What are some good ways to cope with anxiety/panic disorder?

I have recently learned that I may have anxiety or panic disorder. I really would like to find ways to cope with anxiety. I get anxiety attacks often, sometimes for no reason, and I can’t stand the way it makes me feel. I get very warm and sometimes sweat, but the main problem is severe nausea. Thinking I might throw up, I get more worried and get to the point where my nausea makes me want to cry. I bursted into tears today because of severe disiness and nausea. Please leave a comment on ways that you know/you use for calming anxiety.

I went through the same thing, and was later diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder, and Panic Disorder.

During my grade 11 year, I had panic attacks almost daily. My boyfriend convinced me to go to our school counsellor, as at the time he was the only who knew other than myself. I couldn’t talk to her, so the first time I went, I wrote her a note, and she read it while I was there and I slowly started to talk.

Talking to the counsellor was helpful, but it did not stop my panic attacks which got so bad that I ended up in the counsellor’s office nearly daily. I had one really bad episode one day, and Becky (the counsellor) and my boyfriend talked me into telling my mom. I went home, and told my mom every thing (via a note, again) who got me an appointment with our family doctor.

My family doctor put me on Zoloft, an antidepressant. I was on Zoloft for a year. It took the edge off, and I was then able to find ways to control my panic attacks. I now can feel panic attacks coming on, and control them enough that no one else can tell they are happening to me. This also makes me feel better, as part of the reason panic attacks were so awful was the fact that I felt everyone was looking at me and that made me feel worse…

Anyways, after learning to control the panic attacks, I was better able to control the anxiety. Once this happened, I went off the pills, and tried it on my own.

However, that was my personal experience. It would probably help you most to talk to your family doctor, or family for that matter. They can help you find what will help you best

Also, I find that during panic attacks, the best thing to do is talk. Talk to anyone, about anything other than the panic you feel. It always calmed me down and got me thinking about something other than the panic I felt.

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