Anxiety Attacks

[CarpathianMuffin]

I need some outside opinions on mine.

Now, I've always been an anxious person, ever since I was little. The treatment that I received from my parents didn't help any, and that, coupled with an aversion to loud noises and crowds, made me have constant breakdowns when I was little. There wouldn't be any reason for it, I'd just find it hard to think and keep my thoughts from straying into territory that I'd rather not them stray into.
Then, from fifth grade onward, they happened far less frequently. Every once in awhile I'd freak out for no good reason, but it never reached the degree that it did when I was just a kid.

However on Friday, I woke up feeling unbelievably terrified of going to school. It took a lot of urging to get out of bed and in the shower, and I was almost in tears by the time I was out the front door. By the time I was at school, I was in hysterics and almost passed out from being overwhelmed. Thoughts kept crossing my mind that exacerbated whatever insecurities I had, and I just couldn't manage. However, it passed after the first two hours or so of school, and I was just fine.
I have no idea why this happened; nothing was due that day, and it was going to be quite a laid back day.
The same thing happened to day, though not to such an extreme.

Family and friends have said that I should probably take some time off from school if it's bothering me and see a therapist, though I'm not completely sold on either idea.



tl;dr: Freaking out for no explicable reason, help appreciated.

 

[Deguasser]

I get Anxiety Attacks all the time, mostly from trying to be a better musician, I find the best way to over come them is to go talk to a therapist, or check yourself into a mental hospital, and take some time off and get your mind off of everything and get help.

 

[lacktheknack]

...Therapy is your friend. My sister has major anxiety issues, I know how you feel. (My sister gets VERY VERY anxious over... stairs. Not even kidding.)

 

[BlumiereBleck]

I get Anxiety Attacks all the time, mostly from trying to be a better musician, I find the best way to over come them is to go talk to a therapist, or check yourself into a mental hospital, and take some time off and get your mind off of everything and get help.

You have an amazing avatar....i love that album.... OT: Just take deep breaths and let the meds help

 

[Throwitawaynow]

Since a child I too would shut down or become very anxious retreating in to myself to calm down too. It went away but during a sick day in 7th grade I got my first panic attack from post nasal drip. Extreme fear of dieing. Didn't leave house for a month, etc etc.

So, I would sugest what helped and happened for me, seeing a psychologist and psychiatrist. Something that you can take when you are overwhelmed and an underlying daily helper. I dropped my psychologist as it didn't work for me, but I would suggest you try it anyway. If you do take a little break while you figure out what works that is fine, but afterwards you should avoid further retreats. It will make things worse. I hope the best for you.

 

[CarpathianMuffin]

Thank you all for the advice.
I've never done too well with therapy, sadly. Nothing wrong with it, it just doesn't do much for me. Though I'm willing to give it another shot if it might help.

 

[Deguasser]

I get Anxiety Attacks all the time, mostly from trying to be a better musician, I find the best way to over come them is to go talk to a therapist, or check yourself into a mental hospital, and take some time off and get your mind off of everything and get help.

You have an amazing avatar....i love that album.... OT: Just take deep breaths and let the meds help

Yeah I've seen them 3 times now, most amazing show was July 6, 2009, During their small clubs tour.

 

[Ask]

Find an underlying cause. There is always one, and this one could be chemical. Seeing as how its been happening since you were a kid, even if its been dormant for a while its likely you're having a re-surge of something that may not be caused by you or purely environmental factors. I'm not saying medicate, I'm just saying that maybe it'd be a good idea to get your diet evaluated, perhaps see if you have any underlying heart and or chemically unbalanced issues. (You're in high school right? There are quite literally thousands of explanations for what you've experienced but ultimately you just need to be physically, medically evaluated. Not mentally if you've been evaluated for that and nothing's been found.)

I've had that happen to me. Actually when I was a kid I had the same problem. I was very anxious (but I had this underlying fear of being killed violently by strangers so, that was the factor)and it got really bad when I was a teenager even though I no longer had worries about being offed by some random person (I never missed school or anything because of it, I was just told to ride it out and soon I spent most of my time just riding out my anxieties.) but I just meandered through it because I was told to. Didn't get medically, mentally evaluated 'cause I figured everyone was going through exactly the same thing. And then one day I mellowed out, and it suddenly stopped.

I can't tell you, you have anything, I can't tell you it'll just disappear, but I will tell you to get evaluated on any level you can because it could be an underlying issue pertaining to your physical health. Better safe than sorry yeah?

 

[Eggsnham]

I used to get them a shit-ton when I was in 3rd-6th grade, then my Psychiatrist prescribed some Zoloft. I took it for a year (and became fearless, practically), then when I went off it, the fearless effect sort of went away, but I didn't get Panic attacks.

So without the rambling; drugs or therapy.