How many panic attacks a week constitute a problem?
prncssrachel
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How many panic attacks a week constitute a problem?
I just had ANOTHER massive panic attack. I get dizzy and think I'm dying or think that I can't breathe or that I'm not breathing right or that the world is ending. This keeps happening to me, at least twice a week, and I am so embarrassed by it and I don't know what to do. Does anyone know anything about panic disorders?
Misty
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Hon, I think even one constitutes a problem. Have you thought about seeing a psychologist? There is nothing to be embarrassed about, you are going through quite a bit lately, as evidenced by your posts...especially with your mom.
Maybe you should think about talking to someone?
jennbaby
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you poor thing you have so many problems
LnP2003
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one of my friends had them.... it was pretty bad...she let it go for a while & got a bunch of medical side probs to go along with it... don't let it go rachel - go see someone honey
prncssrachel
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Oh my goodness, I'm not as much of a mess as I've made myself seem! I swear! This has been a really rough year for me. It seems like I go through periods where I'm ok for like 4 or 5 months, then periods where I just don't do very well emotionally. I'm in the latter right now. I'm very skeptical when it comes to therapists. I saw this one for a little while and she told me that I was just going through the normal anxieties of life, and when I told her I didn't feel like this was normal, she said that I was doing fine. That ****ed me off. I don't know. I can hold it all together very well professionally and socially, but when I am at home, I feel like I am going nuts sometimes. I just don't understand why I can do that everywhere but here. I don't know. I guess I really should see someone else. But I swear, I'm much more put together than I must seem!
jennbaby
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well we are here for you! i am sorry i know nothing about panic attacks though
Sunny
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Having to see a therapist does not mean you are a mess!!! Sometimes it helps to have someone to help you sort your feelings out. You can find someone you like- different therapists fit different people!
prncssrachel
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Yeah, I am definitely going to see someone. I've just had a rough year. Too many life changes at once. I dropped out of grad school, my parents, who I lived with until I was 23, sold the house I grew up in, leaving me to find somewhere to live, they moved to upstate NY, then I moved to MA with FH, then we moved AGAIN because there was a shooting in our complex(!), and now we are settled and I think it's all sinking in. I'm homesick and scared about all the responsibilities I have now, and it's just so much that I think I am cracking. I'm sorry. I hate to put all this on here, but I am just feeling so overwhelmed.
Kathy116
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Honestly, if everyone had insurance, I think EVERYONE should see a therapist...just as a sounding board..to bounce ideas off, to just talk about fears/hopes/any thoughts! You should ask around and find out if anyone knows of a really good therapist, don't just pick someone out of a phone book because you can definately have another experience as your first time!
wacky
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You need to find a way to release what yo are feeling.
Sometimes we get so caught in our **** that we dont have a way to release it.
Try speaking to your internist, maybe he can recommend something.
Sweetie everything will work out. I know things are tough now, but they will get better
prncssrachel
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I just had a great talk with FH. He was telling me about how he saw a therapist when he was first in college and how it helped him a lot. I think it was the first time I ever really articulated to him what was going on inside my head. Needless to say I will be making some phone calls tomorrow to see someone. Thanks for listening, girls.
shelzyp
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Definitly talk to someone about this, my brother is going thru the same kind of things and we have been persuading him to go see someone, becasue talking with a specialist can never hurt you, it can only help.
