i woke up very early this morning, after a kind of crazy dream, and my heart was racing… i tried to be calm, i tried to meditate to slow it down, but i almost felt like i was going to die… i thought heavily about calling 911… i laid there, tried to relax, eventually, fell asleep i guess, cause an hour later i woke up and i felt ok.. i went into work and i was talking with someone about it who said i had an anxiety attach.. that it used to happen to his mom all the time… is that really what is was? what causes them? is there any other way to treat them, should it happen again, asside from getting meds? it was very scary.. should i call the doctor about it monday? is it likely to happen again? why did i have it?

Does anyone know from experience of any good inpatient/resident panic disorder treatment centers in the US? None of them I found have listed the price. Curious about that too.

I was having a panic attack/anxiety attack/whatever and I couldn’t breathe and I kept crying and I just ran out of my klonopin (but even that isn’t meant to treat ATTACKS, it’s got a longer half life) and i knew i had some Librium around so I took that. It’s 10 mg. I just took it about 2 minutes ago so I’m not feeling anything.
Since the medication is about 7 years old, has it "gone bad"? Should I take more?
I have a few other meds around but I can’t remember what they are.

And please, do not suggest that I go to the emergency room or call an ambulance unless you are ready to pay the bills for it.
The crying had stopped at the time I took the medication but I still had a lot of trouble breathing.
Within about 20 minutes all the symptoms completely disappeared. Could be placebo effect or just natural ending of the episode, who knows. I think it was probably the librium though.
I am dizzy and tired now though, but more relaxed. I may even be able to sleep.
Thanks for those who took me seriously.

I am already being treated for depression and on meds/going to therapy. Today I was at work at all of a sudden my heart stop racing and I couldn’t breath. That was 3 hours ago and I still can’t seem to relax, what could it be?
I meant started racing…sorry

I’m an 18 year old senior in high school. I’m current on 150 mg of Zoloft a day. I’ve been recieving therapy for several months, but I really haven’t improved at all. I have problems with anxiety and depression.

The Zoloft has really helped with depression, but my anxiety is still very bad (if not worse then before the medicine). I’ve had a few panic attacks since starting the medicine (one very serious one in the middle of class). I also twitch quite a bit, it could just be that I’m so cold though…

My therapist would not diagnosis me with anything because I think she said she was more of a humanist or something. However she said that in order to treat my anxiety we would probably have to get the depression under control and it is pretty much now.

So I was wondering how effective talk therapy was for helping with anxiety? I’ve always thought I had social anxiety disorder, but my therapist is reluctant to diagnosis anything.
Also what other forms of therapy may be more effective?

Description of my anxiety
Well like most highschool guys I get most anxious around girls, but for me it isn’t uncommon for me to have anxiety or panic attacks.
I usually try to flee from conversations because I never have anything to say and I’m worried for some reason. So it will usually come with faster breathing & heart beat… possibly some twitching.

When just being in public I’m told that I look very uncomfotable and even at time that I look like I’m going to pass out.

Just sitting in class I will have problems twitching (mainly hands shaking and mouth doing something similar to shivering).
yes my depression has pretty much subsidded (and only in about a months period with the first medication, everyone was telling me change it and not even to give the zoloft a chance).

I really don’t feel a need to be diagoisnised with a specific disorder, I just feel my anxiety symptoms best first social anxiety disorder for best reference as to what my problems are like and what therapy would be useful in treating it.

I’ve heard a lot about CBT for treating anxiety and I think my therapist may use some.
I don’t see where you got the impression that the therapist does not listen to me. Just because she won’t diagonis me with some medical term doesn’t really mean anything to me. It won’t change how I’m feeling or the symptoms I’m experiencing and it would not change her method.

Isn’t it better to form the therapy to the individual patient instead of just switching because of something like that?

i thought this medication was for high blood pressure or to treat people that have had heart attacks.

Drugs won’t work; now, I am really not into the material, and serious advice, medically or emotionally, is out of my knowledge or imagination…

Any idea?

Someone who is special to me told me that i should see a doctor just because i feel guilty that my parents is treating me differently(extra caring, extra giving, and extra thoughtful) after i had an anxiety attack and was hospitalized for a day? I dont like what he said, it gave me papercuts inside. I just went into too much depression because of pressure at school and hostile situation, and i dont know how to deal with it that time.

I’ve been suffering from depression & anxiety disorder since my husband left me 1 1/2 yrs ago for another woman (after 31 years of marriage). My depression is being treated, but lately I’ve been suffering from anxiety disorder/attacks which makes me not want to leave my home. I cannot sleep at night and suffer from intense fear, so I have missed a lot of work. My doctor gave me meds for anxiety but they are not helping. I am afraid I’m going to lose my job and since I don’t have any one to support me or help me, I feel I’m 1 step closer to being homeless. The psychiatrists I have seen say I need to go to work and fight the fear, but this is easier to say than to do. I don’t know where to turn. Please help!
This problem isn’t about my ex-husband anymore. I’ve accepted the fact that I’m better off without him. My problem now, is the anxiety disorder and how to cope with it so I don’t lose my job.

Long story short as I can be, our cat had kittens 5 of them, 10 days later the mother got deathly sick and I became a mother cat, bottle fed, potty and slept with these guys on a heating pad, liter trained them and everything. The runt of the litter tended to be with me a lot more often as they became mobile, as the others would beat her up out of the food and just flat out pick on her a lot. SO I fed her separate of the others, she was behind a bit developing. 100% set up for Separation Anxiety for this little gal. Turn for the worse at 6 weeks old she jetted under one of my kid’s feet and got stepped on. she was in very serious condition, and I held her, brushed, petted and talked to her 24/7 no rest for 4 days nursing this kitten to survive. She was my special girl before the accident, even more so with another 10 days of intensive kitten care. drops of water for 4 days, then watered down moist food for 3 days, she is doing fantastic now. Until…

Ok I have gone out of the house since she is mobile again, shopping, taking kids to things at school and so forth, Thanksgiving day we were ALL gone for about 6 hours. Came home and they all sat up yawned at me like "oh you were gone?"

Suddenly Tues night my daughter needed a ride home from work, so I ran 6 blocks to pick her up and came home to a semi comatose kitten. I always shut my bedroom door when I leave so the dogs don’t go in after the kitten food, and the kittens don’t run about the house getting into trouble as they can manage a lot of.

I shut my door and leave, About the time I made it out of the front door, my 2nd oldest heard this blood curtailing scream coming from my room, she ran up open the door and the kitten was against the door and fell out of the door way, ripped down the steps into the bathroom.. NO MOM!!! She went into a hysterical run all over the house making rounds to every room screaming, till she finally just collapsed panting like she was dying, not 5 minutes went by and I was back home, to my daughter standing there holding this limp dead looking cat, and my daughter crying saying "mom, somethings wrong with her"

Of course as much heart as I put into this kitten to save her life now in her short little life of now 9 weeks, I screamed and ran toward her. The sound of my voice she jumped up suddenly ALIVE!! and jumped on me up to my face, licking me purring hysterically loving me to death. Now not 2 minutes before that, she was limp and my daughter couldn’t get her to "come around" She had run her self around hysterical and I guess passed out.

Again today 1st time I have left her and not "taken her along" since Tues night. I drove my son about a block and half to the bus stop and right back, I timed it and was not gone a full 3 minutes. came home to her running hysterically to find me and saw me, climbed me kissing me to death again.

All the causes for this kitten to be this way is there, I get why she is like that I seriously do. I spoil her to death to which doesn’t help. Scrambled egg in the morning, Super is moist food, and a treat at bed time, she has her own little bedroom and toy room cubes… She will continue to be spoiled for the rest of her life.

But, I also have NO doubt, that if I leave this kitten behind again for more then 5 minutes she could very well have an anxiety attack that she may just lay down and die over it. She is only 9 weeks old.. seriously do I want to drug this little thing that already had such a ruff start?

I have to drive to NJ to get my husband returning from Iraq next week, and already going shopping for travel needs for her.

My question is I guess, would be, any suggestions on how to start gradually fixing this sudden onset? I can’t think of a thing to have caused it that changed from Monday to Tues. Monday i went shopping with my daughter for 2 hours, left her here with my other kids, she didn’t care less about me going away. NO house changes happened to cause Tues reaction to me leaving for 5 minutes…

She literally was limp and gasping for air…

So any suggestions on where to go from here on getting it better aside from Drugs?
TY for responses so far, yes I knew this was a possibility for all 5 of them, but esp this gal with all she has been threw.

The good part is the ONLY aggression she shows at all is if I am sleeping and someone comes near me.. LOL

My husband has been in Iraq for a year and comes home next week.. what a welcome home.. huh? snarl snarl HISS HISS get away from my mama!!

but if the person is in the bed before me, like my son fell asleep on my bed the other day and I moved him over and the kitten and I went to bed, he was ok.. but don’t try to get near me after I’m sleeping.

It’s been a long haul with these guys. I am momma… no doubt about it. I read so much information when I had to take over.

I already take her with me everywhere I go, but soon i’ll have to go to the grocery store, and she can’t go there. 5 hours to pick up hubby I guess we’ll see how she rides long distances now too!

I just got prescribed Fluoxetine (Prozac) from my doctor. The purpose of me taking it is for my persistent panic attacks, however, I really like my personality otherwise, and I don’t really know how much Prozac will effect my personality outside of treating the anxiety. I’d really appreciate anyone who knows about and/or has experience about this aspect of the drug. Thanks!!

I have been treated over the last several years for anxiety, panic attacks, and depression. I got on meds and over time things seemed to get better. Until about two weeks ago. I had to be put on an antibiotic for a sinus infection and for some strange reason I just freaked out. I was terrified to take the medicine. After my husband finally convinced me to take the medicine, later that night I woke up with a panic attack. Since that night I am having them daily. I am so exhausted. Physically and mentally. I feel like I am choking constantly, my heart is racing, I can’t seem to focus on anything, all I can think about is having another attack. I’m absolutely terrified. I called the doc ans she increased my dosage on my depression med and gave me klonipin for whem I’m having an attack. How can I deal with this? It’s drivng me crazy. I can’t eat or sleep because I’m so worried. I;m convinced there is something physically wrong with me, but everyone keeps telling me it is all in my head. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can overcome this. The meds don’t seem to be working and I cna’t see a therapist until the end of September. I’ll be crazy by then.
I have tried doing the breathing exercises and talking myself through it, but nothing is helping. My chest feels so tight, and literally sore because I have hyperventilated so much this week.

my golden retriever is missing and my black lab is missing him like crazy. it is exactly a week today that it happen and my black lab is crying and acts like she is having an anxiety attack. i dont know what to do. can i give her something to calm her down? what i can i do to help her get through this. i have given her plenty of attention and treats. we have taken her on walks. we r getting a new puppy but that wont be for a few more monthes. we have a little poodle for her to play with but she misses her old pal. my heart is broken and continues to break for my lab please help me get her through this thank u.

I suffer from panic disorder but I want to have a baby, i’m scared that i will be pregnant and have panic attacks and that this will negatively affect the baby…any thoughts/experiences?

i just had a really bad anxiety attack and i just wnated to talk
about it..
i dont know what to do.. for example
this is really really stupid but my boyfriend left my house and didnt have
his phone on him.. and he always calls me as soon as he gets home..
and i waited and he didnt call for like 45 minutes and i called his
house and he wasnt there.. so i got extremely nervous..cause i heard
sirens and stuff so i got scared.. am i just nuts? he ended up stopping
at jim’s steakout and i flipped out. this is gross..but i had to
go to the bathroom right away and it was just so bad.
and like i tried to elave the house cause
when i drive i calm down? wierd? but my parents wouldnt let me cause they treat me like im 12..and im 20. anyways.. anxiety runs in my family..but my parents dont believe that i have it and whatveer i have i just have to bite the bullet and get over it.. but its really taking over my life.. im embarassed to go to the doctor i guess because (1) my parents and (2) im embassred to say i have anxiety..
anyone have advice..

My hubby is 45 yrs old and has been suffering from panic attacks. It started in late Oct with chest cold, congestion, cough which he was treated with antibotics and Medrol Dose pack. He continued to feel tightness in his chest and the cough lingered for several weeks. The chest tightness lingered even longer. Due to the fact that his father and grandfather both had heart attacks at the age of 50 and died my hubby is very scared. My hubby has had several tests done and there is nothing phyically wrong with him. He has had normal EKGs, normal stress tests and normal blood tests. We have been to the Emergency Room about 6 times since Oct due to his chest pains. He was put on Xanax which sometimes calms him down. During his last visit to the ER he was given Ativan which seems to help him more than the Xanax. Yesterday he went back to his regular doctor and was given Cymbalta and Klonopin. He took 60 mgs of Cymbalta yesterday about noon and took 1/2 pill of 0.5 mg of Klonolin about 3PM. He said the Klonopin made him feel weird and really didn’t calm him down like the Ativan does. Last night he seemed calmer but did not sleep all night. This morning he woke up with dry heaves, nausea and feeling really weird like dopey. He did start therapy last Tuesday and will go again next Tuesday. His doctor is going to do another stress test and 2D echo as well for peace of mind. I know Cymbalta takes up to two weeks before it starts to work but does it work. Could it be causing the insomnia, nausea? Did the Klonopin cause him to feel dopey this many hours later? He doesn’t want to get addicted to any of these meds and he was told to take them as needed except for the Cymbalta. Can anyone give any insight on Cymbalta, Ativan and Klonopin?

First off, please do not tell me to go to the doctor. I do not have much money and am trying to get an idea of what may be wrong before I go. For the past couple of months I have been having tightness in my chest.. But it is only on one side.. If you were facing me, it is on the left side. Right below my collar bone. A few months ago, it was swollen to the point you could barely see my collar bone. I went to the clinic and was treated for anxiety attacks. I was given 2 medications to help calm when something is stressing me out. However, this is continuing to happen. It hurts to lay on that side and feels really tight. It hurts to take a deep breath. What could it be? Thanks
It is tender when you touch that area, but you can not feel a lump or anything that could be "attached" .. It feels like the other side, except it hurts!

For a little over 6 years now I have been suffering from bouts of Depression, sometimes really bad, other times I am just "sad" for no reason that I understand…My Anxiety is pretty bad sometimes, no panic attacks *i.e heart pumping wildly ,feeling like I am spinning out of control* But is getting worse with age to the point that I don’t want to do anything that could potentially "kill me" that pretty much covers everything outside the house, I hate talking to people and I have terrible insomnia that is only quelled by Sleeping pills nightly, otherwise I start panicking really bad about things I don’t even understand and because of it I wake every morning with a terrible headache and can’t ever seem to "wake up".
So my question is, is there anything I can do to self medicate without a prescription "drug" or therapist?
I exercise at least 4 times a week for at least 20 minutes a day, I can’t afford a therapist and even if I could I have a phobia of talking to people face to face, and I sure as heck can’t show weakness or emotion to them..

knowning what kind of things can trigger it because i’ve had panic attacks before and it’s always because of the same issue, she knew that her talking about a certain thing could bring it on so why did she talk about it?

Also, it’s documented by the doctor.

My husband (he’s 40 and in pretty good shape) has been feeling unwell since the end of August. It started with a non-severe headache that comes and goes, but he generally has it every day at some point and in some area of his head (not always the same). Sometimes it hurts more in his forehead and sometimes at the back of his head, or sometimes on one side. The doctor diagnosed tension headaches, probably because my husband has been under stress lately (financial and work). He tried amitriptyline (prescribed for bedtime use), but that just made him exhausted during the day, so he stopped taking it. He has tried every kind of Tylenol and ibuprofen and sometimes it helps, but not always. He has found that he often gets mild nausea as well. He’s been back to the doctor twice and last time, they sent him for a sinus x-ray (we don’t have the results back yet) and prescribed nasocort. He said last night he got the chills, no fever, and started getting really worked up, so his pulse was racing. He isn’t typically a complainer, but he does get really anxious about anything medical. I think he’s afraid he has a brain tumor, although the doctor doesn’t seem to think so. I am wondering if he’s having anxiety issues and if that could be playing into this. He has been to the e.r with "hart attack symptoms" once and another time he was having an allergic reaction to something and suffered a panic attack, but he has never been treated for any form of anxiety. He stays pretty quiet when he’s upset and I am the only one who sees it. I know anxiety/panic attacks run in his family… his sister has a mild form of it. Our daughter is a very anxious type as well. I have made an appointment to go in with my husband and talk to the doctor later this week. I am wondering if anyone familiar with anxiety/panic attacks can identify with this. He has no other symptoms other than the headache and nausea.

Having a lot of physical & mental problems since last October. I’m being treated for GERD but my mental state started going down around the same time as my gerd symptoms showed up so one may have caused the other. I’m a single mother with two small children and I live in a city with no family or friends. I started having anxiety attacks at night with hands/legs shaking and an overwhelming sense of fear that my body is going to give out and I’m going to die. These attacks happen like once a month but these waves of fear that something is going to happen a lot. In my day to day I try to forget about my worries at work but when I’m with the kids or even by myself I sometimes feel like my life is not a real life. It’s hard to explain but I don’t know how to be happy with my life and raising my kids alone.

As a kid I remember having waves of fear sometimes and not being able to fall asleep even when nothing was really on my mind. Could I have always had a problem and not known it?
I returned from a plane trip last night and I freaked out on the plane. I wasn’t always nervous about flying but now I am. I sat down on the plane and I overheard the woman next to me saying on the phone to say a prayer for us since it was snowing where we were. I jumped up and told the flight attendant I wanted to get off. I was trembling and crying and she ended up taking 5 minutes to convince me that the plane was safe. For the rest of the flight, I had to pre-occupy myself by doing a crossword puzzle and not think about the fear. I’m worried this fear will get worse and worse with time and I’m too embarrased to talk about it with family or friends.

I suffer from pretty severe panic attacks at times and although I always hear they are harmless, I would like to hear from someone who has been there, done that, and has lived a long life.

well first of all ill tell you what happened. i was sleeping and i woke up and heard a man, well like seven men but they were the same voice all whispering at once. then one was whispering louder than the other voices. i do know what it said but i dont want to say. and then i was trying to get them out of my head, i kept saying no you aren’t real shuttup and then my body felt like i was being restrained all over all i could do was breathe and my eyes were rollin back and my head ****** at a weird angle and the man screamed. but I could feel it. it was so real to me. i felt the man inside i head i felt his breathe i fought against the restraints it was real.

now my history…. im 14. almost 15. i have had a rough childhood and i hae to go to court often bc of my parents getting divorce and custody and all. my dad was…. well…. not good. my life was rough and i have been treated for anxiety attacks and depression. last week my father hurt me. and it was a whole big incident. i have always been a little detached from reality. but in a way that was just my personality… ive been hurt so many times i dont want to get close to someone just to get hurt again. but i am really scared now. i am thinking 1) it was a demon because of the sin in my life or 2) im going insane…. literally. im so scared. what do i do

I have Panic Disorder but haven’t had a panic attack for like a month. I experience chest pain regularly do any others who have Panic Attacks? My Psychologist said it is just a symptom or side effect. I also get this strange rush and burining sensation in my esophogus for a second and it goes away? Any information on those?