Anyone had success with acupuncture for panic attacks?
I had my very first panic attack last night. I have been a hypochondriac my whole life so the stress of that is probably what caused it and also family history because my mom and sister suffer them. At first I had no idea what was going on. My cheeks and jaw felt swollen, I got really tired and I had that feeling I can only describe as feeling like you’re not here. Like the world exists, but you’re not in it. Kind of disconnected. I thought this was because I didn’t get much sleep last night. I was scared though so I was thinking it might be aneurysm because I had a headache earlier, but not while this was happening. I decided to take a shower to see if it would help, but when I was in the shower I started having a hard time breathing. I got out of the shower and could not catch my breath and out of nowhere I got nauseous. I had not idea what was going on so I started hyperventilating and went to grab a paper bag. I was using that, but still I could not catch my breath. I felt like I was dying. Because my mom suffers from panic attacks she gave me a Xanax and within 45 minutes everything was better. This was one of the scariest things in my life. I really did feel like dying. This was my first panic attack ever, but I don’t want it again and I don’t like taking drugs, so does anyone know if Acupuncture has worked for their panic attacks?
