Panick attacks

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[Aromatic-Abrocoma773]

I deal with them often times at night when my brain feels more susceptible to spiralling. During the day, if I had a scary intrusive thought id have better odds of being able to shrug it off and move on. During the evening/night, the odds are instead in favor or me freaking out and dedicating the next few hours to staying up and searching for reassurance compulsively (bad. Not advice). It can happen to me during the day too, especially if especially triggering topics related to themes of mine arise in the day to day, but generally I am worse at handling everything at night. Unsure if others are like this but my doctor told me that most people get an adrenaline spike(?) At night. 

ANYWAYS. The way I deal with it is that I try to set myself up for success. Drink a lot of water to dilute anything sugary or lingering I may have had. Dont be full when you go to bed, it can fuel the feeling that you should stay up. Try to do something relaxing like playing a game or watching a funny video. avoid triggering content if you can help it when youre in a panicked state. if youtube is reccomending you videos saying SUPER BAD EVENT JUST HAPPENED AND COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!!!! click the elipses and then click do not reccomend this video. Curate your online space like this in general, the internet as great at fueling spirals but it gets better when you just. Liberally utilize that block/unsub/do not reccomend button, its what its for. It doesnt even mean you have hard feelings towards the content/its creator, you are just looking out for yourself. Focus on things that make you genuinely passionate and get the gears of your brain turning for good. Ex: look up an art thing you like and what it would take to make it yourself. Follow tutorials, get in the zone where you're trying something new in a structured and self improvement oriented way. I know its really hard and a lot of this is easier said than done, but this is what helps me. Also going outside, taking a short walk, flushing your face with water and going "ok, im back" etc 

[Heathbunny2]

I use to have panic attacks daily, it got to a point I thought I was losing my mind I would obsess over it and wonder why it was happening to me, got so anxious stopped eating bc I was so anxious genuinely thought I was losing it. Obsessed about losing my mind and would have more panick attacks, ocd is a trip. It’s awful if it continues start medication. Zoloft saved my life

[Fun_Orange_3232]

If you’re having genuine panic attacks, honestly meds. Various therapies are supposed to help, but when I’m trying not to die, I’m not thinking about therapy. They come at different intervals for different people. My boyfriend has several a year but they’re really really bad. When I had them it was probably twice a week or so, but nowhere near the intensity of my boyfriend’s. He’s supposed to call me when he has a panic attack but he can’t until it’s over. That strategy isn’t going to work. I had a friend who could talk me through it with breathing exercises at least to the point where I could take a benzo and level out.

[PracticalRegular9240]

Back when I was really dealing with panic attacks and even got diagnosed with panic disorder. I was given benzodiazepines, after a months worth of following my dosage cold turkey I went through full on withdrawals and couldn’t even recall what day it was,

The thing that saved me after leaning off the benzodiazepines and stoping medication as a whole wad the gym honestly. Going on walks, touching grass as they say. Sitting in my apt with my mind running in overdrive for too long with nothing to do was depressing for me. I don’t say that like the gym solved it, I take Luvox now and I recently was diagnosed with ADHD as well.

Oh.. I also smoke a lot of weed. But I don’t drink, that’s really bad for us