Posted by beardedlady on April 22, 2002, at 11:05:38
In reply to Re: What Happens To You During A Panic Attack?, posted by Mason on April 22, 2002, at 10:56:50
When I had these attacks, even my Xanax wouldn't help. And like Mason, mine lasted days. I would feel like I was so wired on caffeine--all my insides were bungie jumping. Yes, exactly it. Jumping up and down, but going a very long way, so that pit-of-the-stomach thing was happening. Shoulda put it in my poem. Besides the bag, which doesn't help me, since the anxiety part of the panic attack is what doesn't go away, any other solutions to stop the shakes and calm down? Any OTC med?
(Didn't want to get redirected, folks.)
Here's the poem:
the panic
starts in the chest—an off beat
a flutter, a jump, heavy.
the breath is all wrong,
fast and short and used.
hands sweat.
throat closes.
the swallow is elusive.
legs, restless, tremble
and muscles tic and twitch and spasm.
you are crazy.
you will die.and when it’s all over
there’s the road hum
the body writhing under still skin.
your bones, pudding
your pores, nerve ends
your veins, empty.there is no ladder.
no one can talk you down.
so you can stay there—out there on that limb
—out there on that ledge
and worry about falling off.but if you jump
you will have jumped.lfm (a.k.a. bearded lady)
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