Hello all,

Hope is all good with everyone, well tomorrow is my annual physical and I am sooo nervous but thats natural of course, even more for me with my little anxious self lol but it needs to be done so I can have an idea of whats going on inside of me, see what kind of mess this anxiety left for me so I can clean it up. lol Had to rush to the ER once again last night with a major panic attack urghhhh. Emt's were looking at me like "you again" I hate that. Any other time I would try and ride it out but this time around it was very very scary so had no choice, my wonderful mom came with me. The doctor who attended me was a wonderful, caring understanding doctor, she asked me every question she could think of about my anxiety, finally someone who believes me. . She was very sympathetic about my anxiety/panic and depression, she gave me a very small dosage of ativan at the hospital and it did wonders, I felt like I did before the anxiety. She also ordered an EKG and everything came back normal, kinda glad I went thinking about it now. Once I came home I became very sleepy the kind of sleepiness that you experienced when you were a kid and had a long day at the park, if that makes sense lol, it was great overall, I actually slept through the night for about 9 hours I actually felt like myself even if it was for a few hours. The doctor knew what I needed, so she instructed me to ask my physician tomorrow for a prescription until my appointment with my psychiatrist, so lets see what happens and hope that everything goes well with my Physical. Ty all for taking the time and reading this.

God Bless
Liz

I feel for you! I suffered with general anxiety and full blown panic attacks for over 13 yrs. Years I will never get back. Yes, I spent many an hr. in the ER, and lived back then in a small town where everyone knew everyone..and some of the nurses I actually went to school with. How embarrassing..me siotting htere out of control and crying like a baby. Telling anyone that would listen that I was about to die. I was so desperate for someone to just understand this horrible, life altering thing that was going on in my body that I had absolutely NO control over! I cannot beging to tell you how many times I have left full shoping carts in the supermarket, because I was so lightheaded, shaky, sweaty, heart racing, and my eyes would actually dialate. I was a MESS! Listen, if I can overcome this, anyone can. I was put on an seratonin reuptake, SSRI called Luvox generic is Fluvoxamine~( usually prescribed for people with obcessive compulsive disorder, although I don't have the had washing type..just obcessed over my health too much I suppose) i started taking this 6 1/2 yrs. ago. I was such a wreck. I thought there ws no one else inthe world that suffered like i did. I had to plan every single move I made. I had to sit on the back row in church "just in case" I may have to BOLT for the door. I dreaded my daughters school functions so much , but still went, not knowing how I was going to put one foot in front of the other. I took Xanac and stil do. Just not the same dosage. I don't know if anyone is TRULY ever cured, but it is manageable. I haven't had a panic attack ( what a major, major milestone) since I started the Luvox. I do know that my life is so much better now. I do still suffer from extreme PVC's with my heart..that is on another thread on another board! Good luck to you. There really is light at the end of this sad, lonely, hellish nightmare of a tunnel. Mimi :) :wave:

to lizzy
ask your psych for some ativan or similar to take at the start of other panic attacks, works fastest if disolved under the tongue with no swallowing for a while
some are made to be taken this way, see sublingually on the net

panic attacks although unpleasant, wont hurt you

Lizzy, what were your symptoms from lastnight?

Hi Panicky,

It all started with a pain in my neck on the left side which probably brought on the attack, then my head started hurting along with earaches, chest pains, shortness of breath, dizziness and vertigo. I've had some of the symptoms before but never like that one, very scary so had no choice but to go to the ER.

Liz

I probably would of went to ER too with the symptoms us anxiety sufferers get sooooo many have symptoms that mimic heart problems and of course people are always told with these symptoms to "get to the ER."

Anyway,I hope your appointment goes real well and you can get some help for the anxiety.