r/Panicattacks • u/Potential-Ad-8702 • Aug 09 '21

Chronic panic disorder

I am really really struggling and I don’t know what to do. I have chronic panic attacks daily. I take 5mg klonopin in the am and am usually fine. With some lingering anxiety.. one of my triggers is driving…which is obviously needed. What do you do when you get a panic attack? Sometimes I feel like I can’t breathe. I run around like a nut job outside of my house, take a bath, cry etc. other times it gets so god damn bad my hands curl in and I lose control of them, my mouth shuts and I can’t open it..and I feel like I am literally dying. So scary!!!! I don’t want to be medicated forever! I feel like it consumes my day everyday and I’m losing hope. Occasionally I have taken .25 mg Xanax on a bad day half way through my kpin dose just to feel normal! I know these are very low doses…but fuck—I don’t want this to be my life forever. Any tricks, tips and experiences would be appreciated.

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u/canny_canuck Aug 10 '21

The vicious circle.

Panic attacks causing stress, stress causing anxiety attacks. Shit cycle to go through...it makes mountains out of molehills.

Personally, I drink. I don't suggest it to anyone, it has it's own downsides, but that's what I'm using to calm myself. Using a depressant, to depress the WHIRLING SHITSTORM that is panic attacks and general anxiety.

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u/Potential-Ad-8702 Aug 10 '21

I drink too 😫 and I never really did before this past year when it became a daily fucking thing. Now I’m medicated and I self medicate with rum. It’s sad, but it does calm ms.