Struggling

[Suzi]

OK, panic attacks are terrifying, but please, please, please remember that you can get through this.

Can you stop and find 5 things that you can see?
4 things you can hear.
3 things you can touch.
2 things that you can smell.
1 thing that you can taste.

[Mattypompy]

OK, panic attacks are terrifying, but please, please, please remember that you can get through this.

Can you stop and find 5 things that you can see?
4 things you can hear.
3 things you can touch.
2 things that you can smell.
1 thing that you can taste.

Hey Suzi,

Thank you for the fantastic advise there with the distraction technique.

I will use it next time.

The attack has passed now. I have asthma and had been using propranolol to try and reduce the anxiety. Unfortunately it exacerbated the asthma and my inhaler wouldn't work.

It was very scary. I've had them before but this one lasted about 30 mins. I was clamy, cold, sweating and weak. Horrible. I just had cyclical intrusive thoughts that I couldn’t stop.

Now, I am very low and pretty exhausted. I nearly went to the hospital, the GP is calling later.

Thanks beyond words for you both being there.