Any help please?

[Shelbiixo]

Ok so last night I had a MASSIVE panic attack with derealization also and now it just seems like my anxieties through the roof and I can't get it back down its so scary I'm only 17 and I don't want to feel like this for the rest of my life in always tired have headaches and feel sick because of it :/ any tips for coping and curing it would be really useful bearig in mind I'm a student and don't have money to buy expensive self help books

[JuJu86]

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[Felecia37]

Hi, I know exactly what you are going through. I have had anxiety and panic attacks for 13 years now and have tried all kinds of meds. I have tried lexapro,celexa,zoloft,paxil,Prozac,wellbutrin,and trazadone which none of these worked. They either gave me side effects or made my anxiety worse. One night I was up with panic from 10 pm to 3 am and just had enough. I went to the cabinet and took some benadryl out of  desperation just to sleep because it is the same ingredient as unisom. To my surprise it worked and I use it every time now. It is a lot safer than any meds I have taken and you can get it at any store any time for cheap. I hope this helps you. Just remember you are not alone. If you need someone to talk to just message me.

[michrdias]

I also hate medications but after almost ten years I had to do something since the things I tried was not helping.. I have had bad experience on other types of medication... If you talk to your Dr as for only 5mg its the smallest dose I was on that until recently and had to go to 10 I have been on lexapro since about 2007 as long as I take it I am good. I had back experience with paxil. but that is common in people I talk to.. I have heard good things about zoloft.

I have had attacks while trying to go to sleep, in the middle of sleep that wake me up it is no fun and yes it makes you scared to go to sleep since you think it is related and will happen again..

My son has anxiety and when he is going to sleep it is the worst for him so I know what you are going through.. I usually let my son lay with me until he is asleep we have found it helps also we turn my computer on and listen to pandora radio the music helps at first he wanted his regular music but found he could not sleep for a few hours so we started listening to classical and easy listening it takes about a half hour and he is out.. Also he will wrap his fingers in my hair and play with it. try playing with a rubber band something to keep your hands and mind busy in a way... My son is eleven and I am trying so hard to get him to sleep alone but he has had this problem since he was about 7 and I dont want to make him suffer at night when he should feel safe. you need to feel safe and comfortable that is how you will relax and it will start to fade away and you will be able to go to better in a confident manner

[edgyboy]

unreal feelings come with anxiety. These feelings go away once the anxiety leaves. It is a vicious cycle. having trouble falling to sleep after having an attack is understandable.

I have had attacks in my sleep and then was afraid to go to sleep the nights that followed. It would be a few weeks before i was confideent enough to sleep without worry

[Shelbiixo]

I really don't want to take medication though heard some bad things about it :/ and I don't know what triggers them they're totally random last nights was just as I was falling asleep and I'm finding it really hard to fall asleep now it seems everytime I start to get better and more confident etc I have an attack and end up back at square one , it's hard to explain what happens when I have an attack I don't know if it's a panic attack or an attack of derealization all I know is things start to seem realy unreal and my vision goes sort of distorted and then I normally end up panicing because of that

[michrdias]

I started having anxiety when I was just a child the first time me and my Dr realized this we tried to see how far back we could trigger my memory of it.. I know in third grade was about the earliest for sure. Anyways....

I was diagnosed somewhere around 18-20. I am now 31.. I have some good years and I have some bad ones. I hate taking medication and am bad at it as well. But I have found taking Lexapro anywhere from 5-20mg depending on what I am going through such as certain events stress and such.. has helped a lot. I have tried other medications and I have a fear from bad experience. Its a tough thing to deal with. I have a 11 year old boy who started showing signs when he was about 7yrs old. I have not found self help books to work for me but counseling helped a lot.

I know this probably does not help but finding others who suffer thet you can relate to is a relief and you wont feel alone and over time you get used to it (in a way) and you learn to cope and deal with it so it is not controlling you but you are controlling it.

[edgyboy]

It does go away over time. What brought this on? and what happens when you have a massive panic attack?