looking for advice

[faithfull-prophet4040]

Is there anyone that's struggled with panic attacks, that found a med that helped them. I'm in serious need of advice, it's really serious. I take klonopin which works an hour after its tooken, but also I need something else too something I can recomend to my phyciattist for me to try.

[LearningToLetGo]

When I was in ICU I suffered panic attacks when my O2 levels dropped too low. Do you have an finger oximeter? It might be worth checking. Breath is life, and low oxygen levels cause all kinds of problems. Also, try slowly breathing in the nose and exhaling from the mouth. I do that when I feel my anxiety rising.

[tim_from_pa]

42 minutes ago, faithfull-prophet4040 said:

Is there anyone that's struggled with panic attacks, that found a med that helped them. I'm in serious need of advice, it's really serious. I take klonopin which works an hour after its tooken, but also I need something else too something I can recomend to my phyciattist for me to try.

I'm in my 60's now, but when I was a youth and even at times in early adulthood I suffered anxiety and panic.  I can tell you what I believe helped me (just my experience).  First of all, I had to grow in faith and knowledge of the Lord Jesus. I had to digest His Word so that I could "make it my own" so-to-speak and actually feel empowered.  The other thing is the physical end of things.  I eat better, I take enough supplements to drown a horse and sure enough the anxiety goes away.  But I believe that anxiety can be improper thought patterns (such as anticipating what 'could' happen that has some sort of psychological meaning to the person) but is greatly exacerbated by being physically off and/or imbalanced.  I tend to follow biblical diet as well and eschew unclean meats.  So in my case I always believed that there was a physical component because even when anxious, I tended to be very analytical, great in mathematics, science and whatnot, so that type of personality is generally not emotionally based unless something is out of kilter.   

That all said, that's what worked for me but don't expect me to otherwise be helpful or too empathetic for others.  My wife now suffers some anxiety mostly that of medical worries but she can drive me crazy at times with her constant worry.  She said to me already for someone with past anxiety I don't seem to be understanding.  She's right. I forgotten I ever had it.  But the bottom line is what I said-- the thought patterns.  With faith we realize nothing slips by God's attention so He will take care of us and we are ordained to what we are to experience.  But I also realize that one can't "tell" one with anxiety and panic to snap out of it, either. Keep in mind this can be a learning experience as well so there is nothing "wrong" with you. There's sometimes other causes such as demonic influence but I don't want to scare you there.  Think of it this way:  they feed off of anger and fear so they are just trying to upset you and get a free meal IF and that's an IF that's the case.  Again, the Word of God helps protect against that. It's just that something is out of kilter and you have to work to figure it out (as I told my wife). With me, like I said, it was knowledge and nutrition. That may or may not be the case with another.