Panic attack in Target today!

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Man, these panic attacks are getting really annoying! Me and my husband went to Target today just to do some general shopping. It's out of my normal routine to go there, but we wanted to since my son got a job there recently. I wanted to see if he was feeling any better since he was sick.

Anyway, we parked, walked in, all was well until we got midway through the store. My mind started to race and I told myself, "JUST STOP!" I began the self talk method of telling myself I wanted to be there and that I was not running.

Well, a panic attack took hold very quickly and I ended up grabbing my purse and headed for the bathroom. My husband knows what's up, so when I came out he was there waiting for me.

I am so sick of this! I take Ativan and Klonopin...Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.....Okay rant over...
 
If you wait long enough and don't run away from the attack...it will pass.
Do not pop the pills as soon as a panic attack starts or you will become dependent on the pills and your body will never learn how to cope with the panic attacks. I take lorezapam and I have WICKED anxiety in MANY situations. I noticed one day while I was having an attack that I would pop 1/2 pill immediately. I did not like the control that the panic attacks were having on my life. So in milder situations...like "going to Target" if a panic attack comes on...I keep doing whatever it is I intended to do there and when I get out of the store....I realize..that I made it through. There are other times that panic takes over..and I give it a time period (Ok, if this doesn't pass in the next 20 mins, I will take 1/2 or whole pill). AND then there are siuations where I DONT wait at all. For example: On my way home from work..I get a phone call that the cops are at my house to talk to my son AGAIN...I pop the pill right away because I know it is going to be an extremely stressful situation and I try to head off the panic.
Hope that helps. Once you get thru a Target Visit without a pill or running away from the panic attack, you will become stronger in other situations. Remeraber panic attacks won't kill you...they only make you uncomfortable...and sometimes you will be surprised that you CAN get thru most of them.
 
Thank you for your reply...

I wish I could stay in the same situation when the panic attack hits except for mine, I have such a rush of adrenline flowing through my body, it makes me very sick to my stomach, so I have to rush to a restroom, no choice. If those two incidents never happened, I do believe I would be free from the aniexty.

I've been dealing with aniexty since 86'.... Tried every trick to beat it...
 
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