Some people have posted on here that they have anxiety and/or panic issues. Ive lived it for years to the nth degree, at one point having 15 hour a day panic attacks and constant anxiety. The last panic attack I had was in 2005 and if I get anxiety 1 or 2x a month on a minor level thats lots now.
The first step for me was accepting panic cant hurt me. That was in July of 2005. I remember the day clearly, I was getting an attack out of nowhere again and just decided if it was gonna happen, piss on it, I'll let it happen. After that day it never happened again. Looking back, I firmly believe now that panic attacks dont come out of nowhere. The biggest factor, imo, is thinking about them all the time. If you do, they will happen. If you accept they cant hurt you, they will go away. As a severe panic sufferer, this is easier said than done, but if I can do it, anyone can. Stress can contribute to them and so can lack of sleep. Heres one that pisses me off. People drink coffee on an empty stomach first thing in the morning and then complain about anxiety and panic. WTF do you think is gonna happen if you put caffeine into an empty system if you already have anxiety/panic issues? It's like mainlining a problem. For me also, allergies to food contributed massively to anxiety and panic. An allergic reaction can mimic the unable to breathe actions from panic. Dehydration was a major contributor also, when your body is dehydrated, your brain is dehydrated and leads to emergency signals and panic. Shoving high sugar high GI foods into your gut without anything else will spike the insulin which also will feel like panic for those who suffer from panic/anxiety.
Anxiety, a more common problem used to plague me to a major degree. It came in the form of stomach anxiety and chest tightness anxiety. Lots of similarities in why it happened as to the panic, especially in the areas of food allergies. The biggest discovery I made which, knock on wood, has made my anxiety 99% disappear was anti-histamine eating. Lots of foods contain histamine and produce histamine, and these foods were absolutely savage to my anxiety. I had absolutely no idea about this until told about it by someone else. I did extensive reading and studying on the subject and have since eaten only anti-histamine foods (I eat paleo all the time), and if I go off the mark even slightly and eat a histamine food I pay for it big time in the form of anxiety, grouchiness and overall misery. Also, the environment produces histamine in various ways, and for this I use a spray called Rhus-Toxico Dendron 3x per day which combats this histamine. I cannot speak highly enough of what these changes have done for me.
I came from years of SEVERE panic and anxiety attacks all the way to no panic and barely (1 or 2x a month) anxiety so I really believe in what worked for me. I always wanna help people who have these issues as I know how brutal and crippling they can be. Feel free to pm me anytime.
and yes, tldr, ylls, hth etc etc
