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PlanetaryNebula -> RE: Need immediate HELP!! Psychologist counslers please read (1/8/2014 8:56:08 PM)
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Best thing for anxiety attacks, coming from a professional:
Decrease your body temperature. Don't go crazy, just run cool water over your wrists and place a cool washcloth over your neck. Some people find relief by lying on tile or linoleum, or taking a tepid bath. When you have an anxiety attack, you're having a physiological response to a psychological issue, and it's important to take care of those physical symptoms as they occur.
Force yourself to bathe and change clothes. Fear sweat is different than normal sweat, and you don't want to keep yourself exposed to the stank. Besides, doing everyday things will ground you. It is a responsibility to do these grownup things- embrace that responsibility. We are all slaves to it.
Sit down. Close your eyes. Breathe slowly, in through the nose, count to one, two, three, out the mouth. Deep, cleansing breaths.
These are what I recommend to someone having an immediate panic response. In your situation, I cannot express enough how important it is to get to a crisis center for short-term inpatient care. There, you can tell a psychiatrist (who is a medical doctor) what you're experiencing and if needed, they will prescribe a medication. Your blood will be checked daily to see how well the medicine is working and there will be people to talk to at all hours. You'll only stay for three or four days (unless you need more time) and upon leaving, you'll be given support. If you can't dedicate that much time, you can also seek outpatient treatment at the same facility.
The best way to get into a crisis center is through an emergency room. Some hospitals have psychiatric emergency rooms, and others don't. What you do when you get to the front desk is show them what medication you might already be taking and telling them that you need a referral for inpatient psychiatric care, you don't have a current physician, and it's an emergency. Be honest with them; honestly, with all the random household objects they extract from butts all day, nothing you tell them will be shocking.
What you're describing seems further than the loss of an important relationship and makes me wonder if it might have triggered a depressive episode. You might have deeper psychological problems than just this, and that's okay. It's no different than having a physical ailment that you need treatment and medication for, and the only shame in it is not getting help.
Just remember: Life isn't like this. My situation is making things seem worse than they really are. Other people can be happy, it isn't impossible for me to be as well. My mind is lying to me right now. If you feel like hurting yourself, keep repeating that over and over, because it's the truth. And please, remember what I said about getting care.
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