Question:
First a little history....For many reasons....abuse as a child...always being
" high strung " had no self esteem in high school...it progressed to the point
where I could barely function...at the point when it got real bad..I was
rushed to the hospital with severe chest pains..which turned out to be nothing
but " acute anxiety " several occurances followed in the next few years...one
time it got so bad...I ran to try to expedite whatever it was that was
haunting me..Trying to bring on whatever fate awaited me..well as my heart
rate quickened I had no heart attack..and thus was cured of that!@ I also had
extreme anxiety attacks in public places or at Job Interviews..ect....Even the
Valium and Ativan...not to mention a battery of trycyclic Antidepressants as
well as a army of " Expert " Clinical Psycologists ect.... could save me from
this agony I was living...It affected my whole life....I was in my late 20's
and a nervous wreck...I finally started by facing head on whatever bothered
me...for instance " If I went for a job interview, I would state in a offhand
sort of way that I was painfully nervous..and usually people were very
nice..even when my hands shook...and I was so stressed I couldent even
remember my own name...as each episode was disarmed..I was a little calmer the
next time...often making jokes about it..which made it even better....
Answer:
I would be interested in hearing more of how you cured yourself. Since
this is a public forum, could you bring yourself to post publically?
I think you are a relative newcomer to the newsgroup, at least I don't
recall seeing your address much before this. Perhaps you missed the Notes
to newcomers post on your newserver. It takes some pains to explain the
use of certain absolute words (such as always, never, will work, won't
work, etc), is generally frowned upon by asap subscribers.
I am sure your techniques worked very well for you. I am equally sure they
won't necessarily work so well for everyone else.
you seem to be strong wiiled person. I had been on elavil
on/off.i was doing o.k. of my own.but my recent problems have been
insomnia,and worst ,at night whatever sleep i get ,it is as if i am
talking to someone or doing something and wakes up suddenly. and then the
problem begins. i am afraid to go back to sleep.and would stay awake for
the rest of night. and strongly feel like going away outside even in
-20c.Last week it got so bad ,the mere thought of this even during the day
or while i was not sleeping go to the point of panick.nothing happens
,just the fear,hot spell rash (itching of the body).uputill last week it
happened couple times a week untill last week it became everyday occurence
and i had to rush toemergency.the shrink has put me on 10 mg paxill. i
hate any drugs as you do.fear of drugs as well.i want to discontinue asap.
i still have dreams/insomnia but did not have panic wakeup yet. i expect
to occur any day! because it is not daily occurence.
I, too, have a problem with panic wakeups. It only happens to me once or twice a month,
but sometimes these attacks are real humdingers. The fact that I am in a half-asleep state
makes everything seem so much more monumental and frightening. When I finally get fully
awake, the panic slowly begins to subside. When I awaken this way, my heart is beating
150 miles per hour and I am sweating profusely. My breathing is shallow. I usually have to
get out of bed and go to another room just to calm down.
