Thomson7
07-01-13, 10:38
Hello,
It's been a long time since I posted in here. I suffered from panic attacks and anxiety a couple of years back and found this site to be incredibly helpful. I moved on from it, was on medication for a while and managed to cope with it and seemingly it had gone.
I have problems with my sinus'. I have Rhinitus, it's where my allergic reaction inflames my sinus wall making it hard for me to breath. I had been on various medications to help, but I found they weren't really working. I've been to see a ENT specialist and I'm booked in for some sinus surgery (They are aligning my Septum a bit, burning down my sinus layer and making my sinus drainage holes a bit bigger)
I'm going under general anaesthetic (Which I've never had done before in my life) and I will be in tomorrow morning at 11.30 am. Surgery is later in the afternoon.
Yesterday and Today I've been experiencing what I can only recall as being panic attacks again. I'm having trouble focusing. My stomach feels horrible, my heart is pounding and I keep having to take a deep breath to compose myself.
Has anyone got any tips for keeping it under control? Any kind of temporary medication I can pick up from the chemist to calm me a bit?
I keep telling myself that I'm worrying over nothing, I've read up on the procedure etc, but I'm still freaking out.
Thanks
It's been a long time since I posted in here. I suffered from panic attacks and anxiety a couple of years back and found this site to be incredibly helpful. I moved on from it, was on medication for a while and managed to cope with it and seemingly it had gone.
I have problems with my sinus'. I have Rhinitus, it's where my allergic reaction inflames my sinus wall making it hard for me to breath. I had been on various medications to help, but I found they weren't really working. I've been to see a ENT specialist and I'm booked in for some sinus surgery (They are aligning my Septum a bit, burning down my sinus layer and making my sinus drainage holes a bit bigger)
I'm going under general anaesthetic (Which I've never had done before in my life) and I will be in tomorrow morning at 11.30 am. Surgery is later in the afternoon.
Yesterday and Today I've been experiencing what I can only recall as being panic attacks again. I'm having trouble focusing. My stomach feels horrible, my heart is pounding and I keep having to take a deep breath to compose myself.
Has anyone got any tips for keeping it under control? Any kind of temporary medication I can pick up from the chemist to calm me a bit?
I keep telling myself that I'm worrying over nothing, I've read up on the procedure etc, but I'm still freaking out.
Thanks