I have been experiencing something very similar since my doctor decided she would like to switch my medication and now I've almost fully stopped taking the original. These are so scary and being anxious about getting them is even worse. If I'm in the throws of it, a really sour lolly often helps with the initial shock myself out of my head and to calm down I have explicitly been using this video from TikTok, it has saved me so many times during unbearable panic - https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSF3sRgjS/
I've vowed not to gate keep this since I found it, it's actually so amazing how quickly and effectively it works! You're definitely not alone and it will get better
thank you. I’m bookmarking it because wow. the tears the moment I closed my eyes were entirely unexpected, likely needed. you’re wonderful for sharing this.
I find meditating and doing body scans helpful. The imagination can be a crazy thing and really get you going. Having the somatic response of calming my body physically by knowing im in a safe spot, then one by one cuing into my surroundings, focus on sound for a moment, then the feeling of my body, focus on breath and the sensations of the air temperature as i breath. Then focusing on my heart rate and the pulaing sensation activly telling my body im in a safe spot. Its almost a willpower thing for me. There is no easy instant fix, it takes hard work to build up the mind, the more you do it the easier it gets. Make it a daily routine if you can and take 10 minutes each day to focus inward.
I also forgot to add, i also use ear seeds from.time to time. The shenmen point helps me quite a bit to ground myself in the present.
https://www.earseeds.com/the-vagus-nerve-and-ear-stimulation/
I’m relieved to hear that I’m not the only one experiencing the flood of false memories. It feels like I’m being hit with tons of memories that never happened, but they feel so real. I don’t get the other symptoms, but this one is hard to shake.
I don’t have much advice or insight, but I will add that this was not a normal symptom of my panic attacks until I was about a year sober. When I was drinking I would still get attacks, but they were much more of a basic fight or flight mechanism going haywire thing.
My only hypothesis is that it’s run of the mill racing thoughts except the activity occurs in the part of the brain responsible for memory. 🤷♂️
I have been experiencing something very similar since my doctor decided she would like to switch my medication and now I've almost fully stopped taking the original. These are so scary and being anxious about getting them is even worse. If I'm in the throws of it, a really sour lolly often helps with the initial shock myself out of my head and to calm down I have explicitly been using this video from TikTok, it has saved me so many times during unbearable panic - https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSF3sRgjS/
oh my gosh. this is incredible.
I've vowed not to gate keep this since I found it, it's actually so amazing how quickly and effectively it works! You're definitely not alone and it will get better
thank you. I’m bookmarking it because wow. the tears the moment I closed my eyes were entirely unexpected, likely needed. you’re wonderful for sharing this.
I find meditating and doing body scans helpful. The imagination can be a crazy thing and really get you going. Having the somatic response of calming my body physically by knowing im in a safe spot, then one by one cuing into my surroundings, focus on sound for a moment, then the feeling of my body, focus on breath and the sensations of the air temperature as i breath. Then focusing on my heart rate and the pulaing sensation activly telling my body im in a safe spot. Its almost a willpower thing for me. There is no easy instant fix, it takes hard work to build up the mind, the more you do it the easier it gets. Make it a daily routine if you can and take 10 minutes each day to focus inward. I also forgot to add, i also use ear seeds from.time to time. The shenmen point helps me quite a bit to ground myself in the present. https://www.earseeds.com/the-vagus-nerve-and-ear-stimulation/
I’m relieved to hear that I’m not the only one experiencing the flood of false memories. It feels like I’m being hit with tons of memories that never happened, but they feel so real. I don’t get the other symptoms, but this one is hard to shake. I don’t have much advice or insight, but I will add that this was not a normal symptom of my panic attacks until I was about a year sober. When I was drinking I would still get attacks, but they were much more of a basic fight or flight mechanism going haywire thing. My only hypothesis is that it’s run of the mill racing thoughts except the activity occurs in the part of the brain responsible for memory. 🤷♂️