Panic attacks.

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I don't really know how to describe what I'm going through at the moment. I live in a constant state of anxiety, but sometimes it boils over into panic attacks. Sometimes there is no trigger, I can be asleep & wake up having one.

I'm having some tests with the doctor at the moment to find out if I have a problem such as Thyroid, as I'm having a lot of monthly cycles/gynecological issues too. I'm really not feeling very good at the moment, last week I went for 4 days with no sleep at all.

I've had 3 panic attacks today, one of which I was convinced my PC had crashed, of course it hadn't. Anything can set me off, certain events, even every day normal stuff such as having to load the washer or get dressed in the morning.

I'm also in terrible pain each month which really doesn't help, as I dread being 'on' even when I'm not.
I really want to do a computer course but I don't think I could handle it in this state all the time.

I also keep having this dream about a woman I used to know/hate who was a worker at an awful supported living place I used to live with. It's set in a post apocalyptic world where she always finds me & tells me s**t like god left us behind (I'm not religous in any way) and things like if I want to save humanity, then I must fight her to the death.

Crap lulz worthy s**t really, exept this is either physical, or part of my AS.

Anyone else have panic attacks & what do you do to stop them?

Read a good book, meditate, be rediculously active and keep your mind busy with word cross puzzles, fixing, cleaning, constructing, and helping others who are worse off...

I haven't figured out how to stop anxiety but I stopped my panic attacks. I don't know if it will work for anyone else though.

What I did was to try and steel myself to handle the next panic attack so I got ready and tried to bring on the panic. It didn't happen. So when I thought I was about to panic again, I did the same thing. I told the panic to, Bring it on. But it didn't happen again. I think panic likes to take me by surprise so when I face it and say I'm ready, it doesn't come.

The only time I panicked in my sleep though was while sleeping in claustrophobic situations, like in tents, so I don't know if I could prepare for that kind of panic.

I have Anxiety attacks all the Time. The only thing that works for me is time and\or getting away from the trigger.

Panic attacks are horrible. I speak from experience. For me, it took a 3 month stay in stationary psychotherapy to get rid of them.

What I can recommend you is to keep in mind that a panic attack is not a personal failure, it is also destined to end since the organism cannot keep this high all of the time. Also, physically, it is completely harmless, sono matter how much you think you are going to die, you won't (unless you do the kind of stupid thing I considered just to make it stop *ahem*). This is not much, but I think it helped me to get through life before the stay in the 'madhouse'.

I wish you all the best in your life and really hope that you can overcome them. *offers a hug*