I had my first panic attack about 2 months ago, and now I've
been seeing a psychologist for a month but he hasn't really
helped me much. I'm going to post my whole story later,
because I'm wondering if I should find a different
psychologist or if they're all going to say the same thing as
this guy, but at the moment my most pressing concern is
something else.
Later today I have to go get blood drawn, just for a regular
blood test or something, but I'm really really scared of shots...I
was even before the panic attacks started, and I haven't had
a shot since they started, so I don't know what the
combination will be like. When I get a shot I get really dizzy,
to the point I've come really close to fainting, and that
combined with the dizziness/racing heart/fast breathing from
a panic attack could be really awful. I haven't had a panic
attack for a couple weeks, just been scared I was going to
have another one, but I've been on winter break so that's
probably part of it. I'm sure I'm going to have a panic attack
on top of my usual reaction, and I don't know how to avoid it.
The psychologist gave me a tape with the progressive
relaxation stuff on it yesterday, but I know I won't be able to
think streight enough to do any of that. I found this
discussion board a couple days ago, and have been reading
other people's posts, and I'm amazed at how supportive
everyone is. I get the impression that everyone here is older
than me, though...I'm a freshman in high school. Hopefully
someone has an idea as to how I can get through this...then
I'll post about my situation in general later...
Katy
