trying to fight a panic attack

[joanna32]

Please this time morning 4.02,and trying to fight a panic attack for hours now,i cant control this im tired i feel it goin to over take me,if i take a bad one right now,it will last for hours,anyone any ideas please,im on here praying please take my mind of this aint had one in wee while,i pray no

[AndyMac23]

Good luck and be strong and win over your mind when you finish going through whatever you have to. That's the annoying "anxiety mind". Goes away when it's tired and when you beat it back. I had a friend who moved  far away and it's given me anxiety bad because I love her and she's my best friend and miss her and really worried as she was driving all the way to her destination. Soon as she texted me she was there, the anxiety lifted for a while. *POOF* gone. Just like that. It's all a mind game. We are physically fine. Just have to train the sub-conscious and mind to quit it and balance back out.

Good luck and get some sleep. Best thing for you. :)

[joanna32]

I hope so thank u :-)yeah i feel it starting to fade for now,think its bacause im so tired to,i havent really slept in a while now,cant rem.last time i slept,i have got through alot,still loads go,but all i can do.is try my best stay strong again,but thank you again,i try and sleep now :-)

[AndyMac23]

Yeah I understand what your saying. There's events in you life causing it, so it's hard to push those stress feelings away. But just realize you have a sane mind that can handle it and eventually you'll get through it. Your body and mind can handle it. It's just got a hold of you know but it wont kill you. Same here my mind kind of has a hold on me but trying to knock that away knowing this anxiety and panic is just a mental thing that does not have to happen if I can understand it's just mental. You'll get through it Joanna :)

[AndyMac23]

Yeah that's the mind playing with you. There was times in life I'm sure when you didn't think like you are now or things didn't bother you. So you know you can control it and have that easy mind.
I don't know if you get this but I had a knot(like severe butterlfies) in my chest all day and a floating/rocking feeling. Just makes the anxiety worse all day. But I just went for a short run and said this is so dumb, it's just a mental thing and it has subsided a bit where I'm kind of relaxed. So it shows you can calm it a bit by just realizing it won't kill you and it's ALL mental. I know it stinks but the more you can identify it as just a mental game, the more you can relax and say you're physically OK.

[joanna32]

I forgot mention and ask there as i was writing,even though im on meds,do u really think they will help my panic attacks even though the worry and fear is real in my life at the minute,stuff im going through at the minute is bringing on the panic attack ,and i know the problems in my.life wont go away any time soon,the panic attack is starting to fade abit still feel the pins and needles though:-(and the headache starting creep in

[joanna32]

Thank u :-)im on here trying take my mind of it so its helping :-)yeah on meds,but aint tried them that u said about there,im just so stressed out lot stress and worry at the minute in my life,and i cant control it,so this is why the panic attack is so hard to fight at the minute,as im thinking about all the stress that cant go away and as so quiet at this time of the morning its all buzzing round my mind,but thank u :-)

[AndyMac23]

All I can say Joanna is it's just anxiety messing with your mind. It won't kill you. If you just keep saying to yourself it's anxiety and just a dumb game your mind plays, it might subside a bit knowing your totally fine physically wise. It's just mental. That's all. I know it's hard but that's what I do now. If you don't have meds, have you tried Magnesium supplements?