Panic Attacks

Jobi said:

Thanks Vicki Sam.  I have had

Thanks Vicki Sam.  I have had fewer, but they are not gone.  Since I now have more surgery in my future due to my still very uneven and flattened right breast after reconstruction, I am still feeling the stress and anxiety attacks.  Hoping it will calm down soon.  Some days I have a good outlook and others... bleh.  Today I had to go to the post-mastectomy bra store.  Finding a bra for a person with a D cup size on the left (which shocked me) and a small B on the right was challenging to say the least (and expensive).  I though my insurance would cover it, but since I haven't met my deductible for the year which just began for my insurance, I had to write a $220 check for 4 bras!  Sorry to vent and whine but, uh...looking for a break!

Hopefully they will subside completely!
I started getting them about a year b4 mets. Way to much stress, then had one on takeoff in plane... Thankfully, I knew what it was. Took a Zanex and calmed down... actually slept on the way home. They started with 2 cancer scares and really kicked in with the mets, now when I feel one starting, I am usually able to talk mysef down! It really helps. Havent had a Zanex in a couple of years.
Hope they continue to get fewer as your stress subsides. Another thing that truly helped was meditation classes through our Cancer Wellness Center! The issues didnt go away or get better, I got help in learning different techniques to recognize and get through them, now I no longer get them.

Hgs,
Carol
Wish you the best, you have been through so much!

Sorry Doreen

I'm sorry you have to go thru that. I asked my GP about the difference between panic attacks and anxiety attacks (work has become unbearably stressful lately).

He said panic attacks make you go to the hospital because you think you're having a heart attack. So, I'm having anxiety attacks. I truly hope you get some relief!