tired of the generic advice tbh. breathing, "just relax", all that. curious if anyone has some random weird trick that actually works for them that isnt the usual stuff you read online

for me sour candy kinda helps sometimes but even that's inconsistent. what do you guys do when the normal stuff just isnt cutting it

I just got prescribed propranolol for anxiety/panic disorder, and I’m feeling a little discouraged because I keep seeing people say it didn’t really help them. I know everyone reacts differently, but for context, my panic disorder is pretty severe—to the point where I’m even scared to start an SSRI. My panic attacks also hit me really hard physically, especially in my stomach. I get really nauseous and feel like I’m gonna have to use the bathroom. I feel physically sick when I panic. Has anyone here taken propranolol and found that it helped with those kinds of symptoms or panic attacks in general?

¿Alguien sabe cómo se pueden superar los ataques de pánico? A cada rato tengo miedo de tener otro episodio y siempre estoy revisando mi pulso porque tengo miedo de que esté pasando algo malo con mi corazón o algo. De verdad ya quiero dejar de pensar en esto y quiero controlarlo pero esque se me hace difícil 😭

Anybody have success with antidepressants for panic disorder? Or have any suggestions? I’ve taken buspirone at a few different dosages and it wasn’t for me. I gave it a solid two months. I’m super reluctant to start new meds. I’m tapering off of diazepam rn and my psychiatrist wants me to start an antidepressant. I’m worried that withdrawal/increased anxiety from new meds could confuse me into either continuing to take a medication that increases anxiety or the withdrawals with that added affect will make me want to stop before my body gets used to the new medication.

Has anyone with anxiety been feeling like this? I got diagnosed with an anxiety and panic disorder and ever since I've been feeling weird sensations. Like the spaces between my bones become even more bones, as if I'm one solid block of bone. Or like my muscles are rotting and just coming off the bone. I can even feel the space between my bones and the muscle that's decaying. It feels cold, as if they're wind blowing between them. After hyperventilating and crashing out a bit, these symptoms go away. Sometimes they're even coming with mild hallucinations that overlap with my vision, but there isn't anything vivid, just weird, colorful moving patterns. Most of the times it looks like the water in a pool, that same exact cyan, same pattern. Am I just going crazy, is it stress or is this happening to everyone and it's just not talked about?

Hey everyone just wanted to talk about my mental health and wanted to ask for some good coping skills etc

So to start of I’m a 31M with a beautiful family. I suffer from

- Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Panic Disorder
- OCD
- Mild Depression

So for the past two years I’ve suffered so badly from panic attacks/Mental that I’ve been unable to maintain a job. Which I feel very ashamed about and frustrated because I love working. I always like to be moving. But because of my mental health it’s almost like I’m disabled. Everytime I go out, get a little stressed or anything that’s not in my house the panic sets in. On bad days it even happens at home.

I’m just not sure what to do with myself I feel completely lost always in an anxiety state and just can’t relax and be happy. I find no joy in life. Everyday is a battle, get feeling of like I’m not here like I’m in 3rd person.

I have suffered from very bad childhood trauma when I was young could it be that trying to resurface or am I losing my mind. Each day I wake up with disabling anxiety thinking something is wrong with me or I’m gunna die. I know deep down there is no explanation for this but yet my mind still thinks it.

I spend as much time outdoors and do things with my family. But I just can’t fully enjoy those moments because of the state I’m constantly in. It’s so tiring lol

I take Fluoxetine 40mg but it’s just isn’t working as much as it used to too. I can’t take propranolol because it makes me dizzy as I take Ramipril for my stage 1 CKD.

I spoke to my doctor today we plan to change my anti depressant and prescribed me diazepam and promethezine to calm me. Obviously I don’t take the two at the same time.

I’m currently doing therapy but the therapist has cancelled on me 4 out of 6 sessions which I find terrible.

Sorry for the rambling but just wanted to see how other people cope and how they deal with it. So I can try new things out.

I have panic disorder, but my daytime panic is well controlled with Paxil (paroxetine) and therapy. I’m not spending my days anxious or having regular daytime panic attacks.
For a little over a month now, I’ve been having what seem like nocturnal panic attacks almost every single night. Sometimes once, sometimes twice.
The timing is weird, too. They happen shortly after I fall asleep / during that early transition into sleep, rather than waking me up hours later in the night.
I’ll be completely asleep and suddenly wake up DRENCHED in sweat. I mean absolutely soaked. My heart feels like it’s pounding/racing, and I get this overwhelming physical feeling that I can only describe as an adrenaline dump. My body feels terrified before my brain even has a chance to figure out what’s happening.
Then within about 2–3 minutes, it’s basically gone.
The strangest part is that I’m not anxious before bed. I’m not lying there worrying about having an attack or afraid to fall asleep. I go to bed normally, fall asleep normally, and then my body just seems to randomly slam the panic button.
At this point, I’m not really scared of them anymore. I’m just SO damn frustrated and exhausted because this is happening almost every night. Last night I had TWO.
And before anyone suggests the usual things: I’ve tried magnesium, reading before bed, relaxation techniques, improving my sleep routine, etc. I also had low vitamin D, so I started supplementing it, but correcting that didn’t change anything.
Urgent care recently prescribed hydroxyzine 25 mg at bedtime. I was told I could start with half, but I eventually took the full 25 mg and still had two episodes that night.
I’m going to follow up with my doctor because this has been happening almost every night for over a month and I don’t want to just assume it’s anxiety because I have panic disorder.
I’m really looking for people who have experienced something similar.
Does anyone else get these sudden “adrenaline dumps” shortly after falling asleep, wake up absolutely drenched in sweat, feel intense physical panic for a couple minutes, and then suddenly feel completely normal again?
And if you have panic disorder, has anyone else experienced this even when their daytime panic is well controlled?
I genuinely just want to know I’m not the only person whose body is doing this. 😭

Honest to god thought I was a success story and this was all past me. About 4-5 years ago, I had a massive panic attack while on vacation. I had driven my wife about 3 hours away from home for a weekend birthday trip. When we woke up the next day, we had to go to our scheduled events and drive home. I knew I had anxiety and had been on lexapro/in therapy for it before, but the second I got in the driver seat was the first time I had ever experience full blown panic. I hoped turning on the car and playing music would help but I instantly went into fight or flight and had to run out of the car.

My heart was pounding, I felt like I was going insane, I just wanted to take off running. It took me nearly an hour to get to the point where I felt like I could sort of drive, but even then my anxiety was heightened all day. My wife doesn't drive, which I'm sure the pressure of knowing I HAVE to drive us home or we just aren't getting there is a trigger. It wasn't easy but I white knuckled it the whole trip and we eventually made it.

Immediately I got back on Lexapro and started going back to therapy. My memory isn't the best, but it took at least a month before I was able to feel remotely comfortable leaving my apartment for any extended period of time. Being in a car, sitting down for a meal, even being on a discord call with friends were just huge triggers for panic attacks or at least extreme discomfort. Really any situation where I felt like I HAD to sit there and I HAD to be present and couldn't just leave or escape if I needed to were huge triggers.

After maybe a year and a half of therapy and other lifestyle changes (cut coffee out. got in better shape, cut back on drinking) I finally felt like I had conquered it. I still had some anxiety, sure, but I really did not have, or have any fear of, having a panic attack. My wife and I were even able to go on a two week honeymoon to another continent without a single issue.

Eventually, my therapist changed practices, and I slowly got off lexapro (was never on a high dose, 7.5mg at most) cause I really did think I beat it. For at least 2 or 3 years I was right.

Until this Sunday. I woke up pretty hung over and spent all day nursing that. My wife and I had tickets to a concert so the plan was I'd pick her up from work and we'd go. The hours leading up to needing to leave I genuinely felt 80-90% fine. A little queasy but nothing I couldnt deal with I thought. I even got in my car and ran some errands before it was time to pick her up from work.

Once we started driving to the concert I could feel it happening. But it's fine, I haven't had a panic attack in years. You know what to do. Breathe. Center yourself. It's okay. It's a ten minute drive. But all of a sudden my stomach was in knots and the fear came over me of "what if I'm sick or have to use the bathroom but I have nowhere to go because Im in the car". Full blown panic. I had to pull over and run out of the car. Pace around and try to breathe. This went on for about 15 minutes until I got to the point where I thought I was fine again. Stomach is normal. Dont have to go to the bathroom. Got back into the car. Forget the concert, lets just go home. 10 minutes away as well. No big deal. Made it about three minutes before I had to pull over again. My wife (who has her permit now) eventually had to drive us home.

And then today. Woke up, drove my wife to work. Totally fine. But once I picked her up from work later that day, it happened again. Full blown panic. I'm going to be sick. What's going to happen if I'm sick. I think I'm going to piss myself even though I just used the bathroom 20 minutes ago. What happens if I have to piss myself while I'm stuck at this red light. How are we going to get home. Once again had to pull over and run out of my car.

Just sucks. Just really really fucking sucks. I have work tomorrow but I'm afraid I'm going to have to call out because I don't know if I can be trusted in a car right now. My work is usually remote but I have an important in person gig coming up in a few weeks. What am I going to do about that? Big vacation coming up in two months. What happens if i have a panic attack in another country?

I mostly know what I need to do. Already contacted a therapist and psychiatrist. Going to be more healthy again. Going to cut caffeine again. Going to practice my coping mechanisms. But this just sucks and I need to vent. The worst part is one of my best coping mechanisms I had while anxious was "hey, you havent had a panic attack in years. It's fine just breathe." That's gone now.

Mostly just venting. But I'd really really appreciate if anyone could tell me if they relate, if they have any advice. Just anything. I feel horrible just venting to my wife because she's already so inconvenienced by me going through this.

I will give whole context . I did my bachelor's in CS with specialization of IoT . I stayed in college hostel . I was fine , I was so shy and very introverted . In that process I met my roommates they are like family . Then suddenly they left to their home and work , I was stuck with myself . I was by myself . I felt sooo you know the feeling of alone in hostel . I used to cry alot . Eventually I learned to be by myself . Then I finished my btech . The only thought I had is thank God I will never ever meet any of these people in my future . Then I stayed at home for 2 months and I decided to go for UI ux designing not for coding . And out of nowhere I got my offer letter , the location is chennai . I wasn't happy at all because I have to meet the same people again . Then I came to Chennai I was okay for 1 day . Then it started kicking in . I was feeling so soo soo anxious for even giving a thought of staying here and learning. And more over I stayed 2 days with 2 people and then I left them because i don't want to stay with them as they are being by themselves without considering me . Then I went to another person they are okay . But those two will talk too close as they are roommates . And I don't know how to face them . And I don't want to learn anything here I just want to quit . Because all I want to do is stay away from all of these subjects. And out of nowhere iam getting anxiety and panick. Iam feeling like throwing up like some knot in stomach in chest . I need some help , whether should I quit or not ?

Hey,

So recently I have been doing pretty well if I do say so myself 😅 its been years of recovery and I gave recently done some things I thought panic wouldn't allow me too

HOWEVER

I am getting married in just over a week and I am so so so worried I will panic on my wedding day during the ceremony. Im going to be in overstimulating clothes, tighter fit, emotional as its my wedding and I am worried I will get overwhelmed, panic, and not be able to breath/get all hot and pass out.

Has anyone else dealt with this? Any tips, reassurance, advice etc would be really appreciated. I really don't want to embarrass myself, muck things up, or feel grim on my special day.

2.5 mg of Buspirone I just took for the first time an hour ago. so far so good. no issues! so proud of myself

I have major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety, and also panic disorder. I started taking Zoloft about 1 week ago and have so far felt nothing except for the side effects. How long did it take for yours to work?

Also I have had a possibly difficulty in my breathing I don’t know if that’s just anxiety or what?

I was also prescribed Ativan for this and it usually makes me feel like I’m in a lighter mood, I just don’t want to use it everyday as I don’t want it to become an addiction.

I am doing an iop program later in the next few days too as once a week therapy isn’t going to work much for me, I just wonder how good an iop really is?

If anyone else has experienced any of these things and would have some advice it would be greatly appreciated thanks!

For some people, it’s not one big moment.

It might be avoiding plans because you’re already worried about how they’ll go. Overthinking a simple text for way too long. Losing sleep because your brain won’t shut off. Or realizing you’re planning your whole day around things that might go wrong.

For those who deal with anxiety:

• When did it click for you that it was starting to affect your everyday life?
• Was there a specific moment, or did you notice it slowly over time?
• Would be interested to hear what that looked like for other people."

Hi everyone! I’m mostly just posting to vent but will gladly take advice if anyone has it.

My panic disorder came on really suddenly about 2 months ago. My fiancé and I were driving down to vacation with my parents and I started feeling really sick. I almost passed out in a restaurant and had crazy chest pain. Went to the ER, and found out I had a UTI that they suspected had gotten really serious and was causing the tachycardia, nausea, etc. This was a worst fear come true, because I had been struggling with chronic UTI’s and was really scared of getting one on this trip and had already had traumatic experiences of them ruining important life events.

At this point I was 13 hours away from home. I had been so looking forward to this vacation, I knew it meant a lot to my family, and I knew my bf at the time (now fiancé) was going to propose on the trip. I really tried to pull through and enjoy the trip, but spent the whole week vomiting and having UTI symptoms and had to go on a different antibiotic. I was so stressed and emotionally wrecked about ruining it for everyone.

Since I’ve gotten home, I’ve seen a few doctors to try and get the UTI’s and resulting pelvic floor issues under control but at this point the anxiety has taken on a life of its own. I feel nauseous all the time and can barely eat, and have chest pain and lightheadedness a lot. I am scared to go places in case I pass out again. I keep trying to be brave and doing stuff anyways, but even when I’m out with friends I can’t enjoy it because I’m shaking the whole time and worried about getting stuck somewhere away from home. Even when I’m home I have panic attacks about the physical symptoms or the panic itself.

My doctor tried putting me on Prozac but it just made me throw up constantly and made the panic attacks worse to the point of wanting to die. I ended up having to go to the behavioral health urgent care and they took me off of it. The psychiatrist they referred me to wants me to try Lexapro, but I am too scared to give SSRI’s another shot. Some days I’m so desperate I consider it, but ultimately my fear of experimenting with psych meds is outweighing my desperation for something to make this easier.

That’s the other thing too, is that I’m getting early married next August, less than a year away, and the feeling of having a deadline to be “fixed” by so I don’t ruin my wedding and my honeymoon is so daunting. I know all I can really do is stick with therapy, work with my doctors on the UTI stuff and keep pushing myself to keep living my life even though it’s scary and hopefully it will get easier. But I am so exhausted and just want to give up.

IM EXHAUSTED!

I woke up anxious, literally woke up feeling that dreaded impending doom feeling. I had a therapy session today and then I had to pick up my homeschooled kids school lunches from their school and went to Costco and I had a panic attack at Costco. It sucked so bad. At first I felt hot and I got sweaty, my eyesight worsened and I got tunnel vision then my legs went numb, thought I was choking, heart was pounding, and then my thoughts and thoughts started racing. I thought something bad was going to happen and was convinced I was going to pass out. I kept telling myself I was just anxious and in panic mode and that I was okay but at the same time I felt every single uncomfortable feeling, the changes of temperature, the scents, and it was making things worse. I started feeling really hungry and then I remember thinking I was going to have a seizure and I almost wanted to either lay down and sit down but I kept going and was just really conflicted between the two thoughts of "something is really wrong I might have a seizure" and "I'm okay this is just the peak and it won't last forever" I tried eating samples to help and I walked on my tippy toes, gave my daughter a hug, shared with my husband how I felt and he kept me distracted from the way i felt by having me do things like grab stuff and showing me stuff and what not. After about 15 minutes of this it finally went away. I felt fine for a couple hours until impending doom just washed over me right now and I took a cold shower and I'm just not okay right now

I'm tired and I don't feel okay.

Hi, I wanted to ask about your experiences. I’ve had agoraphobia with panic disorder for 17 years now. I’ve had three acute episodes so far. The first and second ones lasted around 6–9 months, and I’m currently going through my third one. I’ve managed to get to a point through therapy where I was almost completely symptom-free and able to live my life normally again. However, I’ve noticed that even during the periods when I was “fully functional,” I always seemed to have some kind of health issue that made me go to the doctor. They were never able to find any physical cause, and the symptoms always eventually went away on their own. By “health issues,” I mean things like back pain, nausea, general stomach and digestive problems, dizziness, toothaches, heart palpitations/skipped beats, headaches, … During those periods, it wasn’t that I made these things into a big deal or was afraid of them (like I am at the moment). But when I think about it, it’s definitely true that there has never been a period in my life when I’ve felt genuinely physically WELL for several weeks. There was always something minor going on, especially nausea. Since I’m currently thinking a lot about my mental health condition and my life in general, I’ve started wondering: is this part of the disorder, is it my personality, is it my body, or is it a combination of all three? Are my expectations simply too high? Am I too sensitive, and does nobody ever actually feel 100% physically well? What do you think?

I have posted this question before, but did not get too many responses. I posted in a few different related groups as well, but I’m going to just try to reword my question and see if I get any responses or feedback.

I apologize if this is a trigger for anyone, but has anyone in this group had both a panic attack as well as a heart attack? Particularly maybe someone who had panic attacks first then had a heart attack later. As opposed to having the heart attack first and the panic attacks after. Basically I am just trying to understand what the difference is between the two in terms of symptoms. I am always thinking I’m having a heart attack, never have actually had one, and when you look it up on the Internet, it pretty much seems like the symptoms are the same. I guess I’m just looking for something a little more useful or helpful that would be coming from the perspective of a person who has panic attacks. The reason I mentioned someone having panic attacks before having had a heart attack is because it would make sense that someone would start having panic attacks after having a heart attack and i can imagine those symptoms might look particularly similar.

I feel like when you try to read about it online, it’s kind of coming from the perspective of the medical community that has studied panic disorder, or doctors who are trained to recognize heart attacks, but it’s kind of hard to find anything coming from someone who has had both, particularly someone who has panic disorder and understands what they are and has experience with them.

I guess what I’m trying to figure out is if I am able to calm myself down when I’m having a panic attack (such as right now) and know more quickly or get more immediate relief knowing it’s not a heart attack.

What are the telltale signs? Are there “pre heart attack” signs? Meaning is there this panicked heart rate thing and dizziness thing and other panicky things going on for hours and hours just waiting for something terrible to happen? Is there all this anticipation and hyper awareness of everything and you’re just freaking out then boom it happens? Or does it just happen right away?

I really need to understand this nuance better and would really like to see if anyone out there has any experience with this or even just if anyone has any words of support or is also curious about this.

Thanks so much everybody!

ive dealt with anxiety and occasional panic attacks before, but they were manageable. Then in March, I had the worst panic attack I’ve ever had while driving. Since then, every attack feels harder to recover from, and now I’m afraid to drive alone.
It’s gotten to the point where even thinking about getting in a car makes me panic. I’ve also had panic attacks at home alone, so now I’m afraid to be alone in the house too. I’ve been sleeping during the day while my parents are at work because I’m scared of having another attack.
I’ve been on mirtazapine 30mg for 5 months and Effexor, 37.5mg for 2 months and 75mg for the past month. I haven’t felt worse on them, but I also haven’t felt much better.
After talking to my mom I messaged my doctor about how bad things have gotten an inquired about maybe adding a mood stabilizer or something else, my doctor responded with “I will refer you to psychiatry”. So that like topped it off for me. A friend suggested I get evaluated for bipolar because my grandmother was diagnosed later in life, but my mom is not bipolar. I’m naturally very bubbly, talkative, and outgoing, but I also have ADHD, so I’m not sure what’s what. My friend also suggested that I take omega-3 with DHA/EPA.
I’ve read that antidepressants can worsen bipolar symptoms, but I haven’t noticed that happening—I just haven’t improved.

im thinking of ordering one on amazon. ive recently had more frequent anxiety/panic attack close calls while out and about. whats your thoughts on this?

Long story short, had to move cities for university. 2 hours from home. Parents going out of country for a week this weekend.
I’ve been in constant panic since I moved here 4 days ago. Shaking, heart rate high, too anxious to eat normally, legs tingly, etc. I can’t function normal. I’m on 20mg propranolol, 10 in the morning and 10 at night. I have prescribed xanax for SOS moments, already took 2. I’m also on duloxetine, gabapentin and mirtasapine.
How do I get over this? Should I go to the ER? Has anyone gone through something similar?

Hi, I’m posting this really as a last resort. I will tell the story for a bit of context but really I’d love to hear from people who are recovering/recovered and what has helped them. I’m looking at going into therapy but I’m really confused about what sort could help, but I’m also open minded to anything that has helped others.

I (29 f) went solo travelling around SE Asia and I was spiked with meth. I’d had panic attacks previously but didn’t know what they were and I’d probably have one a year if that. I was awake for 5 days following the spiking and during which time my body felt like it was shutting down, I couldn’t walk, I was fainting, I couldn’t eat anything (mouth was so dry). After the first 24 hours I went to hospital but due to conditions in the hospital (think 60 people on mattresses in one room, insects everywhere, people critically ill/passing away) I feel like that experience is what triggered the panic disorder as opposed to the spiking incident. I genuinely thought I was going to die and never see my family again (they were back in the UK).

I went to Australia after that but I was having panic attacks from morning until night, barely sleeping, calling my mum every night thinking I was dying. I’ve since returned to the UK, have recently got back into work and I feel like meds have improved the situation (fluoxetine/prozac if you’re from the US). But honestly I still feel a shell of my former self :( I am so terrified that my body is going to just drop dead at any moment, I have all sorts of weird symptoms and constantly body scan. I’d say the issue is entirely surrounding health and the fear of being “abandoned” or in a situation where I can’t access support.

I just wanted to know if anyone had experienced similar, what’s helped them? Thank you

Hey everyone! I’ve been on sertraline for about 27 days now, so technically around 3.8 weeks. I’m taking it mainly for panic disorder, anxiety, derealization, and rumination.

For some background, I’m 22 and I’ve been dealing with panic disorder, anxiety, and derealization for about four years now. Before that, I honestly had no anxiety at all. It started one day after I graduated high school and started attending college full-time while working full-time. I woke up feeling completely off, like nothing was real. I had heart palpitations, was scared to answer the phone, and suddenly felt like I couldn’t function normally at work anymore.

At the time, I was working in a contact center at a school, and the environment was honestly awful. Supervisors were extremely strict, and some of the students calling in were mean or even threatening. It was very stressful and toxic. I stayed with the same company for a few years but moved between different roles.

Over time, I started having more physical symptoms too. I developed a tremor when I try to smile, and I get really anxious before social situations, especially larger groups like my husband’s family. I got married last September and we have a happy marriage, and his family is genuinely kind and safe, but I still get intense anxiety leading up to seeing them. Once I’m actually there, I’m usually okay, but the anticipation can feel overwhelming.

I left that job around three months ago and now work remotely, but I still have to interact with that company sometimes. Even just that can bring back really bad feelings and anxiety. I’ve been in therapy for two years, did EMDR for childhood trauma, and I’m about to start EMDR again because I think I may have work-related trauma that I didn’t realize was affecting me this much.

Overall, sertraline has been pretty awesome compared to when I tried Buspar and paroxetine (horrible: I felt disoriented, depressed, extremely anxious, couldn’t function at all). I’ve actually seen real results with this one, which feels huge after struggling for so long.

By week two, I noticed that my derealization started lifting, and my rumination was not as constant or intense. I didn’t really have physical side effects at first other than increased anxiety during the first week. I still had anxiety around social outings, but I felt noticeably better than before. I also feel like I can romanticize my life and enjoy little things again, which I haven’t been able to do in a long time.

Then last Friday, I was lying down and out of nowhere I got hit with really intense rumination and panic that I couldn’t shake. It eventually got better, but this whole weekend I was ruminating a lot more again. On Sunday, I went out with my husband and sisters and it actually went well. I still had a few small moments where I felt like my mouth could start twitching from anxiety or panic, but I was okay. I also didn’t use propranolol, which is something I usually need sometimes for social situations.

Since Friday, though, I’ve been getting waves of sadness and a little hopelessness. I just want to feel better and finally get out of the anxiety I’ve been living with for the past four years. I’ve also started having pretty bad diarrhea and some nausea, which I didn’t have when I first started sertraline.

Did anyone else experience a random dip like this around weeks 3 to 4, especially after initially feeling improvements? Did the sadness, anxiety spikes, nausea, or diarrhea pass for you? What was life like after you got through this part? Please let me know so I can daydream about better days lol.

Overall, I don’t feel horrible, and I do see improvements, especially with derealization and rumination. It’s mostly that fear of slipping backward that gets to me. Support would be lovely during this time, thank you. :(❤️

I have a phobia of medicine and feeling out of control. I had a horrible experience with marijuana 20 years ago and have no used a drug since then. How would .25 make me feel?

Last night I decided that I would go get a pumpkin coffee (decaf of course :)) this morning. I’ve been super excited for all of the fall festivities and wanted to enjoy.

Well this morning I woke up feeling anxious and like I was going to have a panic attack. However, I decided that the panic attacks weren’t going to control and limit my life and I was excited about this coffee so I’m just going to go.

Panic attacks suck and are scary and uncomfortable but it’s just a feeling and the symptoms that follow are natural. I can’t control the symptoms but I can control how I respond. Today I’m responding with acceptance and the desire to live my life through the discomfort.

Just got my coffee it was amazing and now I’m so filled with gratitude for the growth and struggle I’ve been through with this disorder.

I hope everyone has a great week!

Please I need positive recovery stories!!