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Posted 1/10/2017 2:16 AM (GMT 0)
So I get home take my shower and go to eat dinner and get lightheaded for no reason. I finish dinner then head to the family room to watch tv. All of a sudden my ears get hot my face hot as hell and I had the fight or flight situation going on. I'm not stressed or anything had a good day at work I don't get it. And bam took a xanax and 20 minutes later it's gone and now I'm sleepy. Why is this happening?
Posted 1/10/2017 3:00 AM (GMT 0)
A.,

Sometimes the anxiety just has no rhyme or reason...:/

It may have been something as some as your shower being too hot...which made you a bit woozy, that then started anxious thoughts about your physical symptom...creating more anxiety and symptoms in a vicious cycle. This has happened to me before.

Be sure and keep up with your anxiety management regimen. Practicing your coping and or therapy skills is key!

Keep posting as well so we can keep you in support. smile

S.C.
Posted 1/10/2017 6:57 PM (GMT 0)
Panick Attacks are a Chemical reaction that takes time to build up in your system. Fight or Flight comes from an Immediate physical reaction to something you have gone through or are currently going through. Two very separate events.
Our unconscious minds hold onto everything that we go through... this is how we end up having Panick Attacks. Accumulation of built up stress that comes up from below (like a great white shark attack) and spews out with little notice.
I have found a great deal of control with Meditation, Bio-Feedback, Guided Meditations, Breathing Exorcises and Sublimital Tapes I play while I sleep. All these reduce stress from the inside out and give us more control over these relatively yet very important events in our paths and that's very important to all of us, or so I believe.
I hope this helps. From my life into yours.
Blessings!
Cherish
Posted 1/10/2017 8:07 PM (GMT 0)
I have tried similar things I think a lot of it is brought on when I have good days. I keep thinking wow I feel good today and then bam the next day it hits. I'm a project manager for a construction company so I do have a lot of driving I do and sometimes if I'm out of my comfort zone I get freaked out. I wish it didn't happen that way and there is nothing that helps with that.
Posted 1/10/2017 10:40 PM (GMT 0)
A.,

Check out all of our therapy worksheet options (in the Resources) for the challenging days...they help!

S.C.
Posted 1/11/2017 3:17 AM (GMT 0)
I too learned how to control the panic with xanax, i did not take it on a schedule just as needed, over time
i realized that if one hit me, "same symptoms as yours", it was a adrenaline response and i did not have a
real trigger, in time just knowing i had the xanax in my pocket enabled me to test the panic and low and
behold i touched several of them out, i even called them dirty names and said bring it on, is that all you
got, sounds wacky but it worked, i have used two xanax in the last three years, I wish you Peace.

Larry ***
Posted 1/11/2017 3:37 PM (GMT 0)
Or... get a script for Diazepam! I have an issue with "Other Vehicles Near The One I Am In", aka PSD. I have been in two (2) major car wrecks as the passenger and although I totally trust my sons driving, I don't trust other vehicles anywhere near the one I am in. So on days I know I have to get into traffic, I take one and remain serene.
Old med still works great on my nerves.
Blessings,
Cherish
PS And I still use my distraction techniques and my meditation to ensure I remain in that state of mind.
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