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07-12-2006, 12:00 AM
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| |  Exhaustion After Panic - Do Others Feel This?
Was just wondering if anyone else gets hit with sheer exhaustion after a panic attack. This isn't straight away, I usually stay wound up and antsy for quite a few hours after, but one I do calm enough (whether it be hours or days) my body crashes.
Nothing wakes me, nothing disturbs me. If I do get up for anything, I'm like a zombie. Usually I'm only like this if I'm sedated. Pretty much how it feels.
It scares the sh** out me. Keep meaning to ask, but this time I actually remembered.
*ponders* almost need a I don't need drugs smilie. |
07-12-2006, 12:27 AM
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My panic attacks usually last for a day or so 
Then for the next day I get depressed :frown:
Then after that I am exhausted and could sleep for a whole day or so :sleep: (if I'm not at work) |
07-12-2006, 01:24 AM
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Cass, I'm just like this. Even if the panic attack is mild, it tires me in the same intensity. If the panic attack is severe, I tend to hibernate..... I know what you're saying by the drug thing. When I'm in this mode (haven't been in a while), I get weak, my limbs feel like there are weights attached. I basically sleep it off, sometimes for days. I attribute it partly to exhaustion, partly due to depression. |
07-12-2006, 12:44 PM
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Yeah, I get pretty drugged-like after a panic attack as well. It only lasts a day or two though, mostly because I sleep really hard afterward. |
07-12-2006, 08:54 PM
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I'm not alone, I'm NORMAL!!!!
okay, is a bit of a relief to know that this total lethargy is normal. I'd do a happy dance if I wasn't ready to crash again :blush: |
08-12-2006, 12:14 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GR'ass  I'm not alone, I'm NORMAL!!!!
okay, is a bit of a relief to know that this total lethargy is normal. I'd do a happy dance if I wasn't ready to crash again :blush: | Oh' your funny, you made me laugh with the "I'd do a happy dance if I wasn't ready to crash again."LOL
You're certainly not alone, another one here who is hit with sheer exhaustion, even some depression after a serious panic attack. It's unavoidable too. Just seems to happen that way and all and is perfectly normal for me too. Take care...... |
08-12-2006, 06:51 AM
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You are normal Cass! I am much better now than I used to be, but wouldn't it be nice if we could all just hang out somewhere in between a panic attack and hibernation? Now that would be nice... |
08-12-2006, 09:49 AM
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MMM So im not alone with the knackerd felling for a day or two after a panic attack weather it be a mild or nerve shattering one. I have only just found out that when im having a panic attack and feel like im shaking to the point i think my head is going to snap off im hardly shaking at all, must be all on the inside. The only reaction i get is that it looks like im day dreaming and sweating a bit shit i thought i could of mixed concrete the way i feel in the mist of an attack .
I have the same reaction after my exposure therapy the next day is always a shocker as much as i try not to put myself in that mood it wins, at the moment i just ride with it, its to hard to fight and if i do it only makes my symptoms last for another day or two. |
08-12-2006, 09:15 PM
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Starts doing the happy dance because from sleep and chocolate she feels GOOD.
Okay. I like not being the only one. It is relieving to know that I'm not peculiar. Well, not that peculiar anyway. |
09-12-2006, 01:24 AM
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Okay wait a minute.. are you guys saying you can count how many panic attacks you have in a day???
Hmphs... that bites. I have so many I can't seperate them. According to doc's I have "the most severe anxiety" they have seen. Which, of course, I thought was entirely normal (for everyone not just us PTSD'ers...) So, can you really tell how many you have? Do you guys only have one or two a day?
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