asked:


So, my boyfriend woke me up early this morning saying his heart was pounding really fast and it wouldn’t slow down. So he went to the ER and they told him he was fine but was just under a lot of stress. Which we both knew and I’ve tried to tell him to at least talk to someone but he refuses to and says he’s fine. Is there anything I can do to help him not have another attack? Also, can anything severe happen from this? May I just add that I always tell him that he can tell me anything but he doesn’t want to.

Elvira

katherine asked:


My friend began to panic when her heart started racing. She was able to calm down, doing Yoga breathing after 40 min..There was no pain invovled, and subsequent Dr. visit, ruled out heart problems. Suggestions to avoid future episodes would help.

Ciera

gaby c asked:


Last night was the first time i’ve ever been around someone having an attack and i had no clue on what to do….I wanna be prepared for the next time (which hopefully won’t be anytime soon)

So tips and advice would be nice.

Thank you

Alisa

Hailey Harris asked:


Anxiety disorder has become quite common these days because of today’s hectic life. Everyone is running to achieve success; so it is obvious for anyone to get anxious at times due to some unforeseen situations. But when does an actual problem begins? Well, it begins with the excessive increase in the anxiety level or in other words when it gets out of proportion and the person gets overwhelmed. This condition is usually termed as ‘Generalized Anxiety Disorder’.

But it certainly does not mean that diagnosis is the only most important thing if you have generalized anxiety disorder or any other anxiety disorder. On the other hand, the important thing is to know what you can do about this problem. It is quite probable that it is just an anxious phase in your life that will soon pass away. Nevertheless, there is nothing to get despaired if you have any kind of anxiety disorder as there are means that you can use to control your anxious thoughts as well as feelings. Additionally, the best about these means is that you will not need to have prescribed anxiety medications.

One such answer to your anxiety disorder is “Biofeedback Therapy’. This therapy has proved very effective in numerous cases. The best thing is that this therapy teaches you how to become more aware of the breathing. It is essential as rapid or shallow breathing is among the prominent causes of anxiety disorder. Once you are familiar with this therapy, your cognitive thoughts patterns along with psychological responses will be changed.

If biofeedback anxiety therapy is to be explained in simpler terms, it is a therapy that will help you in facing or overcoming your fears. It begins with the bottom. For instance, there are people who suffer from anxiety when driving while there are others who are deadly afraid of crossing bridges. In other words, for anyone suffering from anxiety disorder, there is an anxiety trigger that leads to an anxiety attack. With the help of this therapy you are encouraged to do those things you are most scared of. But it does not mean here that you will be compelled to sit in the car and drive if the anxiety trigger is driving. The main part in biofeedback anxiety therapy is ‘self-talk’. It’s you who will command to yourself that you will not let your anxiety control the life.

Though there are various biotherapists, but it is not necessary for you to seek their help as there are several sites that provide you detailed information about the working of this therapy and how you can apply it effectively to your day-to-day life. We all know that medications do have its pros and cons and it also holds truth that they can help in lowering the amount of power of anxiety disorder symptoms, but prescribed anxiety medications should not be viewed as a cure to treat anxiety disorders. The thing that works prominently in biofeedback anxiety therapy is your ‘will power’. So, if you are having anxiety disorder, it is majorly in your hands to throw it away from your life and live a normal life. Following this therapy seriously with strong will-power will certainly result into the permanent as well as natural removal of anxiety disorder from your life and you can live a very normal life.



Dakota

John Cielo asked:




Once you know what causes anxiety attacks, you’ll be more able to address the underlying conditions and eliminate them. Anxiety attacks are terrifying, and those who have never suffered an anxiety attack can never really appreciate just how scary they can be. You’ll discover the main causes and symptoms of anxiety attacks here.

Before we consider what causes anxiety attacks, we’ll look at the symptoms. The symptoms of anxiety attacks are many, but the most common seem to be…

a fear of something bad going to happen hyperventilation dizziness a feeling of being detached from your surroundings tightness across the chest tightness in the throat racing heart irregular heart beat heart thumping in the chest feeling sick sweating palpitations tingling fingers and toes tremors

 

You may not experience all of them during an anxiety attack, but you will experience several. One of the most common feelings during an attack is the real belief that you’re having a heart attack. I can tell you it’s a really scary experience!

So what causes anxiety attacks and why are they so scary? Anxiety attacks can happen without warning, but they don’t happen without a reason. Something else has been going on in the background and some sort of ‘trigger’ has then sparked-off the attack. That ‘something else in the background’ is general anxiety, i.e. higher-than-normal levels of daily anxiety. And the trigger is usually a highly stressful event or situation, which may even have occurred some time before the actual attack.

You see, an anxiety attack — also called a panic attack — isn’t the same as having a normal, short burst of stress / anxiety. For example, the normal reaction to an unexpected event like having to brake suddenly to avoid a child in the road. It normally takes just a short time for a person with normal levels of daily anxiety to recover from that.

No, a person with general anxiety, faced with a similar highly stressful situation, will react much more severely. Their anxiety levels will be pushed, from already higher-than-normal levels, to extremely high levels. Then, far too much adrenalin is produced in the body and the outcome is the symptoms of an anxiety attack.

Since the beginning of mankind, adrenalin is naturally released in our bodies to help us survive dangerous situations, so we can make ‘fight or flight’ decisions fast, and, be physically prepared and capable of carrying them out.

But these are for ‘real’ danger situations. In a general anxiety condition, the person has totally ‘irrational’ fears and feelings of danger. So that when they experience a further sharp increase in anxiety or fear, the body reacts in the only way it knows how. But there is no physical enemy, to fight or run away from. So the victim suffers a whole range of symptoms that don’t make sense to them. They are having an anxiety attack, and not knowing the cause is a really scary — terrifying actually — feeling.

So now that you know what causes anxiety attacks, what do you do about them? If you suffer from anxiety and anxiety attacks, there are two strands to your cure. The first is to get rid of the ‘fear’ of having another attack. This is so important because that fear alone can cause you to have another attack. Then once you have eliminated that fear, you are much better placed to get rid of your general anxiety.

If you want to discover just how to get rid of your fear of another anxiety attack, and then finally cure your general anxiety then go to http://eliminatepanicattacks.blogspot.com.



Teresa

Ardularra asked:


so im so sick of seeing this crap weed causes anxiety attacks so i thought id write and see what people out their have to say and don’t write and say but pot is bad for u don’t do it get real pot is a awesome it don’t kill or harm you go read the facts now then like Me i also have anxiety attacks after smoking ill start here i had smoked pot for about 11 years all was fine as i got older i had problems like everyone els i was sad all the time one day after smoking weed i had my first anxiety attack now then smoking after this i felt the anxiety come back i till smoke sometimes i get it other times i don’t i only get it after smoking if i have been under stress so wee know that people places or things don’t give u anxiety you do it to your self for many reasons stress number one reason Alto of things in life can Cos stress so i thank when i person gets an anxiety attack after smoking its cos their stressed and then they say in their head it must have been the pot so Guess what next time u do it the anxiety’s gonna come back dose this sound rite too u all out their

AMARMANI

geso asked:


Hi all,
I am a 21 year old male living in Canada. A college student. Last Saturday, I went to the emergency and I was suffering from an mild anxiety attack. After talking with the doctor, my troubling problem went away and I am feeling so well now. But at the moment the doctor refered me to a phychiatrist. My problem now is that now I want to bring all my problems back since I have a phychiatrist appointment in 2 weeks. Why should I worry about my problems again if I am cured.

CHRIS

Someone asked:


Ok, so I’m really worried I have AvPD, avoidant personality disorder. I have had anxiety for 2 years now and it’s been getting steadily worse. One thing I have read on AvPD was that: “While people with social anxiety may constantly monitor their own interpersonal relationships, those with AvPD will constantly monitor the reactions of those they are interacting with.”
I thought, maybe I do this. I’ll think about what people do and their ****** expressions, and I’ll think they don’t like me. Or, I’ll say something socially awkward, and a person will give a weird reaction, and I’ll be like “Did I say something really stupid?”
Now, because I keep thinking I have AvPD and perhaps because I keep thinking of this exact symptom which differentiates SAD and AvPD, I’ll start thinking lots of people around me might have AvPD too! Even though it’s pretty obvious they don’t.
The thing is, I don’t avoid social situations, I’m not totally anxious in front of crowds of people, I just feel uncomfortable and feel like ‘eyes are upon me’. I’ve never had an anxiety attack, but I get symptoms like confusion, racing thoughts, sweating, shortness of breath. I have quite a few close friends, friends that I think would stick up for me if it came to it. There are times when I can’t be myself because of the incessant thinking and these irrational thoughts. There’s a part of me that wants to tell me that I don’t have a mental illness: it’s all anxiety. But whenever that part of me starts coming out, and I’ll be able to be myself, the irratonal thoughts will come back and now the newest one is: “Do I have AvPD.” It’s like everything I do now relates to AvPD… I can’t stop thinking about it.

Are the above thoughts I described just irrational thoughts, including the ones where I view others actions and ask myself whether I’m wrong or act socially awkward? Or are these signs that I do have AvPD?
Please help!

Jay

McMurphy asked:


I was just sitting here at the computer and all the sudden I just had an anxiety attack…. It was different from all the others because usually I can calm my self down in seconds before it gets to intense…. I sware its a trip because its so different… My heart pounds threw my chest my hands become sweaty and my knees buckle on me because it scares me half 2 death leterally and i shake lol…. It makes me feel like everything isnt real and idk.. Then when this is all happening I think…. OMG if i go to the ER they wont be able to cure me.. and i start to think im going to die and if i went to the ER they wouldnt be able to help me… it feels like a dream.. its wierd i hope no one ever goes threw that because its the worst feelings.
I keep almost getting them, I feel like I am going to go crazy… its pretty scarry.

LONNIE

BC asked:


I’m an 18 year old and I went on a 10 day drinking binge. meaning I got drunk every night and/or day. I had no real problems. then, this morning, after drinking about 6 jack and cokes and some rum and red bull as well as a little bit of tequila last night, I woke up to some minor, but very annoying chest pain, tightness, as well as jitters, and strange fatigue. I nearly passed out in my class today and nearly fainted walking up some stairs. napped for about 6 hours and woke up feeling better, but the problems persist a bit. I’m not sure whether this is from alcohol withdrawal, or if the problem lies within my body’s attempts to get rid of the alcohol i drank last night, and simply being overworked. for a while i thought i might be having a heart attack. any help would be appreciated. i’ve also been suffering anxiety and panic attacks when not drinking, so i’m not sure if this was just a bad anxiety attack. what are these symptoms indicating?

Bruce H.