Bam bam Bam bam, bam bam Bam Bam (I want to be sedated)

[butterflydreaming]

That thing I experienced yesterday was either a nervous breakdown or a panic attack. Because I still feel the residue but I am otherwise quite functional today, I'm thinking panic attack -- and while I'm no stranger to crying jags and occasionally feel an intense need to run for the hills or crawl under furniture, a panic attack is something new. And not something nice.

One of the things I did to deal with it (and I didn't deal well) was to spend an hour knitting, then I frantically searched my cabinets at home for chamomile tea. WE HAD NO CHAMOMILE. Unbelievable! But we did have some white chrysanthemum flowers. I steeped it, covered, and it helped quite a lot.

I need to ruminate on this more, but right now I'm at work making up for freaking out and leaving yesterday and my break is used up.

Comments

[adventurat.livejournal.com]

S used to get panic attacks. They were stress related. One of the things he did that helped was went to a psychologist who taught him how to use biofeedback to quell a nascent attack, and that's a strategy he still uses. He did take anti-panic meds for a while, until he discovered that one of the rebound effects of missing a dose was... having a panic attack!

*hugs*, regardless of what the prob might me.

[buhrger]

eex!
[points positive vibration generator in a southwest-but-over-the-mountains direction]

[lilac-wine.livejournal.com]

(((hug)))

I'm sorry. I've never had a panic attack but in the last two years I've had a few anxiety attacks and they sucked.