Panic Attacks.

[Picard]

I experience it once during my first year. I remember I cried on the phone when I spoke to my dad while I were experiencing it. I felt like a total loser afterwards.

 

[D3x]

This sounds absolutely terrible. my one friend seems to be avoiding places we go more and more and he tends to 'panic' abit when we go out.i always feel sad for him but im too scared to ask him or question him...but ive told him if he needs help he can talk to me.but the way you described it sounds similar to the way he just locks/freezes up,needs to sit for 10 minutes without talking and then he just leaves its wierd....

By him giving into a negative core belief (something bad is going to happen) it reinforces the fact that he feels out of control. It's not going to be easy for him but he needs to take smaller steps & push his comfort zone just a bit, pushing it very far & walking amongst big crowds can only cause more damage & therefore make his comfort zone a lot smaller.

It's not a nice thing to live with & if he wants to get over it (completely), he needs to understand what his body is doing & why it's doing it.

 

[dotVIBE]

http://www.atclinic.co.za/

The above clinic is AWESOME. They don't believe in medication & they get to the "root" of the problem. If you are in JHB (Sandton) & you want help, call them.

Hanan Bushkin is the gents name.

I don't knock counseling, I think counseling is a great healing tool. I just think people should realise that this is often a biological illness at play

 

[D3x]

I don't knock counseling, I think counseling is a great healing tool. I just think people should realise that this is often a biological illness at play

Look, I agree but these guys first try & sort it out without meds & stuff. If it's something that runs in the family then it probably in the genes & they will then need meds BUT, some people can beat it without meds.

 

[dotVIBE]

By him giving into a negative core belief (something bad is going to happen) it reinforces the fact that he feels out of control. It's not going to be easy for him but he needs to take smaller steps & push his comfort zone just a bit, pushing it very far & walking amongst big crowds can only cause more damage & therefore make his comfort zone a lot smaller.

It's not a nice thing to live with & if he wants to get over it (completely), he needs to understand what his body is doing & why it's doing it.

To try and push boundaries while being affected by a serious mental illness is something that should only be attempted when you have the active support of someone knowledgeable in the field of your disorder, someone who knows what you are doing and can help you doing it.

Seriously, to tell this dude "no, you must try harder for your own good" is a baaaad idea. no offense buddy

 

[zoopy3]

i get these all the time... i find that having less sugar and caffeine free things helps

 

[D3x]

To try and push boundaries while being affected by a serious mental illness is something that should only be attempted when you have the active support of someone knowledgeable in the field of your disorder, someone who knows what you are doing and can help you doing it.

Seriously, to tell this dude "no, you must try harder for your own good" is a baaaad idea. no offense buddy

Well, thats how I got rid of mine, I pushed through it. It's scary at first but once you do it bit by bit you push your comfort zone a little further, therefore creating a positive experience & breaking down the negative core belief. Proving to yourseld it's not so bad.

That method worked for me & many others without medication.

Let your buddy deal with it his way but the longer he leaves it the more difficult it will be.

 

[EvilDarkElf]

I don't have full on panic attacks, more like random moments of severe anxiety. They are often difficult to distinguish from mixed states, but when the depression that was behind the mixed states was treated properly the anxiety episodes stood on their own. They occur at random times, even though I understand the source of the underlying fear (something rather silly and mundane) I struggle to control them.

When I mentioned this to my psych, she said "Why suffer when it's not necessary?" and gave me a prescription for ativan. I is not very strong, and does not take all the anxiety away, it just blunts the worst of it.

About the trouble in seeking medical help when you can't make it out your front door, this is not an uncommon problem and a decent psychiatrist/psychologist will work with you over the phone to find a solution. The problem is finding a decent psych, and more specifically one that you can work with. No matter how good a doctor is technically, treatment will be less effective if you can't establish a good relationship and some basic trust with him/her. I had to go through several before I found one that listened to what I perceived as my problem instead of just putting me on SSRI's.