panic attacks and anxiety

[Suzanne22]

Does anyone get them? I have been having severe panick attacks and having one right now. I came inside to kind of breathe if you will. I have asthma as well so I can't take that deep breath when I want right now is kinda freaking me out. I just took my inhaler so my heart is beating out of my chest.
I don't know whether or not to fight or flight. Ughh.....and to top it off I feel realy sick because it's almost that time of the month but for some reason I feel it coming any second. I am not due until next week in about 5 more days. I feel sick and queazy and shaking like a leaf from anxiety. I just took a xanax so hopefully I will feel calmer soon.
From the other post, I took notes and am going to try yoga and breathing exercises to lessen my anxiety and panic attacks. I hope it works. I keep telling myself that nothing bad is going to happen.
My lips will not turn blue and I won't die from asthma or anxiety.
Thank you all for listening to me vent. I feel a bit better writing this down. I tell my husband and he says ok it will pass..which is a good thing he doesn't dwell on me..but I feel like I cannot talk to him about it.
I was doing so good this past year with out panic attacks..I get asthma and the world turns upside down for me. I can[t breathe, I panic. And now all I think about all day is breathing when I know it's what your body does,ughhhh...
sorry so long..really needed to vent.

[ami]

Besides yoga and exercise, please try meditation. It will help you relax.
Put your problems on a HIGHER POWER's hands, whatever you call it is OK.
You are going to be fine. Have faith. Everything will pass.

Please consider the following:
1. Add half lemon to a large glass of ice water and drink it first thing in the morning.
2. Repeat the following affirmations every day, every day, every day:
I am physical relax, I am emotional relax, I am mentally relax, I am totally relax.
I am love, I am joy, I am happy, I am strength, I am success, I am power.
I feel love, I feel joy, I feel happy, I feel strength, I feel success, I feel power. ALL IS GOOD!
Breath in love, breath out peace, repeat at least 20 times very slowly.
EVERY DAY, EVERYDAY, EVERYDAY...
Not just when you get an attack, but daily. Your life will change. You won't have the atacks.

You might also try to drink some relaxing herbal teas like chamomile, or any relaxing herbal tea mixes. You might or might not add some sweetener, most of the time you don't need to add any sweetener.

Hugs,

[lanakat]

I have had panic attacks since turning 40. I have no idea why I started getting them late in life. I started taking Zoloft for my panic attacks. I dont have them anymore. If I dont take my meds for a week or so I will start getting that feeling of them coming back. So I stay on Zoloft. Im sure some people are going to be against meds, but its what works for me.

[skyebunny]

I had a bad hypoglycemic episode in January that almost landed me in an ambulance. I used to have problems with it as a child but that was the worst one i've had ever. I had panic attacks every night for a week after cuz i was afraid it was going to happen again. I was eating everything in sight to keep it from happening again.... Of course I gained alot of weight. I started the sbd 2 months ago and had another episode yesterday that was bad but i was lucky enough to be in an environment where it was taken care of quickly. But honestly, I can't tell if what i had yesterday was a panic attack or low bloopd sugar. Mine was 80 at that time. My question is what can I do differently to prevent those episodes if it's my blood sugar and not panic?
I know how the person that posted that feels and it sucks.

[Kimboroni]

Make sure you are eating every 2-3 hours, and make sure to include a reasonable serving of SB-friendly carbs every time you eat. Remember that "carbs" doesn't mean just the p2 fruits and grains, but also the p1 veggies (including legumes) and dairy. If you let it go too long and then need something higher glycemic to bring your blood sugar up quickly, it can cause a rebound effect of quickly dropping too low again. That's no good. So keep on top of it and eat balanced meals/snacks frequently. Even a glass of milk can do wonders.