Avoid Anxiety Attacks
Anxiety attacks anyone???
I’m 25 years old and I have been struggling with anxiety attacks since I was a teenager and I don’t see any end in sight. About 4 years ago I was riding a crowded commuter and a man threw up in front of me and I thought I was having a heart attack. My heart started racing and I pushed people out of the way in an attempt to run. I literally didn’t eat anything but crackers and water for the next week out of fear and paranoia. I still obsess about this. Now I avoid crowded public places whenever possible.
The only thing that works for me is Ativan taken as a 1mg prophylactic tablet or 2mg sublingual wafer. My doctor warned me that this is not advisable. I have tried other medications such as klonopin, valium, xanax, effexor and a host of tricyclic anti-depressants to no avail.
I would very much like to rid myself of these abnormal fixations but I am becoming increasingly ashamed. I also don’t want to rely on Ativan all the time either. Any advice from fellow sufferers out there?
Something as simple as elavil might work – ask your doctor. You didn’t mention whether or not you are also seeing a therapist….? That is also an important part of the treatment in conjunction with Therapy. I started suffering from them at the age of 16 and they got really bad by the age of 19 – I was training to be a professional musician (classical pianist – performer). It got to the point where I would vomit before having to perform and then I would go numb on stage and go into auto-pilot as though I was outside of my body. It turned out that it was all caused by a fear – in my case, it was fear of making 1 mistake. You need to take care of the symptoms with medication so that they don’t cripple you, but you also need to find the cause and deal with that as well.
Good luck to you!
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