Writing with no glasses so please excuse the errors if their are any,
I'm suffering with a growing number of panic attacks and struggling to manage them. Anything will trigger them, a letter, a thought, a phone call even, and they are becoming quite debilitating.
They start in the solar plexus and move up to the chest like a crushing heavy weight on me, I struggle to breath and my heart races. It's hard to move even. It feels like my heart will stop at any moment.
I've tried slow, deep, breathing (Something I do with my son if he has a meltdown) but I cannot seem to centre myself. This dreadful feeling of foreboding comes over me.
Not being able to identify the triggers is not helping much either. Although nights with my son recently have been a little fraught, so I'm not sure if lack of sleep is a factor.
My experience with panic attacks is that I have always had them, but just not this severe. Is this a hormonal thing perhaps? Has anyone else had escalating problems with age?
Rumination has always been an issue for me and I'm now aware of the patterns of such thoughts, but how do I regain control of my senses?
Mindfulness has helped in the past, but seems inafective just now. Any suggestions?
