What should i do about panic attacks?

[Kimchi]

More specifically at school, because when i have panic attacks at school i usually just leave the classroom without any warning. Obviously this is probs not the best way to go about it but i truly have no idea what to do in these situations. They also happen in my own home a lot too, but i can just go to my room and wait it out.

 

[Brad66]

Do you see your school councillor and/or see at therapist outside of school?

 

[Kimchi]

Do you see your school councillor and/or see at therapist outside of school?

My counselor just so happened to be out of town for 2 weeks and i won’t see my therapist until april 18th.

 

[Brad66]

When you have your attacks is it full blown panic attack? With hyperventilating and extreme dizziness or is it more of just a rush if anxiety that overwhelms you?

 

[Kimchi]

When you have your attacks is it full blown panic attack? With hyperventilating and extreme dizziness or is it more of just a rush if anxiety that overwhelms you?

It depends but at school they are full blown panic attacks. I hyperventilate and feel like i can’t breathe my hands shake like crazy my heart starts pumping etc. I just have no idea what to do in these situations because they are at a school idk how to handle it.

 

[Jones]

Someone once told me that when you start having a panic attack that you should tell yourself “stop!”. Whether you say it out loud or not is completely up to you. Then you start to ground yourself by using your five senses. Look at something, a pencil, your hand, whatever...just pick something, then start to listen for something, a bird singing, your teacher talking, again, whatever. Same with smell, taste and touch. The point, I think, is that you distract yourself from your panic attack and redirect your thoughts to something real.

 

[qtsam11]

Xanax is used for short term relief.