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Originally Posted by yougetthesmiles Pantic Attacks? Sunday we took are kids to the show and watched "Deck The Halls" A funny movie. In the middle of the movie I started feeling this headache coming on, then all of a sudden my body felt like it was heating up like the medicine icy hot. I tried to shake it off, take deep breaths but it wouldnt go away. After a few minutes I told my husband to come to the bathroom with me.
We get to the bathroom and I start shaking so bad I could hardly stand up, my teeth was chattering and could not take any deep breaths. My mouth went extreamly dry, felt like I had a bag of cotton balls in my mouth.
We never did get to finish the movie and we had a hour drive home, the whole time home I was shaking.
I had no reason to have this attack, I was having a great evening and it came right out of the blue.
I finally took the medicine my doctor prescribed (Paxil) but all it did was make me overly tired. Now last night I had another attack. I'm at my wits end with this, I dont know what to do, it's so scary. I even told myself last night that I was tired of this and wanted to end it.
I have 3 beautiful daughters and a wonderful husband. I have to be out of my mind for saying crap like that!
I went and talked to my counsler yesterday, everything was fine until that evening.
I wish I could understand why I'm going through how I can make it go away!
I'm so tired of it, there are days I dont even want to wake up and get out of bed. |
I am so sorry to hear you are having panic attacks. PLEASE PLEASE!!! Be careful with Paxil....I was put on Paxil 4 yrs ago because of a verbally/mentally abusive boss. I had to resign from my job because of this person. After being on Paxil for 3 1/2 yrs I decided it was time for me to stop...I spoke to my doctor before taking myself off of it. ( I had cut the dose in half about 6 months before)...he told me I was taking a low enough dose and to just stop taking it.... O...MY...GOD!!! I went through such horrible withdrawls that I wanted to die....If I had been a suicidal person that would have been the time I would have done it...I missed 2 weeks of work, my husband had to take a FML to stay with me...It was horrible! Paxil is one of those meds that takes about a month to work...you have to take it everyday...you will feel tired for a couple of weeks but that will pass...then you will feel like new again...This is one medication that
YOU MUST NOT STOP TAKING WITHOUT TALKING TO YOUR DOCTOR!!
I would NEVER go on this again....Let me say it this way...I much rather would have the anxiety/panic attacks than to go through what I went through...Paxil did help me but, if I had read up on it BEFORE I took it I would have asked to be put on something else...When I hear someone is being put on Paxil the hair goes up on the back of my neck! Please read all the info on this that you can...
Have you tried deep breathing...like lamaz breathing? or meditating? God I wish I lived closer...I would do what ever I could to help you through these attacks...I know first hand how horrible they are.
I pray you get through them.
