Question:
after reading that Madhatter had anxiety attacks and
knowing that a lot of people in here do, it makes me
want to open up a forum for people to discuss ways
relating to how they have dealt with their anxiety/panic.
i can only say for myself that i have never completely
overcome the anxiety, and may never, but have
learned to cope to a degree. i won't go to certain places
that i'm liable to have one, unless i take 3mg xanax
beforehand. that almost always calms me. i won't put
more pressure on myself than i think i can reasonably
handle. i won't fly without xanax, for example. please
feel free to discuss anything that helps you.
Answer:
I don't often suffer from anxiety but when i do, my heart beats a drum
for ages. I use yoga breaths: bellows, nadi sodana, ha and the cooling.
Sometimes these don't work so i smoke weed or take a zepam.
I get tension headaches where it feels like my head will explode if i
ever move, my shoulders and neck muscles are tight so i often take a hot
bath or, stand on my head! Yes stand on my head seems to be working a lot
lately! I don't knwo whether this is working because i want it to but it
does.
Yoga is something that i used to practise every morning (less so now),
and i can recommend the dead pose to anyone who can take time out. Its
not sleeping but its affects are similar, you just have to learn to let
go of your thoughts and the world around you. It sounds easy but once you
get the hang of it, you can feel relaxed for a long time anxiety doesn't
hang around too long.
http://www.depressionforums.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi? has a forum
dedicated to panic attacks/anxiety. it may not be what you're looking for but i
thought i'd throw it up just incase.
on panic attacks....i had one of my worst ones ever yesterday at the
hospital....ended up blacking out for a bit:(
i'll write more when i come back home.
still, i don't feel entirely comfortable goint so far off topic. i
don't know if some people prefer to filter ot the [ot] threads. in any
case, i was quite addicted to xanax at some point and i didn't like
it, especially since i was likely to run out and have withdrawal
symptoms. xanax calms me down, but i don't that so much as you do.
yelling, arguing and occaionsally crying calms me down. partly
becuase i get to some sort of resolution wiht a person who upsets me,
partly becuase it exhausts me. i wouldn't advise that, though. :)
I am more like u has been - I try to overcome such things. Whenever I have
built up a bit energy I seek out which causes various feelings, in order to
be able to face it.
