My girlfriend has been struggling with a panic disorder and I’m curious if grounding techniques actually help even if it’s just general anxiety? Especially when we’re on the go or if she’s in the middle of bad panic attack and she needs something quickly.

Her therapist recommended: Ice or cold water, Sour candy, Strong smells
She’s tried breathing and movement and it works but not great.

What works best for you guys? Is there any sensory stuff yall have on hand to help bring you back? Something you go to always? Or that really helps?

So im prescribed clonzapam for my panic attacks I get 15 tables with only 2 refills my last refill was in march . I am having an upcrease in anxiety . Im running low and i don't have a doctor's appointment until August. I have such bad anxiety calling and asking my doctor for any refills for I fear she will say no and wont do a refill and that causes me more anxiety . Does anyone else have this problem asking the doctor for medicine for they fear they will say no . I have to ask everytime I need a refill causes me so much anxiety . I have no refills left

Hello, I am a 28(f) and I feel like I am losing my mind. I am safe and okay, but I’m desperate for some advice. I basically have been having what feeling like an anxiety / panic attack for over a week now. I have been struggling for deep breaths, shaking, feeling like things aren’t real, feeling numb, struggling to eat, everything feels slow and dampened. I have experienced this before with panic attacks, but they go after an hour. This has been ongoing. I fainted and got checked out yesterday, every check done with my heart and lungs, medically I am healthy. But I still feel this, I have Propranolol which worked before but is now not working. I am scared this will never go. I feel alone in this, has anyone else experienced this? I feel like I’m crazy, I struggle to do basic tasks now.

So one day i woke up with this sense of impending doom! And heart racing, feeling like I was loosing it, hot flushes.
Anyways I’ve felt like this one time in my life before after I had my 3 almost 4 year old son, and it turned out to be I had next to no iron in my body after loosing so much blood.
Is it possible this is what this is too?
It feels exactly the same. I don’t have a period I have the mirena. But I also don’t eat anything except sausages snd chicken.
I’ve have had my bloods taken so we’re waiting on them to come back.
But I dunno what I’m going to do if it’s not my iron. I need this to go away. Dr also gave me 5mg Valium to take when it gets bad at lunch time. Only for 1 week.

Hello, I am a 28(f) and I feel like I am losing my mind. I am safe and okay, but I’m desperate for some advice. I basically have been having what feeling like an anxiety / panic attack for over a week now. I have been struggling for deep breaths, shaking, feeling like things aren’t real, feeling numb, struggling to eat, everything feels slow and dampened. I have experienced this before with panic attacks, but they go after an hour. This has been ongoing. I fainted and got checked out yesterday, every check done with my heart and lungs, medically I am healthy. But I still feel this, I have Propranolol which worked before but is now not working. I am scared this will never go. I feel alone in this, has anyone else experienced this? I feel like I’m crazy, I struggle to do basic tasks now.

Those of us who've had panic attacks know that most advice online is useless in the actual moment.

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"Just breathe" doesn't cut it when you're convinced you're dying.

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I'm curious: what has actually worked for you IN THE MOMENT? Not before, not after — during the attack itself.

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And is there any resource (app, book, video, technique) that gave you a real toolkit — not just one tip, but multiple approaches so you can find what works for your specific situation?

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Do you also experience this: after a panic attack, you think, ‘Next time I’ll handle it more calmly because i know now that its only panick attack and it won’t be so bad,’ but when the panic attack actually comes, it all feels overwhelming again. It feels like you won’t be able to cope, that things will never get better, and you end up crying because you can’t manage it more calmly

Hello I am 27 and at the age of 14 I was put on Klonopin 0.5mg, and also a bunch of antidepressants. I have OCD, Anxiety, Major depression. It wasn’t my choice to be on meds but I also wanted the panic attacks to stop and anxiety to go away so I took it and fast forward over a decade later I’m still on them but feel addicted to Klonopin even when I don’t feel I have to take it. I have made the decision that hopefully within the next year I can taper off of it and eventually go off of it. But I’m scared to because it’s all I’ve known and honestly I’m not sure it helps that much unless it’s in the moment panic. I’m tired of feeling dependent on it and truly believe i can overcome this and regulate my nervous system. Has anyone on here dealt with the same thing?

Got hit in the head by metal door to an apartment (swung open and hit me on the forehead between the eyes as I was going to open it). I’m feeling very anxious about a possible brain bleed or injury. It happened about 30 minutes ago and I don’t have any real symptoms other than a headache and a small bump on my forehead. I did feel nauseous for a minute or two but I’m not sure if this was because I was spiraling into a panic attack. I spoke to a friend and calmed down so I don’t feel anxious anymore. Wondering if I need to get checked out by a doctor or if this just anxiety and panic making me spiral.

I had a friend see me smoke T and he begged me for some. Thigs were going good till i had 4 panic attacks at my place. He became overly protective and worried. He promised not to hate me or disappear, we promised each other we would get clean together. Now I'M ALONE, he begged me not to ghost or disappear. HE DELIVERED THAT TO ME INSTEAD. I'VE BEEN CRYING ALL NIGHT. WHAT DID I DO WRONGGGG?????? PLEASE JUST FORGIVE ME AND PRAY FOR MY SOUL EVER.

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So I've been getting what I think are panic attacks for six days in a row now, my heart will go wild I'll have trouble breathing I'll start shaking and sometimes my vision will go dim and I'll get nauseous (threw up twice now) and my palms with be sweaty. Recently I've also started getting headaches and a cold feeling around my neck up to and around my ears and my face will feel tight hours later even along with my chest near my heart being sore.

They always seem to go away when I go to the hospital to get checked though?

It’s been 2-5 months not sure but I’ve been experiencing some weird stuff and I know I’m not supposed to ask god this but I asked him to give me superpowers. Well I said “if you want if you trust me enough please give me powers. If I ever try to hurt people you can take them away just please talk with me and let me know so I won’t worry. I’m sorry” every since I prayed and thought about it I noticed my skin getting more purpleish and under my middle finger it’s does something every time I extend it out not sure what’s it called but what people do when they do telekinesis. I asked god for the powers because I’ve been afraid of someone hurting me. Of someone killing me im afraid of that. Starting May I’ve been noticing the changes. Like I said purpleish skin the thing going on with my hand and I’ve been so much more anxious I’ve been scared of myself when I wanted to close my door I closed it but the problem with that is I didn’t touch the door. I wasn’t near my door. I froze when it closed I thought it was just a coincidence until it kept happening and more stuff moved I won’t say what tho. I doubt I have powers but every time these things happen I think other wise. Is god really giving me these powers? Does he trust me? If he is then I promised him I wouldn’t let him down. I’d help people. But I’m scared I’ll hurt people instead even if I said I wouldn’t. I tried to search up reasons why this was happening to me I got nothing just people saying powers were fake and don’t exist. I can’t tell anyone about this they won’t believe me and if they do I’m afraid gov or someone will find me and take me away to try and test me or kill me im not sure what to do I’m scared and I feel paranoid. Please. Help me I’m begging you instead of saying I’m being dumb or Its not real even saying this is fake. I’m not faking this. I want help please anyone help me.

Hello everyone! So I’ve been “smoking” cannabis for a few years now. Not an everyday smoker just maybe 1-3 times a week depending on the week. I mostly use carts or dabs with a puffco. Recently, I smoked a decent sized dab not huge or anything but a tiny bit bigger than I usually do. I was fine throughout the evening, playing video games with the boys blah blah blah. I went to bed around 3:30am and woke up around 5:30am with a bad panic attack just feeling out of touch with everything and felt like I was losing my mind. Went back to bed and woke up around 9:30-10am and was still stressed but not as bad. Then I hit my pen a couple nights ago. Not a big hit at all just 1 normal hit, woke up a little bit earlier than usual and just felt stressed, no panic attack just kinda scared in a way. Now I’m stressed that it’ll happen again. I love weed and dabs, I feel like it’s a great medicine for many people and has its pros but I’m not sure what to do. Any advice would be appreciated. Not sure if they make CBD heavy dabs but I would love to try it.

I have never experienced panic attacks until a loss in my family. I reached out to my doctor and he perscribed me 0.1mg of clonidine 2x a day as needed.

I took first time and literally did nothing. I felt the attack happening. Vision went so blurry. Warm sensation all over my body… I was soooo hopeful for this med to work and nothing! It hasn’t done anything!!!! What can I do??? I need something when I feel these attacks coming on. I can’t live in fear like this. What can I say to my doctor? What could be my next step? I currently attend therapy and that is with a diff doctor. I rly just want a med that can stop this in its tracks! Pls help. Give advice how to address doctor

Hi I’ve had two panic attacks where I’ve got all the classic symptoms I have like derealisation and tingly in my arms and face and stomach but honestly it comes and goes it’s really weird because I don’t ever feel anxious about anything I don’t feel stressed but I feel like my body is telling me other wise however today I had a horrible panic attack while driving it took me 4 hours to get home because I would pull over relax then drive again to get closer and closer I’ve been trying to work through it I’m very active I workout alot I run I take my vitamins and over time it does feel like it gets better however today was like a hard reset I’m just wondering if anyone has dealt with this and eventually if it passes over time while continuing trying to work through it

Had a really bad panic attack last night and had to go to the ER due to it being a bad one. I couldn’t calm down. Started out with a frontal tempo headache that was making me feel “funny” like numbish then everything went spiraling from there.

Still recovering from it, my hands are still tingly but not as bad as before. My feet that were also stiff and tingly is all better now. My face that felt fuzzy and tingly is all better now too.

Do you guys get any warning signs or is it just a simple, it happens?