Worst Anxiety Symptoms Ever Experienced

[I-carus8045]

Hey thanks folks, for all the responses and sharing. Very nice of you to take the time. I've had some pretty bad experiences with anxiety and with the help of meds and lately this forum things are good. I'm not a good writer and it really takes me time to formulate a response sometimes, especially on this topic as so much has happened in the past it's sometimes hard to put into words to remotely come close what was actually felt during an attack. Just saying wish I was better at this, sometimes because anxiety can be pure HELL and I'd like to better express my experience.

Though you may consider by your own standards to not be able to efficiently express your experience through words you still managed to do an excellent job at going through it. 

Seeker managed to get what you were putting out?? :

And you have a whole community of people here who in their own ways have gone through the mess. 

Words are powerful, but so is the empathetic ability to feel your pain through their own past.

[Mr. HIND]

I-carus8045,

I try my best at this and guess I'm a bit hard on myself at times. Maybe this is one of them. I appreciate the uplifting input my friend, good to have you around.

Thank you! :-)

Mr. HIND

[Mr. HIND]

Hi FormerLurker,

Had a scarey attack in Target as well, no idea why day was normal, felt great. I was by myself in the clothing section then rapid heartbeat, hard to breath, severe vertigo, The usual. Not good times to say the least. Think more in early times I used alcohol to slow or stop attacks with great success. But several occasions found myself suffering immensly, sitting is a room gulping down a 40oz or 2 in attempt of symptoms subsiding. I'd have to get pretty drunk at times for relief but sometimes the 'drink anxiety away' routine would go on for days and I'd finally have go to the ER as alcohol had no more effect. The issue was mainly at night so I could pull a 10-12 hr shift the next day BUT land on square one after work, sitting in that room. Soooo dreadful. A benzo would've prevented so much suffering many times in my life.

I quit alcohol cold April 16th 2005. Was a decision 5 years in the making. It's a very long story, more than I could ever type in a post and just thinking about how I pulled it off brings up some animosity towards alcohol and the the time it took from me. Luckily I don't have much to regret being an ex drinker. People used to ask why I quit, they never thought I had a problem with it and I was always the mello, cool guy--Fortunately. Really lucked out in that aspect thinking about it now.

But I'll tell ya, speaking of finest hours, alcoholic or whatever you classify your drinking level at. Using known effective tools at your disposal, alcohol or other-- whatever stops the suffering of severe anxiety, even for a few hours. I see no shame in that, what-so-ever.

Take care