OtherMike
02-03-2016, 03:28 PM
Hi all, this is my first time on this site or any other anxiety forum for that matter. I have been having panic attacks and anxiety attacks for the past year, they have been constant for the past month. I have been seeing a counselor for the past 3 months and that has helped. However I wake up each day feeling good for either a second or an hour, but that can switch immediately. I have health anxiety and my current fixation has been my breath. Sometimes, I feel as if I can't breathe automatically (I have yet to actually stop breathing) and that just sets off a wave of other sensations which then devolve into an anxiety attack.
I was having more pronounced anxiety about a week or two before this current semester started and that lead to me having attacks/constant anxiety in all of my classes for the first week (I don't believe its related to social anxiety/school stress, I just feel trapped when I'm in a class). I have been back to almost all of them of them but I still will leave early/constantly watch the clock. I rarely ever feel comfortable now, even sometimes when I'm at home.
I have been seeing a counselor at my school for some time now and its helpful. I have enrolled for a mindfulness class and have been doing 10-15 minute guided meditations in the morning. However all of this has only slightly reduced my anxiety. I have scheduled an appointment with a psychiatrist but that isn't for 6 more weeks (I have been calling other practices and its the same timeframe). If I am kind of freaking out but still need to go to a class I stop at the campus bar for only 1 beer (2 or more will set off heightened sensations which in turn set off anxiety). I can't keep doing this.
Does anybody have tips (especially for dealing with anxiety in classrooms/work) for dealing with this? I am trying to get medication but its gunna take a while and I can't keep on either skipping classes or leaving them early.
I was having more pronounced anxiety about a week or two before this current semester started and that lead to me having attacks/constant anxiety in all of my classes for the first week (I don't believe its related to social anxiety/school stress, I just feel trapped when I'm in a class). I have been back to almost all of them of them but I still will leave early/constantly watch the clock. I rarely ever feel comfortable now, even sometimes when I'm at home.
I have been seeing a counselor at my school for some time now and its helpful. I have enrolled for a mindfulness class and have been doing 10-15 minute guided meditations in the morning. However all of this has only slightly reduced my anxiety. I have scheduled an appointment with a psychiatrist but that isn't for 6 more weeks (I have been calling other practices and its the same timeframe). If I am kind of freaking out but still need to go to a class I stop at the campus bar for only 1 beer (2 or more will set off heightened sensations which in turn set off anxiety). I can't keep doing this.
Does anybody have tips (especially for dealing with anxiety in classrooms/work) for dealing with this? I am trying to get medication but its gunna take a while and I can't keep on either skipping classes or leaving them early.