Panic Attacks

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marcijo

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A little over a year ago I had a pretty severe allergic reaction to Augmentin (10 years before that I had a reaction to Sulfa as well). I believe my blood pressure was dropping, I felt like I was going to pass out-my face was all swollen and red (pattern like an orange peel) -even the whites of my eyes were red-this all happened 10 minutes after I took my first pill of my second round of it. Luckily I threw it up eventually and I think that made the reaction get better-slowly. It just scared me that I could take it for 2 weeks and have no problems (except that my hands/feet itched so bad the first pill I took-looking back now my body was warning me!)...and then start another course 2 weeks later and have it hit me like this 10 minutes after I took the first pill.
Obviously I don't take Augmentin anymore-or sulfa...but I think I am still having effects from it-mental effects. Last July I started having what I call panic attacks around the time of night it happened (10pm). Alot of time it is when I am in bed and I can now talk myself out of totally freaking out.
Anyone else have this happen? Its been going on for almost a year now and I hate it-I hate not having control! I just have this fear that it will happen to me again-and most of the time I am not even on meds (except advair every day). I'm not quite sure what to do about this-I tried a counselor but she didn't really deal with this. We dealt with the fact that I have a lot of stress...but I think these attacks are more related to my reaction to Augmentin. Anyone out there have any advice? I'm not sure why I didn't post this here before!
 
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marcijo

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A little over a year ago I had a pretty severe allergic reaction to Augmentin (10 years before that I had a reaction to Sulfa as well). I believe my blood pressure was dropping, I felt like I was going to pass out-my face was all swollen and red (pattern like an orange peel) -even the whites of my eyes were red-this all happened 10 minutes after I took my first pill of my second round of it. Luckily I threw it up eventually and I think that made the reaction get better-slowly. It just scared me that I could take it for 2 weeks and have no problems (except that my hands/feet itched so bad the first pill I took-looking back now my body was warning me!)...and then start another course 2 weeks later and have it hit me like this 10 minutes after I took the first pill.
Obviously I don't take Augmentin anymore-or sulfa...but I think I am still having effects from it-mental effects. Last July I started having what I call panic attacks around the time of night it happened (10pm). Alot of time it is when I am in bed and I can now talk myself out of totally freaking out.
Anyone else have this happen? Its been going on for almost a year now and I hate it-I hate not having control! I just have this fear that it will happen to me again-and most of the time I am not even on meds (except advair every day). I'm not quite sure what to do about this-I tried a counselor but she didn't really deal with this. We dealt with the fact that I have a lot of stress...but I think these attacks are more related to my reaction to Augmentin. Anyone out there have any advice? I'm not sure why I didn't post this here before!
 
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marcijo

Guest
A little over a year ago I had a pretty severe allergic reaction to Augmentin (10 years before that I had a reaction to Sulfa as well). I believe my blood pressure was dropping, I felt like I was going to pass out-my face was all swollen and red (pattern like an orange peel) -even the whites of my eyes were red-this all happened 10 minutes after I took my first pill of my second round of it. Luckily I threw it up eventually and I think that made the reaction get better-slowly. It just scared me that I could take it for 2 weeks and have no problems (except that my hands/feet itched so bad the first pill I took-looking back now my body was warning me!)...and then start another course 2 weeks later and have it hit me like this 10 minutes after I took the first pill.
Obviously I don't take Augmentin anymore-or sulfa...but I think I am still having effects from it-mental effects. Last July I started having what I call panic attacks around the time of night it happened (10pm). Alot of time it is when I am in bed and I can now talk myself out of totally freaking out.
Anyone else have this happen? Its been going on for almost a year now and I hate it-I hate not having control! I just have this fear that it will happen to me again-and most of the time I am not even on meds (except advair every day). I'm not quite sure what to do about this-I tried a counselor but she didn't really deal with this. We dealt with the fact that I have a lot of stress...but I think these attacks are more related to my reaction to Augmentin. Anyone out there have any advice? I'm not sure why I didn't post this here before!
 
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marcijo

Guest
A little over a year ago I had a pretty severe allergic reaction to Augmentin (10 years before that I had a reaction to Sulfa as well). I believe my blood pressure was dropping, I felt like I was going to pass out-my face was all swollen and red (pattern like an orange peel) -even the whites of my eyes were red-this all happened 10 minutes after I took my first pill of my second round of it. Luckily I threw it up eventually and I think that made the reaction get better-slowly. It just scared me that I could take it for 2 weeks and have no problems (except that my hands/feet itched so bad the first pill I took-looking back now my body was warning me!)...and then start another course 2 weeks later and have it hit me like this 10 minutes after I took the first pill.
Obviously I don't take Augmentin anymore-or sulfa...but I think I am still having effects from it-mental effects. Last July I started having what I call panic attacks around the time of night it happened (10pm). Alot of time it is when I am in bed and I can now talk myself out of totally freaking out.
Anyone else have this happen? Its been going on for almost a year now and I hate it-I hate not having control! I just have this fear that it will happen to me again-and most of the time I am not even on meds (except advair every day). I'm not quite sure what to do about this-I tried a counselor but she didn't really deal with this. We dealt with the fact that I have a lot of stress...but I think these attacks are more related to my reaction to Augmentin. Anyone out there have any advice? I'm not sure why I didn't post this here before!
 
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marcijo

Guest
A little over a year ago I had a pretty severe allergic reaction to Augmentin (10 years before that I had a reaction to Sulfa as well). I believe my blood pressure was dropping, I felt like I was going to pass out-my face was all swollen and red (pattern like an orange peel) -even the whites of my eyes were red-this all happened 10 minutes after I took my first pill of my second round of it. Luckily I threw it up eventually and I think that made the reaction get better-slowly. It just scared me that I could take it for 2 weeks and have no problems (except that my hands/feet itched so bad the first pill I took-looking back now my body was warning me!)...and then start another course 2 weeks later and have it hit me like this 10 minutes after I took the first pill.
<br />Obviously I don't take Augmentin anymore-or sulfa...but I think I am still having effects from it-mental effects. Last July I started having what I call panic attacks around the time of night it happened (10pm). Alot of time it is when I am in bed and I can now talk myself out of totally freaking out.
<br />Anyone else have this happen? Its been going on for almost a year now and I hate it-I hate not having control! I just have this fear that it will happen to me again-and most of the time I am not even on meds (except advair every day). I'm not quite sure what to do about this-I tried a counselor but she didn't really deal with this. We dealt with the fact that I have a lot of stress...but I think these attacks are more related to my reaction to Augmentin. Anyone out there have any advice? I'm not sure why I didn't post this here before!
 
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Diane

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This sounds so familiar to me except for different reasons. I started having panic attacks almost 7 years ago when i had a massive hemoptysis and needed a embolization. It totally pulled the rug out from under me and two weeks after getting home from the hospital the panic attacks started out of the blue. It was suggested i go to a psychiatrist to get on some medicatin to deal with it, and they also wanted me to go to a counselor to "talk it out". The Dr. said it was post traumatic disorder due to the fact that my life was in danger during that episode of hemop. He put me on Zoloft and it did wonders for the panic attacks. The counselor was a different story. I saw that as almost a waste of time. I told her unless you can find a solution to the hemop problem and guarantee me it wont ever happen again, I will always fear it occuring again, and talking about it wont make that go away. I dont see either ( DR. or the counselor) but i am still on the Zoloft. Whats so similar to your case is i also would get the symptoms of anxiety on the same day it happened, and refuse to wear anything i wore that night ( threw out the nightgown i was wearing) Couldnt wait to move out of the apt. it happened in, which i did within a few months. Then i realized this was my OCD talking and if i didnt get a handle on that i would wind up on more medicine than just the Zoloft. Slowly i keep reminding myself that this behavior will only hold me back from recovering mentally and i started to try doing something else when i started thinking about it. I have had 5 more embolizations after that first one and each time it is very scary but without Zoloft i would be in an insane asylum right about now. I also pray when i get scared or worked up. I ask God for the strength to get me thru this. Believe me it really helps me get thru.
 
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Diane

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This sounds so familiar to me except for different reasons. I started having panic attacks almost 7 years ago when i had a massive hemoptysis and needed a embolization. It totally pulled the rug out from under me and two weeks after getting home from the hospital the panic attacks started out of the blue. It was suggested i go to a psychiatrist to get on some medicatin to deal with it, and they also wanted me to go to a counselor to "talk it out". The Dr. said it was post traumatic disorder due to the fact that my life was in danger during that episode of hemop. He put me on Zoloft and it did wonders for the panic attacks. The counselor was a different story. I saw that as almost a waste of time. I told her unless you can find a solution to the hemop problem and guarantee me it wont ever happen again, I will always fear it occuring again, and talking about it wont make that go away. I dont see either ( DR. or the counselor) but i am still on the Zoloft. Whats so similar to your case is i also would get the symptoms of anxiety on the same day it happened, and refuse to wear anything i wore that night ( threw out the nightgown i was wearing) Couldnt wait to move out of the apt. it happened in, which i did within a few months. Then i realized this was my OCD talking and if i didnt get a handle on that i would wind up on more medicine than just the Zoloft. Slowly i keep reminding myself that this behavior will only hold me back from recovering mentally and i started to try doing something else when i started thinking about it. I have had 5 more embolizations after that first one and each time it is very scary but without Zoloft i would be in an insane asylum right about now. I also pray when i get scared or worked up. I ask God for the strength to get me thru this. Believe me it really helps me get thru.
 
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Diane

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This sounds so familiar to me except for different reasons. I started having panic attacks almost 7 years ago when i had a massive hemoptysis and needed a embolization. It totally pulled the rug out from under me and two weeks after getting home from the hospital the panic attacks started out of the blue. It was suggested i go to a psychiatrist to get on some medicatin to deal with it, and they also wanted me to go to a counselor to "talk it out". The Dr. said it was post traumatic disorder due to the fact that my life was in danger during that episode of hemop. He put me on Zoloft and it did wonders for the panic attacks. The counselor was a different story. I saw that as almost a waste of time. I told her unless you can find a solution to the hemop problem and guarantee me it wont ever happen again, I will always fear it occuring again, and talking about it wont make that go away. I dont see either ( DR. or the counselor) but i am still on the Zoloft. Whats so similar to your case is i also would get the symptoms of anxiety on the same day it happened, and refuse to wear anything i wore that night ( threw out the nightgown i was wearing) Couldnt wait to move out of the apt. it happened in, which i did within a few months. Then i realized this was my OCD talking and if i didnt get a handle on that i would wind up on more medicine than just the Zoloft. Slowly i keep reminding myself that this behavior will only hold me back from recovering mentally and i started to try doing something else when i started thinking about it. I have had 5 more embolizations after that first one and each time it is very scary but without Zoloft i would be in an insane asylum right about now. I also pray when i get scared or worked up. I ask God for the strength to get me thru this. Believe me it really helps me get thru.
 
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Diane

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This sounds so familiar to me except for different reasons. I started having panic attacks almost 7 years ago when i had a massive hemoptysis and needed a embolization. It totally pulled the rug out from under me and two weeks after getting home from the hospital the panic attacks started out of the blue. It was suggested i go to a psychiatrist to get on some medicatin to deal with it, and they also wanted me to go to a counselor to "talk it out". The Dr. said it was post traumatic disorder due to the fact that my life was in danger during that episode of hemop. He put me on Zoloft and it did wonders for the panic attacks. The counselor was a different story. I saw that as almost a waste of time. I told her unless you can find a solution to the hemop problem and guarantee me it wont ever happen again, I will always fear it occuring again, and talking about it wont make that go away. I dont see either ( DR. or the counselor) but i am still on the Zoloft. Whats so similar to your case is i also would get the symptoms of anxiety on the same day it happened, and refuse to wear anything i wore that night ( threw out the nightgown i was wearing) Couldnt wait to move out of the apt. it happened in, which i did within a few months. Then i realized this was my OCD talking and if i didnt get a handle on that i would wind up on more medicine than just the Zoloft. Slowly i keep reminding myself that this behavior will only hold me back from recovering mentally and i started to try doing something else when i started thinking about it. I have had 5 more embolizations after that first one and each time it is very scary but without Zoloft i would be in an insane asylum right about now. I also pray when i get scared or worked up. I ask God for the strength to get me thru this. Believe me it really helps me get thru.
 
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Diane

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This sounds so familiar to me except for different reasons. I started having panic attacks almost 7 years ago when i had a massive hemoptysis and needed a embolization. It totally pulled the rug out from under me and two weeks after getting home from the hospital the panic attacks started out of the blue. It was suggested i go to a psychiatrist to get on some medicatin to deal with it, and they also wanted me to go to a counselor to "talk it out". The Dr. said it was post traumatic disorder due to the fact that my life was in danger during that episode of hemop. He put me on Zoloft and it did wonders for the panic attacks. The counselor was a different story. I saw that as almost a waste of time. I told her unless you can find a solution to the hemop problem and guarantee me it wont ever happen again, I will always fear it occuring again, and talking about it wont make that go away. I dont see either ( DR. or the counselor) but i am still on the Zoloft. Whats so similar to your case is i also would get the symptoms of anxiety on the same day it happened, and refuse to wear anything i wore that night ( threw out the nightgown i was wearing) Couldnt wait to move out of the apt. it happened in, which i did within a few months. Then i realized this was my OCD talking and if i didnt get a handle on that i would wind up on more medicine than just the Zoloft. Slowly i keep reminding myself that this behavior will only hold me back from recovering mentally and i started to try doing something else when i started thinking about it. I have had 5 more embolizations after that first one and each time it is very scary but without Zoloft i would be in an insane asylum right about now. I also pray when i get scared or worked up. I ask God for the strength to get me thru this. Believe me it really helps me get thru.
 
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Seana30

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I also have panic attacks. Mine started shortly after my daughter Courtney was diagnosed with CF.

The doctor put me on Zoloft. It has helped so much with the attacks. I can't say I don't have them at all anymore, but he also prescribed me a low dose of Ativan to help me get throught an attack when one comes on.

I think another good thing to do is find something to focus on during the attack. When I know I am about to have one I call/talk to my hubby. He knows if I say "talk to me" I need to hear his voice and for whatever reason just his voice helps me calm down.

Take care

Seana
 
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Seana30

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I also have panic attacks. Mine started shortly after my daughter Courtney was diagnosed with CF.

The doctor put me on Zoloft. It has helped so much with the attacks. I can't say I don't have them at all anymore, but he also prescribed me a low dose of Ativan to help me get throught an attack when one comes on.

I think another good thing to do is find something to focus on during the attack. When I know I am about to have one I call/talk to my hubby. He knows if I say "talk to me" I need to hear his voice and for whatever reason just his voice helps me calm down.

Take care

Seana
 
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Seana30

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I also have panic attacks. Mine started shortly after my daughter Courtney was diagnosed with CF.

The doctor put me on Zoloft. It has helped so much with the attacks. I can't say I don't have them at all anymore, but he also prescribed me a low dose of Ativan to help me get throught an attack when one comes on.

I think another good thing to do is find something to focus on during the attack. When I know I am about to have one I call/talk to my hubby. He knows if I say "talk to me" I need to hear his voice and for whatever reason just his voice helps me calm down.

Take care

Seana
 
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Seana30

New member
I also have panic attacks. Mine started shortly after my daughter Courtney was diagnosed with CF.

The doctor put me on Zoloft. It has helped so much with the attacks. I can't say I don't have them at all anymore, but he also prescribed me a low dose of Ativan to help me get throught an attack when one comes on.

I think another good thing to do is find something to focus on during the attack. When I know I am about to have one I call/talk to my hubby. He knows if I say "talk to me" I need to hear his voice and for whatever reason just his voice helps me calm down.

Take care

Seana
 
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Seana30

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I also have panic attacks. Mine started shortly after my daughter Courtney was diagnosed with CF.
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<br />The doctor put me on Zoloft. It has helped so much with the attacks. I can't say I don't have them at all anymore, but he also prescribed me a low dose of Ativan to help me get throught an attack when one comes on.
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<br />I think another good thing to do is find something to focus on during the attack. When I know I am about to have one I call/talk to my hubby. He knows if I say "talk to me" I need to hear his voice and for whatever reason just his voice helps me calm down.
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<br />Take care
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<br />Seana
 
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brewz2

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I've been dealing with panic attacks for about two years, not from medical issues really - but they started out by driving over a bridge that was really high, and from there they just took over different parts of my life from driving bridges, to driving highways, running on treadmill(b/c my heart rate would soar)..I knew I had enough when I started panicking in the shower - I needed somebody with me 24/7.....Before this, I was a very self-sufficient, independent person that pretty much relied on nobody...Anyways, I was prescribed effexor, and I'm only on 75 mg and I haven't had an attack since (knock on wood). Maybe meds would help - they gave me my life back. Also, I was told that it runs in families, which in my case, makes complete sense. I have a lot of people in my family that deal with anxiety. Hope this helps.

Tracey, mom to Sydney, 8 and Seth 4 - both w/cf DDF508
 
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brewz2

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I've been dealing with panic attacks for about two years, not from medical issues really - but they started out by driving over a bridge that was really high, and from there they just took over different parts of my life from driving bridges, to driving highways, running on treadmill(b/c my heart rate would soar)..I knew I had enough when I started panicking in the shower - I needed somebody with me 24/7.....Before this, I was a very self-sufficient, independent person that pretty much relied on nobody...Anyways, I was prescribed effexor, and I'm only on 75 mg and I haven't had an attack since (knock on wood). Maybe meds would help - they gave me my life back. Also, I was told that it runs in families, which in my case, makes complete sense. I have a lot of people in my family that deal with anxiety. Hope this helps.

Tracey, mom to Sydney, 8 and Seth 4 - both w/cf DDF508
 
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brewz2

Guest
I've been dealing with panic attacks for about two years, not from medical issues really - but they started out by driving over a bridge that was really high, and from there they just took over different parts of my life from driving bridges, to driving highways, running on treadmill(b/c my heart rate would soar)..I knew I had enough when I started panicking in the shower - I needed somebody with me 24/7.....Before this, I was a very self-sufficient, independent person that pretty much relied on nobody...Anyways, I was prescribed effexor, and I'm only on 75 mg and I haven't had an attack since (knock on wood). Maybe meds would help - they gave me my life back. Also, I was told that it runs in families, which in my case, makes complete sense. I have a lot of people in my family that deal with anxiety. Hope this helps.

Tracey, mom to Sydney, 8 and Seth 4 - both w/cf DDF508
 
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brewz2

Guest
I've been dealing with panic attacks for about two years, not from medical issues really - but they started out by driving over a bridge that was really high, and from there they just took over different parts of my life from driving bridges, to driving highways, running on treadmill(b/c my heart rate would soar)..I knew I had enough when I started panicking in the shower - I needed somebody with me 24/7.....Before this, I was a very self-sufficient, independent person that pretty much relied on nobody...Anyways, I was prescribed effexor, and I'm only on 75 mg and I haven't had an attack since (knock on wood). Maybe meds would help - they gave me my life back. Also, I was told that it runs in families, which in my case, makes complete sense. I have a lot of people in my family that deal with anxiety. Hope this helps.

Tracey, mom to Sydney, 8 and Seth 4 - both w/cf DDF508
 
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brewz2

Guest
I've been dealing with panic attacks for about two years, not from medical issues really - but they started out by driving over a bridge that was really high, and from there they just took over different parts of my life from driving bridges, to driving highways, running on treadmill(b/c my heart rate would soar)..I knew I had enough when I started panicking in the shower - I needed somebody with me 24/7.....Before this, I was a very self-sufficient, independent person that pretty much relied on nobody...Anyways, I was prescribed effexor, and I'm only on 75 mg and I haven't had an attack since (knock on wood). Maybe meds would help - they gave me my life back. Also, I was told that it runs in families, which in my case, makes complete sense. I have a lot of people in my family that deal with anxiety. Hope this helps.
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<br />Tracey, mom to Sydney, 8 and Seth 4 - both w/cf DDF508
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