Posted by coral on March 26, 2003, at 21:22:36
In reply to Dealing with Panic attacks while they happen, posted by tina on March 26, 2003, at 12:09:34
When I had panic attacks, they included the blasted, middle-of-the-night, waking-me-up-from-a-sound-sleep variety. Reminding myself that panic attacks send massive doses of adrenaline through the system helped me understand that until the adrenaline burned off, the panic attack couldn't abate. That knowledge helped. (The longest attack lasted 3.5 hours -- seemed like a constant adrenaline flow.) For me, just "riding it out" helped --- while waiting for meds to kick in, rather like being nauseated from a carnival ride, knowing only time would ease the swirling world.
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