Should I go to the doctors about my panic attacks?

Question

I have anxiety that gets bad when I’m stressed but my mum doesn’t know

Answer

You should go to a therapist and learn some coping skills. Anxiety is common in stressed time so you can learn how to manage stress or maybe time management if the stress comes from having too much to do.

Answer

A doctor can prescribe you meds to help cope, but in my opinion it’s not a long term solution. I went once bc my partner was begging me. I had the worst year and a half of my life a while ago. So much happened and I was struggling to cope. I tried a therapy session, but it was too much to try and talk about it. I had a panic attack after the therapy session bc it brought everything back up and I felt like it was never going to go away and I was suffocating. 
I went to a doctor and she prescribed me meds. I didn’t want the daily ones, so I just took the “as needed” ones. Whenever I would start to feel all the emotions coming back or the anxiety or grief starting to get too extreme, I’d take them and it would basically just make me really tired. It didn’t make the feelings go away, but it stopped me from panicking to the point where I couldn’t stop crying or breathe. 
But I didn’t want to live off pills and for that to be the only way I could live with myself, so eventually I did start going to therapy. Almost a year has passed now and I haven’t taken meds in over 6 months. I dumped them at the end of the summer to force myself to deal with everything. 
So, long story short, my advice is - try therapy. If it’s not working/not the right person/you need more time, go to the doctor and get meds. It’s a temporary solution. But work on finding a therapist you’re comfortable talking to and start working ok actually dealing with the issues.

Should I go to the doctors about my panic attacks?

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