Anxiety panic attacks. I used to have them, when I was a kid. There is nothing quite like an anxiety panic attack, if you ever had one. It shuts you down and stops you cold. The symptoms vary from person to person. Sometimes the room spins. Other times, everything starts morphing into some jello like stuff . Your heart races, your stomach tightens, your legs get weak, and you get cold sweats.
Sometimes, the feeling is so overwhelming that nothing seems to overcome it, except maybe tranquilizers. I’ll be gasping for breath and having no way of controlling it. I remember the feeling, and it’s like the world coming to an end, if even for that moment.
Unfortunately, I didn’t figure out how to manage those panic attacks at that time, or make them go away. I have tried a number of anxiety treatments in the past, like sedatives or tranquilizers. But the problem was, these stuff makes you drowsy as well. So, they are really dangerous if you take them and drive as well. At first, sedatives will work, in the sense that they made the anxiety panic attacks better. However, the effect only lasts for a while. (more…)
