Hi, 2 days ago my friend had a panic
attack in the dome of the vatican, where
the walls tilt a bit. She had another on
the way back to the hotel from a
restaurant that night and she doesn't know
why. And last night, we are in england
now, she had another one.
Thats 3 panic attacks in 2 days. The one
in the vatican was her first panic attack
ever and she doesn't know why she had the
other two.
Is this common?
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CarolDiane
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Different Surroundings? Posted: 10-20-07 08:16am
May be that being in a different place of
all a sudden is a "Tigger" for her. I know
a few that have that and it is when they
travel far from home only. Not being in
your normal daily surroundings can cause
anxiety. Not knowing where you are or if
you are going to get back home alright
etc. Maybe this is just an isolated
situation. Let's hope so.
I take it from you post you are on holiday
or something yes? If this is the case then
my theory could be the cause.
Carrie
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GuitarBadger
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Re: Different Surroundings? Posted: 10-20-07 14:11pm
MsSky
wrote:
May be that being in a
different place of all a sudden is a
"Tigger" for her. I know a few that have
that and it is when they travel far from
home only. Not being in your normal daily
surroundings can cause anxiety. Not
knowing where you are or if you are going
to get back home alright etc. Maybe this
is just an isolated situation. Let's hope
so.
I take it from you post you are on holiday
or something yes? If this is the case then
my theory could be the cause.
Carrie
we were on school trip, the thing that
triggered it was the walls in the dome
tilting. Which was confusing and even made
me feel a bit sick.
But i have realised something. i think she
had coke at the restauraunt. It contains
caffeine, which is a stimulant, which
speeds up the body? I've heard that
caffeine can confuse the body because of
the faster blood flow, which is one of the
symptons of a panic attack?
(learnt this in one science lesson and
heard about panic attack thing on other
site, some things may be wrong)
Maybe the coke triggered the second one ,
especially as it was close to the attack.
Now we are back in england, she might of
had another drink that contained caffeine
last night, which triggered the third
attack.
Is that possible?
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Georgia59
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Posted: 10-22-07 09:40am
Yeah. After the first attack, what starts
to happen is that the physical symptoms of
an attack becomes the trigger (like the
rush from caffeine for example, or
breating hard from exercizing, etc)
because the panic attack was so
terrifying. If she keeps getting these,
she probably has panic disorder and should
see a doctor.
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) is
really effective treating panic disorder.
The doc will help her not to have attacks
when stuff like that happens.
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GuitarBadger
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Posted: 10-22-07 13:12pm
Georgia59
wrote:
Yeah. After the first
attack, what starts to happen is that the
physical symptoms of an attack becomes the
trigger (like the rush from caffeine for
example, or breating hard from exercizing,
etc) because the panic attack was so
terrifying. If she keeps getting these,
she probably has panic disorder and should
see a doctor.
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) is
really effective treating panic disorder.
The doc will help her not to have attacks
when stuff like that
happens.
tis ok, they have stopped now anyways.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 10-22-07 20:34pm
good, I hope it stays that way. Make sure
you help out your friend if it happens
again though so she can get treated. They
are fairly easily treatable so it's worth
the trouble.
