Has anyone gotten over panic attacks and social anxiety?

I was wondering if anyone gotten over these problems with out having to take medication??

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I am on medications for panic attacks..and everytime i feel better, i stop them..then, a year later..they act up again..so, i have to go thru the torture of getting the pills and getting them in my system..so, i decided to just not stop taking them.and i feel great.there are alot of meds that won't make you gain weight, decrease your sex drive..etc.i'm on zoloft and i feel great on them..plus they are safe if you're going to have a baby.and the good thing is there is going to be a generic version of it..and it will be only 4 buks to get!
so, in my opinion, drugs are good!! if you really need them..and don't feel well at all without them.then why not?

no and even on medication I still tweak out.
Being a hermit helps
my husband has this problem an guess what? you have to get medication for it.
All I know to do is take deep breaths, or go into a private room and pray
Breathing exercises each day to prevent one from coming. If you know a head of time when you are about to panic, do the breathing and focus on something else.

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/anxiety/anxieties/1panic/step4.htm

meds sometimes do work but you have to make them work. it takes time but take it slow!
I have. I use to have them thinking I was dieing. Also in department stores I would hear high pitched noises that sent me into a panic attack.
They quit about 5 years ago.
Yes, I just started to get over them without taking medicine after a lifelong problem of about 35 years of it. I just started doing mind over matter and telling myself I can control this - this is just my mind trying to make me feel nuts and I can over come this. I actually tell myself when I'm having these to actually shut the F up. It works-believe me-I tried everything. Also, reduce the intake of alcohol. As I got older the panic attacks got worse and so did the anxiety if I drank. 10 times worse. I know it can help to reduce the feelings but the next day its worse. Also, exercise helps- just walking does it for me. Get out of the situation and make yourself move. Try it it works. I feel for you, its a very scary thing to have. I know!!
I have! But it was tough.

I've been struggling with it for nine years, and just last year finally went to a counselor about it. She gave me lots of information about it, and just getting to know the disorder helped a ton. She also gave me workbooks, and little exercises to try. You have to fight it every step of the way. You have to challenge your fear. If anything makes you nervous you have to do it. You start with little things, and work your way up.

The tough part comes in because it never really goes away. You have to keep challenging it every day. Every time you let it win, it gets a little bit stronger, but every time YOU win, YOU get a little bit stronger, and little by little it gets a little bit easier.

I suggest a counselor, they'll have lots of things for you to try, and they'll be able to mold a plan of attack that's right for you.

It is totally possible to get over it without the drugs.
Yes, if you can find a way to cope with it or if you to to somebody. A good way to cope with these problems is to tell yourself that it is only a panic attack or social anxiety and take slow deep breaths.
Yes - my first panic attack scared the hell out of me.I thought I was dying.

It took me a year before I was able to seriously reduce the stress in my life which ended the attacks and anxiety completely.

MEDITATION

change jobs, move away, leave school, end relationships, start new ones, etc - be proactive
nope..but seriously, the meds help!
I have. I was diagnosed with social anxiety and severe panic disorder several years ago, and had bad experiences with the meds they prescribe for them. Instead I took up yoga and regular exercise, and that's stopped my panic attacks almost completely. I think yoga helped me the most. just learning about the mind-body connection. Learning to "listen" to myself, notice when I had my jaw clenched, my shoulders tight, or when my breathing was starting to become irregular. Every now and then I'll still feel an attack coming on, and I feel like I'm smothering and need to gasp, but I make a conscious effort not to change my breathing, and the feeling subsides on its own, now. One thing I learned recently is that alcohol is a guaranteed trigger for my panic attacks. Even after having them under control for several years, if I drink one night, then the day after I'll have really bad panic attacks all day. You might want to watch out for that. My social anxiety still bothers me a little bit, but I just take a deep breath and plunge in. The panic attacks were the horrible part, for me. I can deal with the social anxiety, now. It's not as bad as it used to be. Good luck! Email me if you need to talk with someone who understands! :)
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Craig says he has cured vets who have suffered PTSD for decades, in one day. People with phobias, such as fear of spiders, are cured in a few minutes. Social anxieties often relate back to a number of bad experiences that have to be resolved.

I have studied this phenomenon, since I was Avoidant personality myself when I was young and my son is now.

In my opinion and in my limited experience, most people with these problems have very high i.q.s and their minds are strong enough to hurt them.

And, with such tools as EFT, your mind can cure itself.

Craig came up with this. he was by career an engineer, and he was horrified to learn that mental health techniques are worthless, without mind messing drugs. People go to therapy for years with no gain at all. And, the average shrink can't tell a sane person from an insane one.

So he came up with this technique, and it works if you take the time to learn it. An individual may have a number of issues to resolve, but it works.

There are licensed practitioners of EFT if you'd rather pay.
dude try paxilcr they are controlled release i take them for panic attacks they are great
Next time you feel panic or anxiety, ask yourself why, and try to find the root belief that is at the core of your feelings. You will find a belief that is based on fear.

Next, find the reciprocal belief that is based on love instead of fear, and tell yourself that the love belief is the one that is true.not the fear belief.

Just do that every time you start to panic about something.
I haven't, but medication certainly did help a lot.
I have been off my medication for at least 6 months. I suffered from anxiety attacks and panic attacks for about a year. I also started having social anxiety. I had to stop my medication because I was also drinking very heavily. Almost 90 days yeah! Anyway, Prayer and meditation. You have to believe something, right? Find peace within you! Also, when I start having them I take a minute and examine the situation. I find I am typically creating something to worry about. I am not free from them, but I am dealing.
well sometimes i do. try to calm down and take a nap or a bath it helps me.
yes and no, To not be afraid you have to go out and face your fear. Look inside yourself and ask yourself questions as to why you are anxious and scared. next step would be going to a psychiatrist. Every now and again I go back to the old me but so far I have more control over myself than before. I also meditate and focus on my breathing when I feel my anxiety rise or an attack comeing on. Also being your own cheerleader helps a lot too. It could also be hormonal. I know I had it bad afte I had my son because all my hormones were outta wack. Here is a website that might help. http://www.socialphobiaworld.com/forum2.html
I got over panic attacks by myself. When I was in nursing school I used to get them when the instructor came into the classroom and closed the door. With my heart pounding and sweaty palms, I used to repeat to myself that this is distressing but I can get past it.and I did.I wish you the best. First rule out any medical reasons for your panic symptoms..
Yes.I know it's a big cliche but the more often you face your fear, the more familiar it'll become until it's not an issue anymore.
I have recently, actually. I didn't use any medication, although I had once, when I was about 15. The medication made things worse, in terms of my health, OCD, depression and even the anxiety didn't ease much. I got off it a few months later and never considered any pill again.

Last year I took a job working at my mom's restaurant, which was very scary for me, and I would always worry abut messing up peoples orders or making something wrong. Which happened a few times, and I would literally sit in the back room and have a panic attack, and cry. Because my mother was my boss, she let me cool down until I was ready to work again.

But I realized the more she let me have that comfort the easier it was for me to fall back into a panic attack. Since then I have gone back to working there and I just go with the flow and find it easier to talk to people. I make myself look confident, so even if I made a mistake it's no big deal. For example, today I handed back the wrong change and the lady got really angry and tried to make me look stupid, so (although it's rude and should never be rude to a costumer) I said to my co-worker 'Here, you deal with her, I'm busy." Even though I felt my heart racing and wanted to break down, I realized I handled the situation well. Rude, but well.

If you can just trust yourself and believe you can do something right, you most likely will be confident enough to not break down. My chest still races and I get the need to have one every once in a while, but all I do is try. Almost anything can be taken care of, mentally, if you try hard enough, and not let it happen.

Try taking up a job that has to deal with costumers, patients, or anyhting related so you can learn to communicate. You may not get panic attacks from communicating, but it's a good way to build confidence for anything that may be causing it.

About the medication though, for some people it does wonders, for others it's a mistake (like me). If you are thinking baout trying the medication I would suggest trying it for about two months and see if it makes a difference. I don't believe in the use of meds tha will basically change who you are, but if you have no problem with it, I have no right in saying not to.

Goodluck with everything, I know it is a tough thing to deal with, but everything will turn out just fine!

-Becky-
not me but I am helping myself
i've never had panic-attacks but one of my friends does. it's gotten so bad at times that he's had to go to the e.r. at least twice. my heart really goes out to u & unless u have it u'll never really understand how awful it can be. all i know is i thank god i don't have them & am not afraid to say so. anyway, he's had to change medications twice already cause they'd work wonderful at first then after a few months they'd stop working. he's tried therapy by itself & that didn't work; now he's doing both. u could try doing both urself & see how that works. ask if u could try paxil; my friend's on them & it seems to be helping. i've heard that atavan, clonopin,& zoloft are good, too. i hope everything turns out well for u & i'll keep u in my prayers.
I have and it is hard. I started off taking medicine for about a year. It did calm me down and I was a lot happier but I always hated the fact that it took a pill to make me happy, I didn't like that it wasn't natural. Then one day when my medicine ran out, I decided not to refill it. When you're on anti depressants, you shouldn't just stop cold turkey. I did get a lot of withdrawal effects, for about a couple of weeks I felt worse then when I first started taking it. It took a lot of will power but I did get over it and I'm happier then I've ever been and don't have the levels of stress from the past. Now, I have to admit, I big part of my anxiety was from where I worked. I was there for over 7 years and the day I finally quit, I noticed my anxiety for the most part went away. So, take a look at your surroundings, what is making you so panicky? You'd be surprised, if you just step away from whatever extremely bothers you, how much that will affect your well being. Good luck!
My panic attacks began in 1969 and it was rough! I was a teacher and it's hard to need to leave your classroom. My doctor tried different medications and I still had panic attacks for many years with periods of remission occasionally. Finally, I was given Paxil and lo and behold!
NO MORE PANIC ATTACKS! It's wonderful!
I used to take medication but I don't right now, for me the most important thing is to keep my blood sugar in check (not too many carbohydrates or too much sugar, lots of healthy proteins). If I haven't eaten or I've eaten poorly then I am much more likely to have a panic attack. Other than that I try not to procrastinate about things I have to do so that I don't have additional stress, and I leave early for appointments, etc. so that I feel everything's under control and taken care of. There are also herbal remedies like Bach's Rescue Remedy that can be helpful sometimes.
I was what you call "house bound" for eight years. My doctor gave me a very mild tranquilizer so that I could take it as needed. He also taught me breathing exercises . I was off the medication in a year, and now twenty years later, I am episode free. But a lot of my problem was I was married to an abusive husband, which I also got rid of.
The best way for you to get over it is to strip down to your birthday suit and run butt naked through a packed night club at 8pm on a Friday night.
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