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Posted 2/27/2009 6:32 AM (GMT 0)
Good Morning Family

 

turn  Thought we could use a laugh - please add your own to this.

You know you have panic disorder:

if you had a dollar for every time someone told you to just calm down and get over it you'd be a millionaire!

you cut your pills in half, half again and half once more until its basically dust for fear of OD'ing.

you've driven yourself to the Emergency Room and lied to friends/family about where you had been so they didn't think you were any crazier than they already do.

 

Your turn.......share with us, we need some laughs.

 

smilewinkgrin   :-)   turn   smilewinkgrin   :-)   smhair

Posted 2/27/2009 9:04 AM (GMT 0)

when you freak out and leave the groceries at the checkout because you cant handle waiting in the queue any longer

when you leave the movies right after the previews because you feel claustraphobic

when you cant enjoy a fancy restaurant because you are planning your escape route the whole time

when you want to punch the people that say "maybe you are just high strung?"

Posted 2/27/2009 9:28 AM (GMT 0)
You have googled every symptom and every pain you have had looking for an answer tongue
Posted 2/27/2009 11:02 AM (GMT 0)
You panic about when your next panic attack is going to happen, lol!
Posted 2/27/2009 2:31 PM (GMT 0)
You want to punch out the next person that tells you to get a grip............ of their throat would be good. redface
Posted 2/27/2009 2:46 PM (GMT 0)
You don't need to read information about any symptoms of a medical emergency because you know them all by heart (because of course you tick them off in your head on a regular basis trying to figure out "which one" you've got).

If "You Could Be A Millionaire" had a catergory "Name that disease" you'd win every time.

No matter how many times the tests come up negative you think "they must have missed it again".

*these are great by the way... its nice to LOL about it for a change
Posted 2/27/2009 5:17 PM (GMT 0)
dixibella

It is fun to laugh at ourselves sometimes and laughter is good medicine.

You know you have panic disorder:

if you've suffered through a headache rather than risk a possible side effect of an over the counter pain reliever. (Ryes Syndrom, Kidney Failure, etc.)  rolleyes

if dying doesnt scare you anymore but the first 100 times it did.

 

if your therapist knows your number by heart because you leave so many messages.  smhair

Come on all fess up................. share with us.  smilewinkgrin   smilewinkgrin   smilewinkgrin

 

Huggles
Kitt


Posted 2/27/2009 7:14 PM (GMT 0)
if everyone around you speaks up and says, "Not again."
Posted 2/27/2009 9:44 PM (GMT 0)
Lol, these are good :)

When you start speaking to your panic and saying that you give up and don't wan't to fight anymore :)
Posted 2/27/2009 11:30 PM (GMT 0)
:|... Some of these apply to me very well... (especially that part about being in a restaurant *it can be any restaurant* and planning my escape route... *LOL* Heh, I always thought I was just being prepared... *LOL*)
Posted 2/28/2009 12:19 AM (GMT 0)
........OKAY.......this is good LIL sis

Problem is not cutting pills in half lol...........NO MORE

When you have your Doc on speedial .......then pharmacy and then ER..........

LAUGHTER is great for this a/p

Laugh all and then laugh somemore
LIVE life to the fullest and LOVE it ...even when you are doin the TIGG>>>ERRRRRR bounce..........

LOVE big sis
sis
LYN
Posted 2/28/2009 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
Great thread Kitt.  I can relate to sooo many of these.

You know you have panic disorder when:  the first phone numbers you enter into your new cell phone are your primary doctor, therapist, local ER and every specialist known to mankind.

I say this cause when I got my new cell phone last week this is the first thing I did before putting any family members or friends in.

Posted 2/28/2009 1:49 AM (GMT 0)
LOL Dianne
I too love this thread

Thanks Lil sis

Love Big sis

Luvs

Lyn
Posted 2/28/2009 9:25 AM (GMT 0)

You know you have panic disorder when you've had 8 hours of sleep, wake up at 8 AM and start having a million panic attacks and need to take xanax and ativan just to pass out to not have to experience the attacks.

Posted 2/28/2009 1:03 PM (GMT 0)

    am really enough from that attacks...i wish i can sleep and wake up to my back life b4 my first attack....i do regret every moment of worry lead me to that attacks...i discovered i was worring for nothing nono ...

but...its a good experience...after all that attacks...i do know the value of normal life...and how am different now....trying to

escape from traffic at tunel...and malls..with turning head turn ..

smhair   am enough....and am going to finish that misery.. yeah

actually am strong enough confused   to live without you panic attacks

Posted 2/28/2009 1:05 PM (GMT 0)
still i want to say am new member..and my first attack was at 18.09.2008

and i need all of you advices
Posted 2/28/2009 1:09 PM (GMT 0)
You know you have panic disorder when...

"No, you're NOT having a heart attack" becomes a daily response from family members

You grip the hand of the poor passenger next to you on the airplane at every bump as you wonder why the darn benzo didn't calm you down enough for the flight!

You leave a full cart and haul 3 screaming kids out of Target on a regular basis (what is it about halogen lights?)

During rational moments you think, how can I be just as scared to death during this last attack as I was 22 years ago...and during the 5000 attacks in between...you crazy amygdala.

You pray and hope every day that the next attack never comes. But you finally reach the point of accepting that this is a part of you and all you can do is be prepared! An Army of One, right? :)
Posted 2/28/2009 1:21 PM (GMT 0)
 

You know you have a panic disorder when:

 1. Every morning you wake up and jump on  the computer to see if anyone there has    posted  symptoms you are or have had . You say to yourself " Thank God"

  2. Everytime you go into the DR'S office for a health issue, " It's due to your anxiety"

      WHAT ??  (I don't know when that's going to end ?)  shocked

     ( even when you have proof of your sugar level dropping and feeling shakey ect )

     

3. You have a stash of your anti-anxiety meds in every bathroom, car, purse , ect...

     Who cares if they turn into powder like pixi sticks... ( I'll lick the container if I have to! )

4. You are feeling light headed all of the time, and try to work thru your anxiety...

End up taking meds after you have felt like "chicken Little" for a few days.....Then end up in the Dr's office for a sinus infection, and find out you have a double ear infection....Not anxiety...

That one even made my DR Laugh...

 

5. You work in the health field, and are glad that you are at the clinic on a bad day surrounded by Doctors... "Just in Case"

Post Edited (panic queen) : 2/28/2009 6:25:34 AM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/28/2009 1:33 PM (GMT 0)
Laugh with us folks

You know your having a panic attack :

 

when you just know you are dying but its the thought of leaving house to go to the ER thats making you panic <!-- / message -->

if you won't use a mechanical pencil for fear of the lead breaking and hitting you in the eye.

 

when you  search the internet for hrs making sure your panic symptoms match all the listed ones.

when it takes you twenty minutes to cross a road because your afraid a car will suddenly appear and run you down.

Next up..................... yeah   yeah   yeah   smilewinkgrin

Posted 2/28/2009 4:53 PM (GMT 0)
You won't stare at the ceiling fan for fear of passing out. . .

When you are so overloaded with therapy info that you have to grab your paper sack. . .

You are shaking from exhaustion, but you just have to straighten the rug that's out of place :)


Keep em coming :)
Posted 2/28/2009 9:21 PM (GMT 0)

Sam and Kitt, you have me laughing so hard I'm crying.

You know you have a panic disorder when:

you work in a hospital and are on a first name basis with ALL of the ER doctors and they know you by name as well (and not because you work together).

you carry a little ziplock baggy in your pants pocket with your anxiety meds in it EVERYWHERE you go (just in case).

Posted 2/28/2009 10:05 PM (GMT 0)
smilewinkgrin ......You know you have panic disorder when you are freaking out about a MECHANICAL baby Cait brought home for parenting class and you are talking to it like it is your Grandbaby

.....AND you all wonder why I am nutso .........ROFLMBO

 

Sending Lil sis her Great Niece by courier .........Baha ha ha ha turn

Luvs

Lyn

Love

Big sis

Posted 3/1/2009 9:38 AM (GMT 0)
Hi All

I love this thread.

You no you have a panic disorder when you read the info leaflet out of your medication box twenty times in case you missed any thing.

You no you have a panic disorder when you are sitting on a ski lift and start to think if you would survive if it was to fall off.

You no you have a panic disorder when you are scared to goto sleep incase you snore and wake every on else up or evan yourself.

You no you have a panic disorder when you goto see your doctor and all the staff no you by your first name.

You no you have a panic disorder when you arrive 45min early at the bus stop so you don't miss your bus.
Posted 3/1/2009 1:57 PM (GMT 0)

You know you have panic disorder :

When you count your Ativan every single day, and then divide by how many days you have left until your refill smhair

When you make sure your underwear is clean in anticipation of a trip to the ER  shocked

when your afraid to watch the health channel  devil

when your appointment with your psychiatrist scares the living day lights out of you. eyes

Batter up..........your next.  Share with us 

Hugs,
Kitt

Posted 3/1/2009 6:15 PM (GMT 0)
These are all great

I can and do relate to each

NO wonder we have to keep laughing EH

Keep em coming
Love it
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