re: For those of you who get/had panic attacks, how do you deal with it?

Just try to remember that everything is only temporary.

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I used to get panic attacks but then I started going to the gym and now I give panic attacks

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People are having panic attacks from hysterical laughter?

I had a few panic attacks. On a suggestion, I went to a psychologist. Best thing I ever did. Every single thing I told him, he completely understood and said that's exactly what happens and made me feel normal for a panic attack person. There's 2 types of medicine they will prescribe. The first is something like Lexapro or Xoloft. This is used to calm you down every day and PREVENT an attack. The second is Xanas which you can take when you are having an attack to STOP the panic attack. Whether you get 1, 2, or any of these medicines is up to the doctor, but just know that there's ways to help the panic attacks and prevent them. Call a psychologist ASAP and go. Regardless of medicine or not, it was nice hearing someone know exactly what you were experiencing.

And if you're worried about Xanax, I have had it prescribed for 2.5 years now. I have only taken 3 pills in those 2.5 years. You only take it if you need it and you may find you don't ever need it.

It took me about 10 years to figure out that it was the acid I was dropping causing my issues. I never would have guessed. I spent a whole decade thinking it was the sugar and caffeine.