The Severity of Panic
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I know that morning attack thing..mine has gotton worse since november..I am trying light therapy and on to meds to help. exercise seems to help too. I really hate the morning attacks, but I KNOW I help bring them on by thinking that they will come on. Know what I mean? Take care and be good to yourself. that is really important! Best wishes Laura
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I know that morning attack thing..mine has gotton worse since november..I am trying light therapy and on to meds to help. exercise seems to help too. I really hate the morning attacks, but I KNOW I help bring them on by thinking that they will come on. Know what I mean?
Yup, that anticipatory anxiety and catastrophic thinking is killer. Hope the light thing works, I have started sleeping with the drapes open to get SOME light in this dreary place. I HATE waking up in the dark, really messes me up. Gwen
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hello everyone! i am 28 and in the past 2 weeks my panic attacks have been happening again in the early morning. I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO DIE. when they hit. sweets, vomiting, the works!! is it cause its x-mas or what? i havent taken any medication in 5 months (xanax) SOULD i get back on it for the hollidays or just wait till the next one hits? Witch has been every morning?
Hi, welcome to ASAP 
My advice, FWIW, would be to go back to see the person from whom you got the Xanax (assuming it was a doctor, of course!) and talk this over. I don’t doubt that Xanax will *help* (and probably help wonderfully well) but it seems that you at least ought to keep your MD posted on the situation and involved in your case. Hope that helps. — Gary Cooper
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Hi Folks, I’ve been looking into the history of anxiety and panic a bit deeper lately. Perhaps not too surprizingly, many of the symptoms of anxiety and panic disorders are not much different than the symptoms suffered by soldiers in combat over the last hundred years. Symptoms such as fatigue, feeling faint, vomiting, diareha, loss of memory and concentration, and temporary paralysis are very common in both scenerios. Regardless of whether such symptoms are due to exogenous or endogenous influence, the impact on an individual’s neurology seems the same. In fact, military psychiatrists throughout the world have been exploring the application of benzodiazepines and SRIs in the hopes of banishing fear from soldiers confronted with the extreme horrors of warfare. In other words, the horrors we suffer as a consequence of severe anxiety and panic disorders are truly comparable to the most terrifying situations any persons have ever faced. So, the next time someone tries to trivialize your fear, whether they are family, friend, doctor, or who-ever, … give them a brief history lesson. Best Wishes, Arthur
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hello everyone! i am 28 and in the past 2 weeks my panic attacks have been happening again in the early morning. I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO DIE. when they hit. sweets, vomiting, the works!! is it cause its x-mas or what? i havent taken any medication in 5 months (xanax) SOULD i get back on it for the hollidays or just wait till the next one hits? Witch has been every morning? poor96
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Folks, I’ve been looking into the history of anxiety and panic a bit deeper lately. Perhaps not too surprizingly, many of the symptoms of anxiety and panic disorders are not much different than the symptoms suffered by soldiers in combat over the last hundred years. Symptoms such as fatigue, feeling faint, vomiting, diareha, loss of memory and concentration, and temporary paralysis are very common in both scenerios. Regardless of whether such symptoms are due to exogenous or endogenous influence, the impact on an individual’s neurology seems the same. In fact, military psychiatrists throughout the world have been exploring the application of benzodiazepines and SRIs in the hopes of banishing fear from soldiers confronted with the extreme horrors of warfare. In other words, the horrors we suffer as a consequence of severe anxiety and panic disorders are truly comparable to the most terrifying situations any persons have ever faced. So, the next time someone tries to trivialize your fear, whether they are family, friend, doctor, or who-ever, … give them a brief history lesson. Best Wishes, Arthur
Hi Arthur Thank you for the info. It has always been my opinion that exogenous and endogenous influence worked hand in hand as any external stimuli produces usually an internal reaction. Do I make any sense? Oh well, have a great day! i hope you are feeling better friend. Warm regards, Jim
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I know I am always hesitant to tell people I have panic attacks because they always end up looking at me funny. I mostly keep it to myself. My SO is very supportive but other than him I don’t share with to many people. I am really glad to have found this group. I see a family Dr. now but have been thinking I really need to find someone who only deals with panic attacks. I have been suffering from them for 4 years now. I am 35. I am currently on lorazapam as needed but have been unable to take anything else because they cause to much anxiety also I think I have developed a fear of taking meds. anyone else having this problem? One last thing, I am certain that my panic attacks were brought on by a complete hysterectomy. I never had an anxious bone in my body till then . — Stay Strong, Kelly Faith is daring the soul to go beyond where the eye can see…and I now have the faith – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Folks, I’ve been looking into the history of anxiety and panic a bit deeper lately. Perhaps not too surprizingly, many of the symptoms of anxiety and panic disorders are not much different than the symptoms suffered by soldiers in combat over the last hundred years. Symptoms such as fatigue, feeling faint, vomiting, diareha, loss of memory and concentration, and temporary paralysis are very common in both scenerios. Regardless of whether such symptoms are due to exogenous or endogenous influence, the impact on an individual’s neurology seems the same. In fact, military psychiatrists throughout the world have been exploring the application of benzodiazepines and SRIs in the hopes of banishing fear from soldiers confronted with the extreme horrors of warfare. In other words, the horrors we suffer as a consequence of severe anxiety and panic disorders are truly comparable to the most terrifying situations any persons have ever faced. So, the next time someone tries to trivialize your fear, whether they are family, friend, doctor, or who-ever, … give them a brief history lesson. Best Wishes, Arthur
