another panic attack...

Hi, I experienced my second panic attack last night before I went to sleep. I have this ongoing fear of stabbing someone I love, and lately I've been doing pretty well with handling this fear. I recently had my anxiety medication lowered, so perhaps thats what triggered it? I felt like I was going to throw up, my heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest, I was shaking uncontrollably, and I felt like I was going crazy and that I would die. Now, I'm kind of afraid to go to sleep because I'm worried I'll have another panic attack. Does anyone have any advice on how to get over my fears of stabbing and panic attacks? Thanks!

Well it sounds like the reason you are having the panic attacks is because of the fear of stabbing someone. You need to overcome that fear itself first and then your panic attacks will probably go away. I'd try cognitive behavior therapy. it works pretty well to eliminate fears.

You're giving your own mind too much room for excessive thinking. These thoughts are going to come, no matter where you are in life, especially when you're mind is too active for your own good.

Try to occupy yourself with significant activities throughout the day, something you can be able to occupy your mind with at night.

The stabbing sounds like Pure O OCD, look into that.

see a GP soon as possible and get him to refer you to a good shrink, panic disorder can be turned around quite quickly and is the most common anxiety disorder, I think it's like 1 in 3 suffer sometime in their life

I'm seeing a psychologist for the OCD and I'm now going to a psychiatrist for medicine for the anxiety. Thanks for all of your help!

vballmonkey433 said:

I'm seeing a psychologist for the OCD and I'm now going to a psychiatrist for medicine for the anxiety. Thanks for all of your help!

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What meds you on?

This site helped me personally. I had panic attacks for a few years but the stuff they talk about worked for me.

Maybe you have to figure out what started these fears to begin with. How did this fear begin? DId you have a bad experience where you accidently almost stabbed someone with a knife? Identify what is triggering your anxiety and bring them up with a psychologist. you can try cognitive behavioural therapy, might help with the situation.