healing anxiety and panic attacks

[sinister_steve]

Hi I have been on anti depressants for seven years,and when i tried to go off them my panic attacks came back after about a month.and got as bad as it was when i first went on them when i was 16 years of age.it is not just a little bit of anxiety but a whole lot of it,it is so bad i feel sick constantly and have to force myself to eat,and i really dont want to stay on any meds even tho i had to go back on after my last attempt to go off.i have allso been spending lots of time with trying to astral project over the last few years and am now trying robert bruces methods as the ones i have tried didnt help me much.and i am still wondering if maybe the anti anxiety meds are the problem?or maybe the methods of projection i was using are the problem,but i will only know when i have put the effort into roberts astral dynamics book i have been working on the past few weeks.well sorry for the long post i just figured i would see what anyone had to say about my position at the moment of time,and if anything like energy work can help cure my anxiety so i dont need to be on the anti enx pills.thanks for reading please post anything you have to say,for i have been wondering about the things i have posted here for quite some time..thanks..steve

[CaCoDeMoN]

I think that for panic attacks Vipassana meditation could help better than any medications. For me it solved the problem nearly instantly.

[PeterPanic]

Hello,

I am now 24 and completely free of panic attacks. It started when I was 17, kind of out of the blue and they lasted 3 years (look at my nickname I even joke of it today). But at the time it was hell, it was Just Horrible, for normal ppl to understand what a panic attack is then they should be in a plane that is going to crash... and at the last moment it doesn't crash... now if they could observe their body/thoughts/emotions/adrenalin/etc... at that moment they they knew what panic is.

Anyway, what I want to ask you is what kind of meds are u taking? If it's Seroxat then you will have a hell of a bad time withdrawing. I think most Anti-Deprss today are almost worse than the illness itself. Withdrawing from Seroxat gives panic attacks even in a normal person. Healthy ppl withdrawing from Anti-Dep. may become really sick: tiredness/Insomnia/appetite problems/pains/dizziness/anxiety etc... . The good point is that you can withdraw of any med if you go really slow and supervised by a Doctor. You will suffer, but look at me, I had really bad panic attacks and now I'm free and without medication. How did I do it?

My panic attacks were the 'I'm going to die' kind. So I figured out I had a big problem with death. I had a death phobia. It took me years changing my beliefs (I was not at all spiritual at the time) and personality until I came to terms with it. My mother has panic attacks so the genetic vulnerability is there but I believe that by CHANGING deeply your personality/way of being/beliefs/posture/friends/interests/family relationships/etc... you can set yourself free. The genetics are there but I believe Panic Disorder has always a psychological origin, so, it always has a psychological/spiritual cure. However energy work didn't do much for me. You should work on your mind/Ideas.

You can get off the meds, but  you must be prepared to suffer, you will have panic attacks, you will be tired, sleepy or insomniac, you will have pains etc... but it's possible I Know It.

Fell free to keep in touch

[sinister_steve]

Hi thanks a lot for replies.and PeterPanic i know what you meen by you feel like youre about to die every time you have a panic attack,for i have the same thing.I am on celexa at the moment but my ears havenot stopped ringing since i got on zoloft then tried celexa hoping for the ringing to stop.but i was off my first anti deps which was paxil for about two months.which was my first attempt in seven years.and all the panic attacks every minut came back.and i really want to go off them still even tho i just tried,i want to be rid of them.one more thing ..while you were on them did you find you could still astral project?or did you astral project at all?and another thing how did you deal with the panic attacks?how did you change youre your personality/way of being/beliefs/posture/friends/interests/family relationships/etc?and did you have panic attacks for no reason at all even when sitting on youre couch or sleeping.and did they happen over and over?for i wounder if i have it to bad to be fixed.well please help me through this if you can find time to..here is my e mail adress i use more often so please e mail me back at this adress..thanks much   hod333@hotmail.com    Steve

[Ivanda]

I would first give up coffee if u are drinking it. also regular exercise is very important in getting rid of excess adrenaline. It helped me a lot with my constant anxiety.
Also read about adrenal fatigue on the net. There is some helpful info there. Looks like your problem may be in that department.
At least for me what worked is a complex of things. Taking care of your health, stress level...spirituality was the best therapy for me.
PeterPanic  wrote some wise words here as well!  Love St. Francis, by the way

Good luck and hugs

[majour ka]

Hi, I can sympathise totaly as I sufferd from them for a number of years but i never get them now thankfully. im sorry I didnt read every bodys post here so this may have been mentiond already, but one of the most helpfull things for me was reading a book called " The power of now" by ekhart toll, Im not certain thats how he spells his name. If you can get a copy it may change your life.

good luck marcus.