about

I'm a qualified colour therapist and I'm doing a course in psychotherapy and councelling. i have the letters SNHS after my name which means i have a diploma from The School of Natual Health Sciences.
I have life experience in mental health, agoraphobia,bullying,parents divorce.


advice

so my whole life i have add mild anxiety and for about ten months i could function after i stopped talking medicine but the past fourish months there's been alot of chaos and i cant control it by myself.
i sometimes find myself having random panic attacks.
little things like school stuff freak me out or just thinking about certain people or things make me extremely anxious.
my nervous are uncontrolable.
i would like to avoid not taking medicine.
anything would help.
thanks. =)

I suffer terrible panic attacks too and like you, wont take medicine. I cant help you overcome it as i still have them but they are somethings i can tell you that help me.

Lavender Roll ons - These are little tube of roll on sticks that you can get from health shops, you put them on pressure points on your wrists that help you relax.

Smelling Salts - I think you can get these from health shops too, they come in a tiny bottle and you smell them to calm you down. I found these to be very effective when i had an extremely bad bout of panic attacks last year.

Aroma Dough - This is like play dough but it has armoatherapy oils in, i have the lavender one as Lavender is very good for calming. You can play with it and squeeze it like a stress ball while the aroma calms you http://www.clearviewshop.co.uk/shop/catalog/browse?shop_param=shop_overview_pager%3D2%26cid%3D2%26

These are all things that you can fit in your pocket or your school bag, which leads me to...

Comfort bag - I used to take my comfort bag everywhere with me, you can use your school bag as yours. A comfort bag is something you can put all your comforting things in just incase you have a panic attack, it also helps just knowing that if you did have a panic attack then there are things with you to help you.
You could put some aromatherapy oils in it, a drink or 2 is essential (preferably water or dilute as water helps you especially when the panic brings on sickly feelings), a puzzle book and magazone to distract your mind from the panic. If you are concentrating really hard on a puzzle or reading then the panic dies down because it's in the mind. Also a mobile phone or little games console just to distract you, and tissues because if your anything like me you'll get upset when you panic, also panic can cause phlegm in the back of your throat so i find its always best to get it out rather that swallow it.

I would see your gp again and see about getting some therapy, cognative behavioural therapy is usually best for panic as it helps to change the way our minds think.

Deffinatly 100% tell your teachers about your panic attacks and what triggers them, then if you need some time out if your feeling anxious then they can let you go and relax if you need to. It would be great if your doctor could just write a doctors note to explain this, you would only need to show it to your head teacher or form teacher as they would tell your other teachers in the staff room.

I hope this help you and if you need to ask me anything else about panic then just ask :-) xxx

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(Rating: 5) thank you.
that was comforting to know im not the only one with huge panis attacks.
=))
it made me feel tons better.
ill try the things you suggested.
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