Panic/Anxiety attacks recently~~ Please help!?!
Question: Panic/Anxiety attacks recently~~ Please help!!?
Panic/Anxiety attacks recently~~ Please help!!?
I am 19 and I am came to South Korea for summer vacation!.!.
Yesterday at the movie theatre, my heartrate just went crazy all of a sudden and I felt that i HAD to get out of the theatre!.Then I started wanting to call my mom and I started to panic!.!.!.
Then today, I was at a bar drinking some draft beer and the same thing happened!. I felt like I had to leave!.!. I stopped drinking my beer and just kept talking becausae when I stopped talking to my friends, the feeling slowly crept back!.!.
I am scared this is going to keep reocurring!.!.!. Should I seek some help/medication, or will it go away!?!? I didn't tell anyone about it yet because I was embarassed!.!.
Please help me!!
Both times, I calmed myseelf down,Www@Answer-Health@Com
I am 19 and I am came to South Korea for summer vacation!.!.
Yesterday at the movie theatre, my heartrate just went crazy all of a sudden and I felt that i HAD to get out of the theatre!.Then I started wanting to call my mom and I started to panic!.!.!.
Then today, I was at a bar drinking some draft beer and the same thing happened!. I felt like I had to leave!.!. I stopped drinking my beer and just kept talking becausae when I stopped talking to my friends, the feeling slowly crept back!.!.
I am scared this is going to keep reocurring!.!.!. Should I seek some help/medication, or will it go away!?!? I didn't tell anyone about it yet because I was embarassed!.!.
Please help me!!
Both times, I calmed myseelf down,Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
find out where the stress is coming from!. sometimes when you get overwhelmed it will kick in!. however if you are already learning how to calm yourself which is basically deep breathes, and relaxing that is good!. try breathing in a bag very slowly!. I also had anxiety/panic attacks, i found exercising, and meditation worked well!. I refused medications!. however you should see a doctor just to be sure!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I used to get panic/anxiety attacks a lot, and they've been coming less and less often since I started dating my boyfriend, but they used to be pretty bad!.
I didn't go to the doctor or get medication or anything, and I'm semi-stable!. It sounds like yours is just a case of homesickness, really!. If you feel like you should go see a doctor about it, then go ahead, but I think they'll get better with time; It's only for a summer, so if you are just homesick, you'll be fine!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I didn't go to the doctor or get medication or anything, and I'm semi-stable!. It sounds like yours is just a case of homesickness, really!. If you feel like you should go see a doctor about it, then go ahead, but I think they'll get better with time; It's only for a summer, so if you are just homesick, you'll be fine!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Happens all the time in South Korea!. It's something in the water that effects all 19 year olds!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Xanny bars will turn that frown upside down!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
My first panic attack was also in a theater when I was out of country, I was 18 at the time!.
You'll be told be lot's of people to just "talk yourself out of them!." --But, as you have experienced, the change your mental state enough that often times this is not possible!.
One thing I'd like to mention is about alcohol!. If you're experiencing panic attacks you may notice that alcohol helps them go away!. This is a catch-22!. Booze DOES help anxiety and panic symptoms go away while drinking, but the next day you are at much higher risk for another episode as the hangover increases blood pressure, heart rate, and screws with your normal thought processes!.
Like I said, I had my first one when I was your age, but forgot to mention that panic attacks have made severe alcoholic out of me (as described above, this is not uncommon, but now I'm 32, and still use booze to protect myself from anxiety)!.
It's GREAT that you have been able to calm yourself down from them!. I hope this continues forever for you!
Luckily, the major antidepressants out there also treat panic!. They're a pain in the butt to get used to, as they increase anxiety/panic for the first couple weeks, but once you adjust--Bye Bye panic attacks!.
Hope you curb this, it's pretty awful!. Try to have fun on the rest of your trip!Www@Answer-Health@Com
You'll be told be lot's of people to just "talk yourself out of them!." --But, as you have experienced, the change your mental state enough that often times this is not possible!.
One thing I'd like to mention is about alcohol!. If you're experiencing panic attacks you may notice that alcohol helps them go away!. This is a catch-22!. Booze DOES help anxiety and panic symptoms go away while drinking, but the next day you are at much higher risk for another episode as the hangover increases blood pressure, heart rate, and screws with your normal thought processes!.
Like I said, I had my first one when I was your age, but forgot to mention that panic attacks have made severe alcoholic out of me (as described above, this is not uncommon, but now I'm 32, and still use booze to protect myself from anxiety)!.
It's GREAT that you have been able to calm yourself down from them!. I hope this continues forever for you!
Luckily, the major antidepressants out there also treat panic!. They're a pain in the butt to get used to, as they increase anxiety/panic for the first couple weeks, but once you adjust--Bye Bye panic attacks!.
Hope you curb this, it's pretty awful!. Try to have fun on the rest of your trip!Www@Answer-Health@Com