Anxiety and Panic Attacks.

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This post is not about Autism, sorry if it says so. I'm still new here.

I'm going to type everything. It started 19 days ago, it was a very normal day for me and I was sitting in bed happily when suddenly and out of blue I had a crazy-intense feeling of fear, my heart started racing, I felt so crazy and out of mind, and like something bad will definitely happen right NOW and I felt so alarmed, the attack lasted for long and it was so painful, I felt extremely weak and hopeless after it. But I ignored it. Then I noticed that everything became a worry, every single thing I do in my life. It just started happening out of nowhere, I was never a worrier. The attacks kept following up, I've had so many I lost count. I'm in continuous fear that just won't stop, no matter what I do. I fear everything. And I fear fearing everything. I'm worried about everything and I worry about worrying about everything and I'm scared for my health. I love to be healthy and this is so unusual.

Now I want to say that I'm moderately active. But since the first attack I kind of stopped, and a few days ago I went because I read that exercising lessens and heals anxiety. However, I had a severe attack there and I'm glad I was alone, I laid down and tried to do my best to stop it, the gym cleaner came and tried to help me but I shrugged it off and told her that I just exhausted myself, when I haven't. The thing is that, when exercising your heart pounds faster, right? That what happened, and it kind of triggered some sort of fear that lead to an attack. I cannot explain it. But it's so crazy and unbelievable, I was NEVER a worrier! One of the things I used to like about myself is that I'm very calm! I'm also moderately active and I used to be very active. I'm not the healthiest person alive but I definitely make sure to eat lots of good food. Not to mention that I'm very sociable, and I THOUGHT I was confident. I do not know what to do. I'm scared. And I'm scared of being scared. I'm helpless and I cannot even enjoy exercising anymore. Focusing on anything is too hard, it was never easy for me but now it's much harder.

Please tell me it's a phase. It's eating my brains out no matter how much I try to ignore it. I cannot walk a single step down the stairs without imaging myself tripping and falling and even dying or a plane crashing on me. (I know I'm being stupid) I always imagined horrific stuff but It's consuming me now. I don't want to see a therapist, please tell me it's a phase and it'll go.

I know you don't want to, but I think you should see some kind of psychologist. They will help you get what you need to get over your anxiety, whether that includes medicine or behavioral therapy or something else.

Good luck. Anxiety is an awful feeling, but I believe that you CAN get over it.

Hello. I just found this forum and felt compelled to respond to your post as it reminds me of myself.

With me, any amount of caffeine will precipitate an anxiety attack. The intensity of the episode varies with the dose. A handful of chocolate chips will have me fairly certain I'm screwing everything up. A cup of coffee will make me crawl back into bed. A Rockstar will have me barely able to function for several days.

I used to drink a couple cups of coffee every morning. Maybe have an energy drink during the day. It took me a long time to figure out how much of an effect the caffeine has on me. In the last 5 years my anxiety attacks have pretty much disappeared, save for the occasional dietary impropriety (Jack & Coke, anyone?).

Don't know if that helps you but it's worth looking into.

In my experience anxiety and panic are very much about autism. There are few of us who are not plagued by it. It's all part of the hypersensitivity issue that goes with autism.