Posted by Prefect on December 15, 2012, at 22:05:41
In reply to Re: What happens if anxiety disorder is unmedicated?, posted by gothiclaw on December 15, 2012, at 13:30:35
> True panick attacks you would not be able to hide, everyone around you would be aware. Cronic anxierty even worse body functions an brain in turmoil , left untreated depresssion would follow work would be out the question you would have no control over anything. Stress attacks are totally a differnt story, just learn to breath your way out. Panick attacks through cronic anxierty often need O-P hospital treatment for benzo injection for instant releaf even if temporary.
Some of them are pure anxiety, other ones suddenly culminate into desperately needing a place to escape and feeling like I'm about to lose control, the adrenals then kick in and my heart pounds really fast and then slowly I calm down. These are definitely panic attacks. The reason I can have them at work and nobody notices is that I have so much experience in this through previous relapses over the years that now I can have an attack in such a controlled manner. 15 years ago when I had them I would suddenly sigh in and out, my legs would give under me and I would keel over, and a couple of times they thought I was fainting from low bloood sugar or something and hooking up IVs. People around me (including myself) thought I had a serious illness. Now I know they were panic attacks.
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