My friend is prone to these. She is really sweet, but totally insecure and won’t go to see anyone for this problem. Her Dr. diagnosed her with Panic/Anxiety attacks, but she is afraid to use drugs..ANyone with similar problem and remedy? Serious replies please
When I say she won’t see anyone, I mean a psyciatrist.

I was just wondering why panic/anxiety attacks make you have to use the bathroom constantly and often you have diarrhea. what is your body doing exactly?

I get severe panic/anxiety attacks sometimes. It’s happened a lot more recently, and I’ve went to the doctors to check everything but they said it was okay. Usually I get a slight anxiety attack during school, but it’s not as bad as my severe ones. Anyone know anything I can do to relax myself while getting these? I usually start breathing really fast and somewhat lose breath, I get very hot, and my heart RACES. Anyone know anything that I can do or use to relax myself? Thanks.

I just recently started getting panic/anxiety attacks when i was pregnant.I had a several of them the last few months of pregnancy.After i had my son (5 months ago), i stopped getting them.But this week i started getting attacks again for some reason.I want to kno how do u handle it when ur in that situation, or make them go away.Any suggestions?

I’ve suffered from panic/anxiety attacks for about a year now. They are brought on by aches and pain, or stress at work (I’m a retail manager). Those who have suffered from attacks before understand that even though you know you are fine, your body tells you something different and it’s so hard to calm down. I want some natural alternatives, rather than taking medication. I don’t have money to go to a pyschologist, so I’m searching for other methods of keeping calm. Any suggestions/sources, especially from those who have personal experience, would be great. I need ideas to prevent them, and ideas to treat them when I have them. Thanks for your help. Serious answers only please.
BTW- I was on lexapro for 6+ months and took klonopin when needed, but I don’t want to go that route again. I don’t want to be on medication

I’ve had a lot of "almost" panic/anxiety attacks, but never the real thing, my breath would shorten and my heart would race realy quick over the slightest thing I’m worried about. And I would get this nervous feeling like I’m not in control anymore.I used to be really calm, so idk what’s happening.

but have you ever had the real thing before and what does it feel like?

Basically, i have had Panic/Anxiety Attacks since i was about 8 years old (maybe younger). Over the years, its usually comes and goes, but when it comes, it comes back for a long time. i have misses like 5+ months school in the past due to this.

I have gone through all avaiable help, which doesnt include taking drugs, as i think thats the last resort.

However recently my attacks are far worse then before, not only do i vomit, shaking, etc but now unable to sleep at all. i get attacks within minutes of closing my eyes, and do last hours.

Having visit the doctors, after 4 days (less than 5 hours sleep) for help, they basically said, they tried everything. they dont really know what to do next. up to me if i wanna try drugs which might get me hocked (not in his words).

Having heard this, atm, im at a all low, because im starting to lose the battle against this, and dont know what to do next.

Has any1 else had the same problem, or any advice???
i have already tried Cognitive Behavioural therapist, hypnotherapist, etc, i was given drugs to reduce heart rate, but none really worked. well it did work for a while, while my mind adapted to something more extreme. because atm, listening to calm music, breathin excerises dont work, where they use to before.

I have had panic/anxiety attacks since I turned 14 or around 8th grade. I did have a normal childhood but not as normal as others since I didn’t have many friends or I didn’t go to daycare as much and I always asked alot of questions and often got frustrated and angry and had tantrums, I moved to America when I was 7 I was born in Estonia. I got teased alot in Elementary and Middle school. Now that I’m 17 years old I’ve begun to understand myself more and know myself, I’ve been through alot in my life, good and bad. I’m very shy and its hard for me to communicate/ make friends. Last year I was in alot of stress and I mean alot, I started having severe panic attacks and I almost felt like dying, thats how bad they were. I ended up in the hospital, had no idea what was going on. They gave me alot of medication in the hospital, I got transferred into a mental hospital though, and from there on they discovered I had Aspergers Disorder, I also had Panic/ Anxiety Disorder. Im much better now

I've had panic/anxiety attacks since Sept. 07. It started after my dad died, and I went to a counselor once. It helped me for about a week, and then the attacks came back.

I had a minor stroke about a month and a half ago, and my anxiety attacks have never been this bad. I've been having these really weird feelings, and it's hard to explain. When I was reading about strokes online, one website said that depression can happen after having a stroke. And now, I've found this website… http://www.natural-herbal-remedies.net/anxiety.html

Where it says "* About 80 percent of depressed people suffer psychological symptoms: unrealistic apprehension, fears, worry, aggitation, irritability, or a panic attack." I've realized that I've had every single one of these symptoms. The "unrealistic apprehension" thing is the weirdest, scariest feeling I've ever felt.

So my question goes out to the psych's out there…. Once I go back to a psychologist and get rid of my depression, will this feeling of being "unrealistic" go away, or am I seriously going crazy, and this feeling will always be here?