Oh god, panic attacks are awful. I know how much they can interfere with your life. There's not much to do other than sort out the root of what's causing them. If you really need to take something, ativan's worked for me. Just carrying it around helped me stop having panic attacks, because I knew I could stop them once they started.
I hope you can get better soon and not need to deal with medication, though. Maybe counseling or a support group or something.
yeah, the medication scares me, but maybe it will help just in the beginning. i've taken ativan twice before and the sent me home withit from the hospital. i hate it, i told them i makes me dizzy and i can't remember things.
Really? It usually has really mild side effects. That's why the hospital uses it. Maybe they were giving you too much. Even half a milligram can work.
Anyway, there are other types of medication out there, too. If you tell the doctor not to give you ativan, they can find other things. But if you're already in therapy and working on it, maybe you won't end up needing any medicine after all.
my sister and father both have panic attacks and they take prozac i myself was on prozac for 6years 20mg but decided i could bear without it and now i am in a totally different place.
Instead of medication for anxiety - attempt a lot of conversation first. This will resolve a lot more than pills would ever repair. Robust communication, compromising, and resolving differences will ease a lot of tension between you both. This is really the only way that this situation will resolve. Retaining people in your lives that bring a threat to the relationship need to be terminated. You're both married now and with that comes a responsibility to protect what you've both invested. Once you're married, third parties can and sometimes do attempt to cause major disruptions - sometimes not intentionally. You both have to decide on what is appropriate and lay down ground rules - since things are out in the air - this is your cause for tension
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I agree with your solution. That really is the only way to get rid of the attacks, and will end up strengthening the relationship in the end. I do have to say that sometimes medication is necessary, if only temporarily, because panic attacks have a way of hijacking a person's life and making it impossible to follow through with daily responsibilities. That can lead to the fear of getting panic attacks, and then avoidance of situations where they might occur. It's a dangerous path
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fundamentally i agree. and we've always congratulated ourselves in our relationship for being so open to convesation. however, lately, it's become this terrible game we play and act selfish and won't give the other the space they need. also past and current events have introduced a fear that the other simply isn't providing the whole truth, which is really difficult when we'd like to 'talk it out.' compromise, no that has never been our strongest point... :) we're seeing a therapist for now, to get help with that.
i have been struggling a lot lately with the same feeling of lack of control, and it is frightening, especially for someone who has always had to be the one in control. i don't have a lot of solutions for you that the nice people above haven't already suggested, but i did want you to know that i sympathize and that i hope we can both make it through this, even if it takes a little bit of time. i know that we haven't spoken much, but if you ever need an ear, i have two and i'd be happy to share. (flcole@vassar.edu, dreary919 on aim)
on another note: my dad has a chronic illness and takes ativan and hates it, he has similar side effects as you described. it is maybe hard to get a prescription for it, but when i have panic attacks or am totally beyond control of my emotions, i find that a small dose of valium makes an amazing difference. it doesn't make me high or any of that, it just takes the edge off my anxiety and allows me to see things a little more clearly. just a thought.
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I hope you can get better soon and not need to deal with medication, though. Maybe counseling or a support group or something.
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Anyway, there are other types of medication out there, too. If you tell the doctor not to give you ativan, they can find other things. But if you're already in therapy and working on it, maybe you won't end up needing any medicine after all.
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compromise, no that has never been our strongest point... :)
we're seeing a therapist for now, to get help with that.
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on another note: my dad has a chronic illness and takes ativan and hates it, he has similar side effects as you described. it is maybe hard to get a prescription for it, but when i have panic attacks or am totally beyond control of my emotions, i find that a small dose of valium makes an amazing difference. it doesn't make me high or any of that, it just takes the edge off my anxiety and allows me to see things a little more clearly. just a thought.
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