Hi my name is luz, I'm 28 years old. I was diagnose with 4 different things. 1(post-draumatic stress disorder), 2(panic disorder with agoraphobia), 3(major depressive disorder), 4(dependent personality disorder). All this started in 2006 when i fainted at work becuase my blood pressure got low becuase of the medication i was taking, since that happen i started having anxiety and panic attacks after that i had another bad experience the house where i live in cut on fire. After the fire i started having panic attacks more frequently, flash backs of what happen. Now i can not hear a fire alarm, fire trucks,ambulance or even sirens of police without feeling scare. I got so paranoid i check everything in my aparment to make sure is off or unplugg , to make sure nothing bad happens, and it gets worse if i smell like something is burning i start to get anxious. I feel so bad when my family and my nephew tells me that i don't go out, that they want to see me and be with me. I want to be like before i'm even crying writing this becuase i know that i'm missing out on a lot of things even with my husband he goes out with his family they always ask for me but i always stay home. I want to do things with them but is so hard, I can't even take the bus or go out by myself without having a panic attack. The only way i go out is to go to see my doctor and my husband needs to take me i don't go by myself or without my big purse that got my blood pressure machine, medication. I got to take my big purse every place i go because i feel that i could faint or something bad could happen to me if i don't have my things with me. I went to terapy group but then i left it, I think i wasn't ready for it yet. I just would like to be like before i was a workaholic , multitasker, friendly, happy person.
Hi Katyuska,
Let me first tell u that u will get better and u will have your life back. I was in the same shoes as u with panic attacks and not leaving the house. I'm 34, have two kids, and own a business. I was doing everything and then my world changed and I thought I was going to die or just lose it.. with certain supplements,a week later no more panic attacks and a month or two later 75% better. I was shopping on my own, driving to work and taxing around my kids. If u would like to talk, let me know and I will tell u what helped me:-)
Dee
Hello Luz :)
Welcome and Dee is right.. You will get your life back.
It takes time! You need to focus on the day at hand and not anything more than that. And no matter how hard it is always thinkg about the positives and not the negitives..
Panic lurks about no matter where you are, no matter where your going. If you focus on it, and give it all your energy it will control you. If you just let it go and remember " this too shall pass" when you feel it.. you will get through it.
Sadly no one will ever not have panic attacks.. even before you started really noticing you were having them they were there. You never know till they get bigger then you are, and till they scare the heck out of you. After the first few they start to consume you and control you if you let them.
You are in the right group.. and we all have been where you are.. we know!
And you to will start to see things getting better.. Sure it's harder when you can't totally focus on you because of your spouse and your kids.. but that is what ME time is for.. A few mins before the kids wake up, or nap time, or when they are in bed.. And ... you need to practice deep breathing.. you train your brain to calm when you do deep breathing when you don't need it. That way when they you feel anxious and panic you can start deep breathing and your brain will know.. and it will slow your thinking and calm you.
I have heard others say they are survivors.. and I am sure they are.. anyone can go 10 yrs with out a panic attack.. but believe you me.. I have met a few that have had them and sadly some end up back at the drawing board.. some just keep living life..
You are a strong woman.. and a strong wife and mom..
Believe!!
Have faith!
and... We are always here for you!
Quoting Dee425:Hi Katyuska,
Let me first tell u that u will get better and u will have your life back. I was in the same shoes as u with panic attacks and not leaving the house. I'm 34, have two kids, and own a business. I was doing everything and then my world changed and I thought I was going to die or just lose it.. with certain supplements,a week later no more panic attacks and a month or two later 75% better. I was shopping on my own, driving to work and taxing around my kids. If u would like to talk, let me know and I will tell u what helped me:-)
Dee
Thank dee 425 for what you wrote. I believe what you saying is truth, when i got pregnant i wanted to take control of my life and i did i started going out. Not letting my panic attacks control me. But know that i lost my baby girl, I feel like i'm drowning back into my depression. I'm trying my best not to for my own good and my husband.
Quoting Dannille33:Hello Luz :)
Welcome and Dee is right.. You will get your life back.
It takes time! You need to focus on the day at hand and not anything more than that. And no matter how hard it is always thinkg about the positives and not the negitives..
Panic lurks about no matter where you are, no matter where your going. If you focus on it, and give it all your energy it will control you. If you just let it go and remember " this too shall pass" when you feel it.. you will get through it.
Sadly no one will ever not have panic attacks.. even before you started really noticing you were having them they were there. You never know till they get bigger then you are, and till they scare the heck out of you. After the first few they start to consume you and control you if you let them.
You are in the right group.. and we all have been where you are.. we know!
And you to will start to see things getting better.. Sure it's harder when you can't totally focus on you because of your spouse and your kids.. but that is what ME time is for.. A few mins before the kids wake up, or nap time, or when they are in bed.. And ... you need to practice deep breathing.. you train your brain to calm when you do deep breathing when you don't need it. That way when they you feel anxious and panic you can start deep breathing and your brain will know.. and it will slow your thinking and calm you.
I have heard others say they are survivors.. and I am sure they are.. anyone can go 10 yrs with out a panic attack.. but believe you me.. I have met a few that have had them and sadly some end up back at the drawing board.. some just keep living life..
You are a strong woman.. and a strong wife and mom..
Believe!!
Have faith!
and... We are always here for you!
Thanks dannille33 for what you wrote. I know that is truth that we are strong in many ways. And i was trying to take my life back for my baby girl. I didn't wanted my child to see me sick all the time, I wanted to be there a 100%. But now that i lost my baby girl i don't know what to do. And i don't want to fall back to how i was before, not leaving the house been scare all the time. And been depress like i'm right now my depression is taking over me and I'm trying my best not to lose it for my own good and my husband. Because i want to be able to help him thru this.
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- katyuska
on May. 24, 2011 at 7:32 PM