Techniques I Used to Overcome My Panic/Anxiety Disorder

[speedball]

thank you!

[Other Side]

I sent you a PM with the link. If I post here I'm pretty sure it will be deleted. Hope it helps.

Could I have a copy of the link as well?

Thanks

[Other Side]

Hi

Can anyone send me the link to this? I cant seem to PM people at the moment.

Thanks

[Other Side]

Hi Panic Cured,

How long was your acupuncture treatment before you noticed a difference?

Thanks

[anxiousrhino]

Hi Paniccured,
thanks for all the info, this seems very helpful

[PanicCured]

My pleasure!

For me, acupuncture wasn't key in my healing. It is great medicine, but I started getting it way later on when I was almost better. I don't know if it helped or not, but it is healthy and does help a lot of people. I just did every technique I could get my hands on and just attacked anxiety like I was going to war. That is the most important thing. You are totally determined and you just do all that you can every day and keep moving forward, and then the right stuff comes in your path. Definitely the herbs and supplements I listed in the Suplements Thread are great, Buteyko breathing was a huge help for me, and really forcing myself to change bad habits and bad thinking patterns. Regular yoga was great. I never had a panic attack in yoga class and it kept me healthy and released muscle tension because when you're anxious you are all tense. There was also this thing I did called Alpha-Stim. I rented this device from some website online for 1 month. I first went to this Naturaopathic doctor who hooked me up to a big one. Then I ordered a small one for 1 month. You put these clips on your ear and it sends alpha waves to your brain. It doesn't hurt or anything. I did this about 20 minutes a day. I noticed progress from day 1 to 30 days. This was towards the end of my healing and I recommend it. Eastern Essentials Calm and Relaxed formula is a great way to help heal the sensitized nervous system too.
The best thing is to know you will be healed and to do whatever it takes to get to that goal. Being miserable with others having a pity party and just being in fetal position in your bed complaining how your life sucks, doesn't get you anywhere. And just know panic attacks and all these dumb anxiety symptoms feel incredibly weird, but they can't hurt you so just let them be and wash over you. Don't expect a doctor to cure you either, unless you have a diagnosed physical problem. I didn't list everything here, but this is some of the things you can do.
Onwards and upwards!

[Other Side]

My pleasure!

For me, acupuncture wasn't key in my healing. It is great medicine, but I started getting it way later on when I was almost better. I don't know if it helped or not, but it is healthy and does help a lot of people. I just did every technique I could get my hands on and just attacked anxiety like I was going to war. That is the most important thing. You are totally determined and you just do all that you can every day and keep moving forward, and then the right stuff comes in your path. Definitely the herbs and supplements I listed in the Suplements Thread are great, Buteyko breathing was a huge help for me, and really forcing myself to change bad habits and bad thinking patterns. Regular yoga was great. I never had a panic attack in yoga class and it kept me healthy and released muscle tension because when you're anxious you are all tense. There was also this thing I did called Alpha-Stim. I rented this device from some website online for 1 month. I first went to this Naturaopathic doctor who hooked me up to a big one. Then I ordered a small one for 1 month. You put these clips on your ear and it sends alpha waves to your brain. It doesn't hurt or anything. I did this about 20 minutes a day. I noticed progress from day 1 to 30 days. This was towards the end of my healing and I recommend it. Eastern Essentials Calm and Relaxed formula is a great way to help heal the sensitized nervous system too.
The best thing is to know you will be healed and to do whatever it takes to get to that goal. Being miserable with others having a pity party and just being in fetal position in your bed complaining how your life sucks, doesn't get you anywhere. And just know panic attacks and all these dumb anxiety symptoms feel incredibly weird, but they can't hurt you so just let them be and wash over you. Don't expect a doctor to cure you either, unless you have a diagnosed physical problem. I didn't list everything here, but this is some of the things you can do.
Onwards and upwards!

Thanks for all your advice.

Based on this I've:

1) Quit drinking, 4 days in. Was a heavy self medicator.
2) Had a first session of acupuncture, next one on Thursday
3) booked some yoga classes with my other half
4) drinking chamomile by the bucket load at the mo

Next I'm going to read some Claire Weekes books, research the breathing technique and order some kava kava.

Time to put this horrible ordeal which has ruled me most of my life to bed.

Anyone has any success with hypnotherapy?

[luke1990c]

My pleasure!

For me, acupuncture wasn't key in my healing. It is great medicine, but I started getting it way later on when I was almost better. I don't know if it helped or not, but it is healthy and does help a lot of people. I just did every technique I could get my hands on and just attacked anxiety like I was going to war. That is the most important thing. You are totally determined and you just do all that you can every day and keep moving forward, and then the right stuff comes in your path. Definitely the herbs and supplements I listed in the Suplements Thread are great, Buteyko breathing was a huge help for me, and really forcing myself to change bad habits and bad thinking patterns. Regular yoga was great. I never had a panic attack in yoga class and it kept me healthy and released muscle tension because when you're anxious you are all tense. There was also this thing I did called Alpha-Stim. I rented this device from some website online for 1 month. I first went to this Naturaopathic doctor who hooked me up to a big one. Then I ordered a small one for 1 month. You put these clips on your ear and it sends alpha waves to your brain. It doesn't hurt or anything. I did this about 20 minutes a day. I noticed progress from day 1 to 30 days. This was towards the end of my healing and I recommend it. Eastern Essentials Calm and Relaxed formula is a great way to help heal the sensitized nervous system too.
The best thing is to know you will be healed and to do whatever it takes to get to that goal. Being miserable with others having a pity party and just being in fetal position in your bed complaining how your life sucks, doesn't get you anywhere. And just know panic attacks and all these dumb anxiety symptoms feel incredibly weird, but they can't hurt you so just let them be and wash over you. Don't expect a doctor to cure you either, unless you have a diagnosed physical problem. I didn't list everything here, but this is some of the things you can do.
Onwards and upwards!

Could you tell me abit more about the alpha stim? Please sounds very good

[PanicCured]

If you are going to an acupuncturist and he/she also is an herbalist, have the acupuncturist make you a custom herbal formula that you can take. This will treat you at a very deep level specifically for you.

I did hypnotherapy for panic attacks MP3s. I cant remember what it was called. See if you can find one online by a certified and qualified hypnotherapist. I would lay down and put on the headphones and follow the CD. Look for one specifically made for anxiety or panic. I also was doing a Buteyko breathing method CD. Patrick McKeown's book Anxiety Free came with an MP3 download. Breathing was big for me, because I was always trying to breathe more because I felt I couldn't breathe. I felt I was going to die or pass out so I would breathe more to get air into me. Then I learned how to breathe less and it was a huge milestone. I knew that breathing more actually created less oxygen.

There was yoga at my gym, and at the time it was hard for me to do cardio or weights, but yoga I was always able to do. I mean, sometimes the class was hard, and I couldn't do everything, but yoga you go at your own pace anyway. All that matters is you feel it internally. But the environment of a yoga class is so positive and healing. I was pretty agoraphobic, so sometimes I would jog in place inside my home, or just jog around my small one bedroom apartment. Jumping jacks and stuff like that. You have to get the blood circulating and move. When your anxious you are tense. You are probably tense right now. At one time I was doing yoga 2-3 times a week. I even ended up going on a date with one of the yoga teachers one night.

The Alpha Stim was the Alpha Stim 100: http://www.wavemedicalcorp.com. I can't remeber the company I got it from but I rented it for one month for around $100 I think.

I think it was this company but it looks like they have a newer or different model than I used. A brand called Alpa Stim M: http://www.alleviahealth.com/rental.htm

It was relaxing but it was subtle. I went to this naturopathic doctor and he had this huge one that had a band to your head. When I went back to him after doing the Alpha Stim 100 on my ears once a day, I remember being a lot better. I was also doing other stuff. I mean was attacking anxiety from every angle I could think of. At the time I was going through Klonopin withdrawal too, which made everything worse. If I remember correctly, the Alpha Stim is also used for drug withdrawal. Read the info on the links and see for yourself.

I can't understand people who just submit to anxiety and think doctors are their saviors. Organize their lives around anxiety with no drive to overcome it. I just don't get it.

Keep me updated.

[jessica1980]

PanicCured,

Thank You sooooo much for your post. i am having such an awful time going through panic and anxiety and i fear that I'll never feel better again. Its a horrible feeling and its causing some severe depression as well. Your post gave me some hope.... I go to a great doctor but I'm on so many different meds. Ive been going through this for about 7 months now and somedays are either pretty bad or just terrible. I hope I can overcome this too :*-(