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Posted 8/24/2016 9:22 PM (GMT 0)
I get anxiety attacks and heard a simple trick to help stop them. Count out loud if you can, in your head if you can't, up to 4 and then count backward back to 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 1. For some reason your brain can't have an anxiety attack and count at the same time. I use it a lot and it really works for me, which surprises me, but it does and thank goodness. Hope that might help someone!
Posted 8/24/2016 10:20 PM (GMT 0)
That is interesting! Thank you for sharing. I wish I had known that years ago. I am sure it will be helpful to many.
Posted 8/24/2016 10:41 PM (GMT 0)
How awesome you found a trick!

I definitely will try this on many things including anxiety attacks.
Posted 8/24/2016 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
I hope it helps! It has really helped me. Don't count just once...do it until you feel better.
Posted 8/24/2016 11:07 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks for sharing!
Posted 8/29/2016 12:28 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks I'll try it. My anxiety has been through the roof. It will wake me up from a sound sleep and is very painful. My LLMD gave me klonopin which helps but I hate the thought of taking it.
Posted 8/29/2016 12:46 PM (GMT 0)
When you say anxiety attack are you hyperventilating during this?

I think I will suggest this to DS. Sometimes his feeling of getting 60% of a breath all the time drops suddenly to 20% and he starts hyperventilating which we were told is common with panic attacks. However, his brain seems to be malfunctioning during these episodes and I'm not sure he could focus enough to do this. Worth a try!
Posted 8/30/2016 2:04 AM (GMT 0)
yancync - I don't hyperventilate but I do get a bit short of breath and feel like there's an elephant on my chest. Then dizzy, etc etc. He can count in his head....I do that if I'm out in public and it works for me still. I've used it several times in the last few days and LOVE it.
Posted 8/30/2016 2:40 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you tapping works some to...holy basil ,inositol and occasional zannie
Posted 8/30/2016 11:00 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for all these tips. I will let him know.

DashGirl, he used the same analogy-that every breath it feels like an elephant sitting on his chest. The weird part is that he doesn't seem to feel "anxious" - it's just frustrating to not ever feel like he's getting a normal breath. The only time he gets anxious is if he gets that sudden drop where he feels like he's suffocating. That has only happened a handful of times in the past 6 months, thankfully.
Posted 8/30/2016 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
"When I had panic attacks, my shrink told me to count to 10 and and say, I'm not gonna die now. I'm going to die after I'm done counting." It worked. I'm still here!
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