really warm and feel a panic attack coming when I’m faced with these situations. I haven’t heard of many attacks like that, but my doctor said some people get them like I do. I’m on meds now, but can anyone help with a way to relieve the anxiety I feel? Thanks.

I got exposed to a toxic chemical which lead to extremily elevated cardiac contraction force and tachycardia. This was so severe that there was slight parathesia and cold sensations and ever pre-syncope.
This took 5 hours to dicipate.

It left lasting damage consisting of fluttering, ectopic beat and arrythmias tendencies. This arrhymias is stimulated by stomach rumbling and churning.

There has been 11 attacks consisting of…

Ectopic beats inducing elevated cardiac contraction force with tachycardia to the piont of presyncope, and then a drecrease in cardiac force and increasing tachycardia, followed by normocardia.
This attack lasts about 1-2 minutes.

Doctors claimed that these were anxiety attacks.

I agreed to have propranolol hydrochloride for cardio-psychosis on the basis that this is used to treat arrhymia, after 6 palpitation attacks.

I had 3 several week sustianed moderate palpitation periods after 11 palpitation attacks.
I got given a raised dose from 80mg to 160mg after the 1st moderate sustained palpitation period.

How can I still be alive? Will I still die?
I have had to manage this condition with no medical treatment for 4 years and 11 months.

The propranolol just modifies the effects of this condition and does not stop it.
Arrhythmias can still be severe.
What treatment should I get?
How should I go about getting it?
No evidence of cardiac arrhythmias is evidence on the ECG

does anyone have advice on how too treat a 12yr old extreme anxiety/panic attacks? my girlfriends son was in the passenger seat while i was driving, he went into a panic attack…. he called 911 n said hes dying, then turned into a spider monkey and bounced around the car grabbing me dangerously grabbing me screaming hes dying! hes recently exhibited strange but very consistent symptoms like the following:
1. he wont eat cooked food?
2. if hes eating chips fr a bag and someone else puts their hand in the bag, he wont eat any more acting as if its contaminated…
3. if he has a zit or mosquito bite he will obsess incessantly. he walks up too us and asks if its cancer, if its a disease…
4. he breathes loudly and clears his nose/throat as if he has too because he thinks he cant breathe… he says he has too do it, but when he goes in to a panic attack he flips out n say hes dying
5. he will not eat food that we cook or food that we pick up at restaurants as if their is something contaminated about the food…

he has had some serious attacks lately where out of nowhere like a cat he attacks me screaming hes dying…
tonight was enough that he was out of control and i could have crashed, i had to stop the car, restrain em and tell em hes not dying… anyone have solutions or info on how they treat this disorder for 12yr olds? i have experience with this type of thing and i was able to get em home and lay em down, go through breathing exercises etc.. he does not sleep and is wired n moody all day… i dont want too have a doctor give em zanax or valium or any benzos at the age of 12.. we are sending em for counseling, but we are wondering (due to his extreme acute symptoms that he said lasted all day up to the point of an attack) due to the duration that maybe a psych eval at a hospital may be warranted… as far as stressors, his dads a scumbag, and he recently has had a teacher at school clockin em all day at school… in other words, a teacher is on his rear end all the time as they can see his work habits with online internet homework/computer usage ratios.. they can tell that hes slacking on homework etc.. but this teacher has stopped by the house 2x in a week unannounced to discuss his irritable behavior ( lack of sleep) and outburts etc… sorry so long… pretty complex issue here… any advice is appreciated.. thanks!
i forgot, this kid is and has been struggling with add/adhd, but his mother is in denial w/this… the anxiety starts their i believe as his day to day struggle to organize and get structured is disabling him at school… hes being evaluated… maybe the teacher is freakin em out? boy its complex…im going too get em too open up… good advice guys

Hi yahoo answers tell me the remedy for panic attack…

This summer, I was diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse. For those of you who don’t know, its a relatively common heart defect where the valve of your heart is ‘too big’. This causes it to buckle, and sometimes leakage can occur that needs to be fixed, although if it needs surgery, people tend to need it around their 40’s. Many symptoms can ( but don’t always) accompany Mitral Valve, commonly fatigue and anxiety.

School started back about a week ago, and from about the last week of summer to now I’ve been having increasing anxiety. Nothing is really the matter; I seem to stress over little things more than I have before. No matter what I do nothing is getting better.

So yesterday, when I was in the shower, I lost control; I’m not sure how it happened, I know I was almost crying before and then I just burst full-out into hysterics. I felt like I couldn’t get enough air, although I’m wondering if this was due to the heat of my shower, as often I feel like hot air makes it harder to breath, but not to the extent that this was. I was gasping for air and my limbs where shaking uncontrollably — they felt like jello, really weak. I also got dizzy. My hands and forearms got numb and tingly. I didn’t get scared because of the "attack" — I had been researching anxiety and this sounded like an attack, so i felt like I knew what was going on. I remember thinking "It’s not gonna stop, this feeling isn’t going away. I’ll have anxiety forever." and similar things. I was pretty shaken afterwords, but the "episode" was quick. I didn’t tell my parents because I wasn’t sure what it was and I wasn’t thinking clearly. My muscles hurt so bad afterwords, and this morning my chest muscles hurt too, like they had been strained.

In your opinion, does this sound like an attack? What else would this be if it wasn’t? How is anxiety treated, other than drugs? Links to any websites and anything you have to offer is much appreciated! Thanks for reading.
I’m grateful for these quick replies. Of course, the internet can only give an educated guess, but thats all I was looking for, really. I went for a checkup with my cardiologist yesterday and told him I have been having anxiety. The only answer I got was "I hate to put adolescents on antidepressants/antianxiety pills. It can affect alot of things." I told my mother just now and she agrees that it was an anxiey attack, although she said, "Just stop obsessing over the anxiety; focus on other things."

Which isn’t a problem sometimes. Today, for example, is the first time in the past 2 weeks I’ve felt somewhat relaxed. My chest doesn’t feel tight and I’m not getting "butterflies" like I have been. But most other times, I can’t stop, no matter what I try.

So what do I say to them to make them see this is getting bad? You’d think a panic attack would be enough. They just seem to be side-stepping the issue. I don’t want to take pills either; what other way do they treat anxiety?

The child is 11 and has had panic attacks and is fearfull all the time.He has been on prozac for 2 months with much improvement…this is an inherited condition and he has a stable home with no tramitic experiences in his past.I am concerned of the long term with his condition.
Yes…he is under the care of a psycologist and peditrician
It is sometimes hard to know what the right thing to do is,especially when its your child and you are responsable for them.I have him on meds and I guess I just wanted reassureance that the choice I have made is the right one.For the long term…along with coping skills.I have the same dissorder but do not take meds.But I am 37 and he is only a child who is not able to talk himself out of a situation.Thank you for all the input.

Does Cymbalta also treats social anxiety and panic attacks like effexor?
are they Similar?

I recently read an article by some self help guru who wrote a book on how to treat social anxiety and panic attacks as he himself was a victim and developed his own unique methods.But he later found that he was again haunted by social anxiety.It was only when he put his trust in God and having a close relationship with God that he was able to get rid of it.

My doctor is getting my dosing figured out, but it seems like it is not working. I have had to go to the trauma center several times recently. When I do, they tell me to take the remainder of the day off.
Today I called my employeer and told her that I was suffering from an anxiety and panic attack and was going to the hospital, she started jumping me about these and told me that she couldnt put me on the schedule and have me calling in all the time. In addition she said that she expected me to come in and finish out my shift when I got through at the hospital.
Can she fire me for this, especially under the auspices of the Americans With Disability Act? I can document that I have been treated for this for the past several years as well.

I am looking for tips on dealing with my anxiety disorder. I’ve had generalized anxiety disorder since i was 7. I’m now 14 and going into high school next year. I also have panic disorder, phobias, and I am afraid of being trapped into places. I don’t like elevators. I try to be normal. I have a very hard time making friends. I just never feel good about myself. By the way, I am medicated and go to a therapist. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

On going for about a yr. & getting worse. Not getting straight answers. What is the difference from anxiety attack & hypoglycemic attack? today got home from work, felt cold, off balance, nervouse, nauseaded, felt like almost gonna pass out, I get this all the time. Last wk end rushed to hoptial sugar was 50, got glucose iv. I’ve know to have hypoglycemic but my dr. keeps treating me for anxiety. Not on any pills except for xanax which I only take if these episodes happen. 2nite it last 4 hrs. sick to my stomach, off balance, sick stomach. I ate chicken, noodles & baked beans, put some sugar in some apple juice, but also took 0.25 xanax. Which could it be? driving me crazy can’t go on like this, ate every 3 hrs. today at work. Someone please help me! Use to be on zoloft, lexapro, wellbutrin throughout 3 years & didnt’ like them & gained weight……..who can I go see? Saw family dr. yesterday & just gave me strattera for add, (i am 42 yrs. old) to concentrate.

I am writing a reserch paper for my psychology class. I am having a bit of trouble finding information. I need to find as many sources as I can for this topic. I am on medication myself for depression, anxiety and panic attacks. But my paper cant be about me or my personal experiences. So please help me. And PLEASE cite your sources. I need to know where your information or articles came from. Thank you so much.

I am 15 years old, 130 pounds.

I smoked cigarettes on and off for a year and a half, very few though, one or two every weekend.
I enjoyed smoking and never had complications with it.
Same with alcohol.

But about a few months ago I smoked a cigarette and experienced a racing heart, headache, weakness, and I am pretty sure I almost passed out.

I now have this feeling once in a while, like after I take medicine or drink caffeine.
It also happens if I find myself alone, or awake late at night.

I need something that will control this feeling so I don’t have panic attacks and can feel safe again.

I have found that a shot or two of vodka helps a lot, but that is somewhat hard to come by now, and I wouldn’t feel safe taking it, like I might experience a panic attack again, like when I take medicine.

Please help!!