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re: Panic attacks are no joke.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 8:24 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Posted on 8/24/26 at 8:24 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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When people talk about panic attacks, it’s something to take seriously and not dismiss as craziness. It really is a hellish experience.
I’ve had at least one major one before which I momentarily thought was a heart attack until I realized I wasn’t having shooting pains in my left arm.
Horrible fricking experience.
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Posted on 8/24/26 at 8:32 am to VolsOut4Harambe
I used to think shite like this was just all in your head and that all you have to do is calm down and stop thinking about it. But after going through it, it's real as fawk.
It's truly something you cannot control when it hits.
It took me a long time to figure it out. Over the course of a year or two, I had a handful of small episodes where I began to worry on certain days. Then, I experienced stronger episodes. My problem is that when I feel like I cannot get comfortable or "get stuck", I won't be able to get right and then the real panic attacks start to hit. I begin to feel uncomfortable then my head tells myself that it won't end and then the panic attacks hits STRONG and I'm in full tailspin mode. All of this happened over the course of maybe 3 years and not very frequent.
Finally, I met a psychiatrist who understood EXACTLY what was happening and could explain it to me. Then I realized it was real. FYI, I didn't realize but a psychiatrist is a MD and can prescribe drugs, whereas a phycologist is more mental study.
If anyone is experiencing any of this, get an appointment with a psychiatrist. You go in and tell him/her what you're experiencing and he/her will know exactly what you are talking about. The solution for me was daily anit-depressants (for anxiety, not depression) and xanax for if the panic comes in.
The daily pills are very low dose for me and used just to make sure I'm ok. Don't worry about the stigma of "being on antidepressants" because hopefully, you are just on a low dose and it's not a big issue.
I have xanax for when needed and maybe take it once a year now. I only need it if I get in a situation where I start to think that I may worry over the circumstances, or if for some reason a panic attack really sets in, I have xanax to help get me through it.
It's just something you have to manage with understanding what's happening (you learn this by talking with a shrink) and with meds (hopefully very low doses). If you do not manage it, you will be miserable.
The only reason I'm open about this is because I needed to learn this before I could manage it. If I hadn't been talking socially with a psychiatrist, I wouldn't have known to go see one. And a real panic attack is the absolute worst thing I've ever experienced. So I hope if anyone else ever has issues, they learn what to do.
It's truly something you cannot control when it hits.
It took me a long time to figure it out. Over the course of a year or two, I had a handful of small episodes where I began to worry on certain days. Then, I experienced stronger episodes. My problem is that when I feel like I cannot get comfortable or "get stuck", I won't be able to get right and then the real panic attacks start to hit. I begin to feel uncomfortable then my head tells myself that it won't end and then the panic attacks hits STRONG and I'm in full tailspin mode. All of this happened over the course of maybe 3 years and not very frequent.
Finally, I met a psychiatrist who understood EXACTLY what was happening and could explain it to me. Then I realized it was real. FYI, I didn't realize but a psychiatrist is a MD and can prescribe drugs, whereas a phycologist is more mental study.
If anyone is experiencing any of this, get an appointment with a psychiatrist. You go in and tell him/her what you're experiencing and he/her will know exactly what you are talking about. The solution for me was daily anit-depressants (for anxiety, not depression) and xanax for if the panic comes in.
The daily pills are very low dose for me and used just to make sure I'm ok. Don't worry about the stigma of "being on antidepressants" because hopefully, you are just on a low dose and it's not a big issue.
I have xanax for when needed and maybe take it once a year now. I only need it if I get in a situation where I start to think that I may worry over the circumstances, or if for some reason a panic attack really sets in, I have xanax to help get me through it.
It's just something you have to manage with understanding what's happening (you learn this by talking with a shrink) and with meds (hopefully very low doses). If you do not manage it, you will be miserable.
The only reason I'm open about this is because I needed to learn this before I could manage it. If I hadn't been talking socially with a psychiatrist, I wouldn't have known to go see one. And a real panic attack is the absolute worst thing I've ever experienced. So I hope if anyone else ever has issues, they learn what to do.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 8:34 am to BoogaBear
quote:
yeah panic attacks are real, you had alcohol induced anxiety.
Its' crazy that I didn't realize until WELL into adulthood that the two or three times in my life I've had an episode similar to OP, it was almost certainly alcohol/hangover induced. AFter the last one (which was years ago now) that was kind of a wakeup call to stop drinking so heavily at one time.
That first time it happened though when I didn't know what was going on I was in MSY about to fly back to atl and thought I was having some kind of alcohol poisoning situation and was running through all these scenarios of ditchign the flight and getting an uber to the hospital ha. It's funny to look back on now but man it's not so fun when it's happening.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 9:04 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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I started cold sweating, feeling dizzy, and hyperventilating. TSA ushered me through so I could go sit down. My girl brought me water and food. Slowly the symptoms went away, but now I feel like I got hit by a train.
quote:I imagine this girl is absolutely starving for a proper dick down at this point
My girl brought me water and food.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:11 am to VolsOut4Harambe
This is 100% accurate. I call it "hangxiety." I'm afraid of heights and we took our kids a couple of years ago to Blue Bayou. I was a little hungover and tried to walk up the first slide, and about two stories up, I looked at my wife and said, "Oh I absolutely cannot do this."
Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:22 am to runningdad85
43 years old and never had a panic attack. I don’t get it. What about a TSA line induces panic?
Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:25 am to B747Tiger
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43 years old and never had a panic attack. I don’t get it. What about a TSA line induces panic?
This is akin to saying "I've never had depression before, what's the big deal? Just do stuff that makes you happy"
There's nothing scary about a line, the line itself is irrelevant. It's a chemical reaction in your brain that puts you in extreme and mega fight or flight mode for zero reason (or at least none you are aware of). It's not as simple as just "forget about it and calm down you'll be fine".
Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:28 am to WG_Dawg
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There's nothing scary about a line, the line itself is irrelevant. It's a chemical reaction in your brain that puts you in extreme and mega fight or flight mode for zero reason (or at least none you are aware of). It's not as simple as just "forget about it and calm down you'll be fine".
What causes the chemical reaction?
Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:31 am to B747Tiger
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. I don’t get it. What about a TSA line induces panic?
It's not the TSA. It's the alcohol withdrawal induced anxiety. It's also a sign you need to seriously get some help about your drinking.
Ask me how I know.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 10:40 am to Bunk Moreland
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Yeah, as I get older, I am getting terrible depression and anxiety the day after I drink.
Another major reason I have had to curb my drinking. I would get major feelings of regret the next day.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:08 am to B747Tiger
hell if i know
Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:15 am to B747Tiger
quote:
What causes the chemical reaction?
Anxiety
What causes the anxiey
drinking too much the night before
its not all that complicated.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:18 am to Bunk Moreland
quote:I have almost quit drinking more than a couple. Any sign of being drunk and I am miserable till 48 hours after. Just worthless
Yeah, as I get older, I am getting terrible depression and anxiety the day after I drink.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:21 am to Centinel
quote:this has nothing to do with mine. I may drink more than a couple a few times a year. Go months without a drink. But let me get tipsy. The next day and a half I get the blues and my anxiety is thru the roof.
It's the alcohol withdrawal induced anxiety. It's also a sign you need to seriously get some help about your drinking.
Sleep good, hydrate, stay active and it is completely manageable
Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:29 am to Centinel
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It's the alcohol withdrawal induced anxiety. It's also a sign you need to seriously get some help about your drinking.
Ehh, definitely doesn't apply to everyone that has hangover induced anxiety.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:30 am to VolsOut4Harambe
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I’m very hungover and my anxiety during hangovers is typically high.
Besides feeling like shite, hangovers bring out all of your bad feelings, insecurities, guilt, etc. Gets worse as you get older.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 11:39 am to VolsOut4Harambe
Just know your body cannot sustain that indefinitely, but when you're in the thick of it, it seems never-ending. But it will end; it operates on a bell curve and will eventually taper off. Learn to recognize when they start and the triggers, and just ride it out; just don't do anything drastic in the middle of the curve when it's most intense.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 12:38 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Ehh, definitely doesn't apply to everyone that has hangover induced anxiety.
I was speaking about the OP's case. If you have a full blown panic attack in line at the TSA after a night of drinking, you damn sure have a drinking problem.
It's a symptom of severe alcohol withdrawal.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 12:45 pm to rickyh
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Panic attack is something that I always thought happened to weak minded people. I know thy feel sick but how much of it is mental?
Real easy to think like that until you're in the throes of one. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Posted on 8/24/26 at 3:26 pm to VolsOut4Harambe
Be careful. I had one out of nowhere and they started happening more and more. I became anxious about the possibility of another panic attack happening. It wrecked my life for almost a year.
Knowing that you had a panic attack is huge. Figure out a way to stop them when you feel them happening. Box breathing helped me with that.
Knowing that you had a panic attack is huge. Figure out a way to stop them when you feel them happening. Box breathing helped me with that.
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