Some techniques......well to others it might seem silly but this is what I do to get myself calmed down or just to feel better. For one, I keep a paper bag in my car(my anxiety a lot of times is in the car when I'm driving alone...it's kinda one of my anxiety triggers)I've NEVER had to use the bag for hyperventilation, however, just knowing it's there makes me feel better. I did have a relaxation tape also that the doc made for me to use when driving or whenever. I haven't used it in years, in fact, I'm not sure if I still have it but it was just his calming voice telling me to breath in through my nose and out my mouth and just other calming words. I actually use that breathing when I have a bad IBS D flare up. It helps. I guess I've mentally been able to just talk myself out of an anxiety attack telling myself it's ok and that I can get myself out of the situation that's making me anxious and will be fine. I dread the day though that it doesn't work Luckily it has been working and I've (knock on wood)never had a full blown anxiety attack. I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember but I wasn't officially diagnosed until I was 20 or 21 years old and I'm now 39.
BTW my friend who's 43 just went through the same exact thing with a hysterectomy. They were "watching" a growth on one of her ovaries for about 1 year now and that CA test that detects ovarian cancer kept getting higher and higher but yet they still never did a hysterectomy. Well she went in for a D&C and they saw the tumor getting bigger and wrapping around other organs so they finally gave her the hysterectomy! She has no children and thank goodness really didn't intend on having any anyway. But like you said, thank goodness it wasn't cancer!!!
Did you ever try the hypno tapes offeredy by heather? I'm seriously considering trying them. A lot of people seem to say they work. I guess you just have to really devote time to it and I'm not so sure I have the time. I may look into it though. Most times my IBS is triggered by anxiety so if I can get that controlled, maybe I won't have my IBS anymore
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Luckily it has been working and I've (knock on wood)never had a full blown anxiety attack. I've had anxiety for as long as I can remember but I wasn't officially diagnosed until I was 20 or 21 years old and I'm now 39.
