Can anxiety attacks go away without taking Xanax, Prozac or anything of those medications?
Posted by admin | Under learn how to stop panic attacks Monday Oct 12, 2009I stopped driving on the freeway about 6 year ago. I was hit by a semi-truck in 1995 while going over a bridge and the accident totaled my car. I was fine until late 2000, early 2001. I learned how to drive in 1994 and I drove on the freeway up until 6 years ago. One day I was driving and started to panic. It would go away and then it could come back the next week. Before you knew it I was panicking every single day. The strange thing is that it was specific to a certain area on the freeway. After I got past that area I was fine. Months later I was no longer able to drive on the freeway at all. When I did try I would stop right in the middle of moving traffic, turn on my hazard lights and freeze up. Now, I get nervous when driving on 2-3 lane highways (not freeways). Sometimes I get nervous driving down a normal street. I refuse to take medicine for this.
Have you ever experienced this or do you think it will go away eventually? I think it’s a mind thing.
It is really affecting my life because I can’t venture out to other places to shop, etc. If I want to go somewhere that is 30-45 mins. away, I usually have to ride with somebody else. I can’t ever offer to drive. I also get nervous when people are in the car with me because I feel like they are judging my driving and they probably are.
I tend to brake a lot when I go down highways (and when I try to drive on a freeway).
I had a rollover car wreck and from that point on I was having flashbacks when I went around corners and when other people were driving I would scream for them to slow down. I had some good friends that helped me, in terrible ways. One made me use his yard as a skating rink in his bronco and taught me about sliding on ice and how to gain control and everything, my uncle took me out and did 360’s in a parking lot, other friends took me racing around corners on back roads and didn’t slow down when I screamed. I know that sounds twisted lol, but it worked because now I don’t fear it so much and when I’m riding with someone and that fear creeps up I close my eyes and say if its my time its my time. You can’t do that of corse when yoru driving but you can think it.
You have to reset your mind, find little ways of talking yourself through things. In short you have to stop caring so much about dieing on the highway. Remember were all going to die one day, and if its your time its your time. You can’t control that. Finding little things to tell yourself will help push that panic down.
Other then that anxiety pills honestly are great they really do help calm your nerves but even with them you can get anxious so you have to learn to talk yourself down.
Coping with social anxiety disorder can be challenging. Having social anxiety disorder can make it difficult for you to go to work or school, to interact with other people, or even to visit the doctor. But maintaining connections and building relationships are key ways to help cope with any mental disorder.
Over time, treatment can help you feel more comfortable, relaxed and confident in the presence of others. In the meantime, don’t use alcohol or illicit drugs to try to get through an event or situation that makes you anxious.
Some positive coping methods include:
Banishing negative thoughts about yourself
Practicing relaxation exercises
Adopting stress management techniques
Reaching out to people you do feel comfortable around
Joining a support group
Engaging in pleasurable activities, such as exercise or hobbies, when you feel anxious
Getting enough sleep
Eating a well-balanced diet
Setting realistic goals
As difficult or painful as it may seem initially, don’t avoid situations that trigger your symptoms. By regularly facing these kinds of situations, you’ll continue to build and reinforce your coping skills.
Over time, doing this can help control your symptoms and prevent a relapse of your condition. Remind yourself that you can get through anxious moments, that your anxiety is short-lived, and that the negative consequences you worry about so much rarely come to pass.
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTCS_00.htm
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Why would you refuse to take medicine that can help this? Seriously. Between a prescription and talking it through with a psychiatrist this can be treated. Especially since this could easily PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Trust me, if there was some magical remedy to these things, waving a wand and making it go away, doctors would be using. Seek treatement, especially since this is having an impact on your life. Why would you not want to take the necessary steps to get better if that’s the case?
This is your health people, if you love yourselves at all and are experiencing things that aren’t normal, please, seek treatement. Get over the stigma of doctors and psychiatrists. They are there to help.
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Future psychiatrist and physician
Yes, therapy can help but also you might want to consider other options like certain meds. I suffer from anxiety too and the ones that have worked for me very well were Lexapro, and effexor (but only as last resort). Lexapro helped me a great deal with anxiety and my dr gave me xanax which stops the anxiety attacks quickly. As for your driving, be careful how and when you take the xanax because it makes you drowsy and it can impair your senses so it may not be a good idea to drive until you know how your body responds to the medication.
It won’t go away. You just have to learn how to deal with it.
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I had a rollover car wreck and from that point on I was having flashbacks when I went around corners and when other people were driving I would scream for them to slow down. I had some good friends that helped me, in terrible ways. One made me use his yard as a skating rink in his bronco and taught me about sliding on ice and how to gain control and everything, my uncle took me out and did 360’s in a parking lot, other friends took me racing around corners on back roads and didn’t slow down when I screamed. I know that sounds twisted lol, but it worked because now I don’t fear it so much and when I’m riding with someone and that fear creeps up I close my eyes and say if its my time its my time. You can’t do that of corse when yoru driving but you can think it.
You have to reset your mind, find little ways of talking yourself through things. In short you have to stop caring so much about dieing on the highway. Remember were all going to die one day, and if its your time its your time. You can’t control that. Finding little things to tell yourself will help push that panic down.
Other then that anxiety pills honestly are great they really do help calm your nerves but even with them you can get anxious so you have to learn to talk yourself down.
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Crap. Poor you. You’re not a freak, it’s just your brain trying to protect you from further harm… your survival mechanism’s gone overboard. If you are the kind of person who can be hypnotized, it can really help (I’m not, darn it.). You need to face the fear in a safe way to deal with it at first. I agree with you about not taking those meds. If you don’t like the idea of hypnotism, then therapy can help too. What helped me get over some very debilitating fears was the realization that I’m going to die one day anyway, and the life I’m living is so worthless that I might as well risk it. I’m much happier and independent and capable now. Good luck.
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Changemelord – you are not just experiencing anxiety attacks, you are experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from your car accident. Whenever you get near the area of your accident or think about it your memory of the accident is triggered and you RELIVE the event and FEEL all the emotions again. That is what happens in PTSD.
And, yes, you can overcome anxiety attacks (and PTSD) without using medications.
One technique that works really well on PTSD and anxiety attacks is EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) or Emotional Tapping. In EFT you apply gentle acupressure tapping to specific body points to release blocked emotions. EFT is easy to learn (you can learn the basics in 15-30 minutes). You can use EFT anytime, anywhere for any emotional or physical issue. One basic round of EFT takes about one minute to complete.
Please download the FREE EFT Instructional manual from the EFT website (www.emofree.com). Also, please watch the FREE Introductory video. Also, check out the section on the website under PTSD and anxiety attacks.
I learned EFT last year and now use it everyday for everything. EFT works QUICKLY and PAINLESSLY!!
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EFT Instructional Manual / EFT Introductory Video
http://www.emofree.com
The longer the condition exists th more difficult it becomes to treat without medication. Having said that, it can still be done. Talk to your doctor about seeing a specialist. Desensitization is one method that may be employed, and there is always hypnotism.
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try go to a therapist so try him or her that you don’t want medicine and tell try and work it out i am on medicine for anxiety attacks and i am going to stop taking them soon
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