ctb1988
01-27-2015, 04:46 AM
Hey guys!
My name is Christina. I stumbled across this website a a couple of hours ago. I woke up and began to have a relatively mild panic attack, but it was bad enough to pull me out of bed at 3am. Reading about everyones experiences and knowing so many people are going through the same thing is helping me a lot. Just typing this out and having a few other browsers open with things to read and do in the background is easing my mind and letting me focus less on the symptoms I'm feeling at this moment.
I was diagnosed with GAD and depression in college, but over the last couple of years I had a great handle on everything. Every once in awhile I'll have a panic attack (usually marijuana induced), but it's easy for me to identify what's going on and I can talk myself through it. About 4 days ago I had a panic attack that was so bad that I called my brother and asked him to sit with me because I was convinced that I was going to pass out this time. Eventually it subsided, but I haven't been the same since. I would estimate that I have been getting panic attacks about every 6 hours the past few days (these have NOT been marijuana induced, so that's one of the more alarming parts). I've had a serious lack of appetite throughout the day and my chest feels slightly heavy. Constantly going to the bathroom, weak limbs, blurry vision, etc. These are all things I'm used to, but I'm used to dealing with them for about 20 minutes and it passes. I'm pretty sure that my health is okay (minus maybe a very slight chest cold, which isn't helping the breathing), but I'm going to the doctor just to ease my mind. Like many people with GAD, I'm kind of a hypochondriac.
Anyways, I'm a little hungry right now (finally, 5:42 am!), so I'm going to scour my house for food that won't upset my weak-feeling stomach. Thanks for reading this! On one hand, I hope I won't be on here too much in hopes that anxiety is going to subside, but if not, at least I have you beautiful people to chat with.
My name is Christina. I stumbled across this website a a couple of hours ago. I woke up and began to have a relatively mild panic attack, but it was bad enough to pull me out of bed at 3am. Reading about everyones experiences and knowing so many people are going through the same thing is helping me a lot. Just typing this out and having a few other browsers open with things to read and do in the background is easing my mind and letting me focus less on the symptoms I'm feeling at this moment.
I was diagnosed with GAD and depression in college, but over the last couple of years I had a great handle on everything. Every once in awhile I'll have a panic attack (usually marijuana induced), but it's easy for me to identify what's going on and I can talk myself through it. About 4 days ago I had a panic attack that was so bad that I called my brother and asked him to sit with me because I was convinced that I was going to pass out this time. Eventually it subsided, but I haven't been the same since. I would estimate that I have been getting panic attacks about every 6 hours the past few days (these have NOT been marijuana induced, so that's one of the more alarming parts). I've had a serious lack of appetite throughout the day and my chest feels slightly heavy. Constantly going to the bathroom, weak limbs, blurry vision, etc. These are all things I'm used to, but I'm used to dealing with them for about 20 minutes and it passes. I'm pretty sure that my health is okay (minus maybe a very slight chest cold, which isn't helping the breathing), but I'm going to the doctor just to ease my mind. Like many people with GAD, I'm kind of a hypochondriac.
Anyways, I'm a little hungry right now (finally, 5:42 am!), so I'm going to scour my house for food that won't upset my weak-feeling stomach. Thanks for reading this! On one hand, I hope I won't be on here too much in hopes that anxiety is going to subside, but if not, at least I have you beautiful people to chat with.