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Issue i have anxiety attacks so bad i feel like my throat is closing up. i also have been diagnosed with bipolar. it is so bad i cant drive and i am scared to be home alone. i take lithium and effexor and i sttill dont feel right. i feel like i dont think the way that i used to. i am scared, i dont like feeling out of it or not thinking right. what do i do...please help.... Best Tip Relief from Symptoms Without doubt, there are quite a few things which help me. Some help to lessen the effects of my attacks, and some have a very positive or preventative effect. The following things help to avoid or reduce my symptoms when I am having an attack : avoiding coffee and other drinks containing caffeine - I think that these drinks raise my heart rate and make me feel more anxious avoiding alcohol - I find that drinking alcohol makes me feel more anxious as I feel my heart rate going up. When having an attack, getting cool air blown in to your face from a fan, or your car air conditioning helps to relieve feelings of breathlessness When your heart is pounding, and you are breathing heavily, cup your hands over your nose and mouth, and breathe. Apparently, breathing in your own air increases the carbon dioxide levels in your blood and stops your heart pounding. I find the following to be very good to making me feel positive or help prevent attacks : getting a good nights sleep - easier said than done if you're anxious vigorous physical exercise - I find that I feel much calmer and relaxed after exercise, and that I sleep more soundly. If you are physically exhausted, its hard to not get a good nights sleep ! meditation - regular meditation helps to keep your mind clear of anxiety-creating thoughts. Source(s): http://www.anxietyhelp.org.uk/ Others Anxiety is often described as having cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components. The cognitive component entails expectation of a diffuse and uncertain danger. Somatically the body prepares the organism to deal with threat (known as an emergency reaction); blood pressure and heart rate are increased, sweating is increased, bloodflow to the major muscle groups is increased, and immune and digestive system functions are inhibited. Externally, somatic signs of anxiety may include pale skin, sweating, trembling, and pupillary dilation. Emotionally, anxiety causes a sense of dread or panic and physically causes nausea, and chills. Behaviorally, both voluntary and involuntary behaviors may arise directed at escaping or avoiding the source of anxiety. These behaviors are frequent and often maladaptive, being most extreme in anxiety disorders. However, anxiety is not always pathological or maladaptive: it is a common emotion along with fear, anger, sadness, and happiness, and it has a very important function in relation to survival. Neural circuitry involving the amygdala and hippocampus is thought to underlie anxiety. When confronted with unpleasant and potentially harmful stimuli such as foul odors or tastes, PET-scans show increased bloodflow in the amygdala. In these studies, the participants also reported moderate anxiety. This might indicate that anxiety is a protective mechanism designed to prevent the organism from engaging in potentially harmful behaviors such as feeding on rotten food. A chronically recurring case of anxiety that has a serious effect on a person's life may be clinically diagnosed as an anxiety disorder. The most common are generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Mainstream treatment for anxiety consists of the prescription of anxiolytic agents and/or referral to a cognitive-behavioral therapist. There are indications that a combination of the two can be more effective than either one alone. The acute symptoms of anxiety are most often controlled with anxiolytic agents such as benzodiazepines. Diazepam (valium) was one of the first such drugs. Today there are a wide range of anti-anxiety agents that are based on benzodiazepines, although only two have been approved for panic attacks, Klonopin and Xanax. All benzodiazepines are physically addictive, and extended use should be carefully monitored by a physician, preferably a psychiatrist. It is very important that once placed on a regimen of regular benzodiazepine use, the user should not abruptly discontinue the medication. Some of the SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) have been used with varying degrees of success to treat patients with chronic anxiety, the best results seen with those who exhibit symptoms of clinical depression and non-specific anxiety or general anxiety disorder concurrently. Beta blockers are also sometimes used to treat the somatic symptoms associated with anxiety, especially the shakiness of "stage fright." You have to try another drugs or increase the dose of current drugs. Talk to your doctor immediately. Anxiety can be extremely overwhelming. I have taken meds in the past. I've found it helps more if you kind of talk to yourself and calm yourself down.....count to 100 if you have to. I also believe green tea works wonders for anxiety. I drink it everyday. It's caffeine free and you can think more clearly. It seems to have worked for me over the years. I never did like the scripts. You need to contact your Dr. Let him/her know what is going on. You might have built up a resistance to you meds. But you need to get a check up. Do not wait. When you feel an anxiety attack coming on,, go to a room or a space you can be "calm in" (with little noise) take deep slow breaths, and relax your body from head to toe.. Sometimes if you can focus on 1 thing it will help,, like reading, art, thing like that. But please go to your Doc,, I hope this helps.. Best of Luck... Understanding Mood Disorders - Tormented Minds - Living With a Mood Disorder - Hope for Sufferers - How Others Can Help http://watchtower.org/library/g/2004/1/8... You Can Manage Stress! - "The Silent Killer" - The "Slow Poison" - Good vs Bad Stress - It Can Be Managed! - PTSD--Normal Reaction to Abnormal Experience http://watchtower.org/library/g/1998/3/2... Coping With Post-traumatic Stress - When Terror Strikes - PTSD--What Is It? - Traumatic Stress Will End! - Symptoms of Post-traumatic Stress http://watchtower.org/library/g/2001/8/2... Bringing Phobias Under Control - Tormented by Phobias - When All Eyes Seem to Be Upon You - Controlling Social Phobia - Watch Your Breathing! - When Fear Leads to Panic http://watchtower.org/library/g/1998/7/2... Comfort for Those With a "Stricken Spirit" - Repressed Memories - Did It Really Happen? - Providing a Refuge - Stay Strong Spiritually ... http://www.watchtower.org/e/19951101a/ar... Why Care About Spiritual things? - Spirituality and Your Well-Being - How You Can Satisfy your Spiritual Needs http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2004... Hope--Where Can You Find It? : - Hope--Does It Really Make a Difference? - Why Do We Need Hope? - You Can Fight Pessimism - Where Can You Find Real Hope? http://watchtower.org/library/g/2004/4/2... And here is something for those in your life who want to help you, but may not have a clue how ... "If someone you love has a mental disorder, remember that a listening ear, a helping hand, and an open mind can help that one to survive--and even to thrive." http://watchtower.org/library/g/2004/9/8... I hope you'll be feeling better soon! NOTE > The above link works (when posted), but it appears that some URLs on that site are currently being modified. If need be, you can copy-paste the title into the search engine at the: Official Web site of Jehovah's Witnesses (Ps 83:18; Ex 6:2-8; Isa 43:10-12) http://www.watchtower.org/ |
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