Anxiety sucks | ADHD Information

    This morning I had an anxiety attack driving to work.  I used to have them frequently when in heavy traffic areas; but, recently I have improved so much I thought I was “done” with these.  This morning I was in the country.  My “comfort zone”.  It was really foggy and the bridge is under construction.  Double yellow lines crossed over another set of double yellow lines and all of the sudden I wasn’t sure which side of the road I was on. My heart was racing, my stomach hurt and I was so confused.   I slammed on my breaks (not a good thing to do in the fog) which made my truck die and made the person behind me very angry. (I’m positive of this because he honked and showed me his middle finger)  It took me a little time to be able to drive off the bridge to a spot I could pull over and get myself somewhat back under control.  It was not as severe as some of the ones I’ve had in the past, so maybe I’m still improving.  Sometimes it takes days to get over them.  I hate this.  What can I do to prepare myself for the next one?  I'm still feeling a bit freaked out.Wow, countrygirl, sounds like you had a close call. I feel you on driving in the fog, I lived with it in California in the central valley and it's really thick down there in the winter. How fast were you going by, the way? All I can say is when I have anxiety, I take deep breaths and just take it slow. My wife can't see at night while driving at night. We were going somewhere,the other night, she was driving and we were on I-5 and it was really scaring me! She was making some uncool moves. I've been a truck driver before and it's really nothing to me now, except for the snow and ice. Take it easy and take care!

Fortunately, I was barely moving.  That is probably what kept me from being rear ended and I was already irritating the guy behind me by crawling so slowly.  But, I couldn't see and I got so disoriented!

I don't do ice at all.  If school is open for some reason, I call in scared.  

Funny though, when I was a teen growing up in the Ozarks, We used to slam carpet pieces halfway into trunks and go "skiing".  No fear then, just stupidity.

And, Bob, I would highly recommend that you do all the driving at night!

 

Yea, I started driving and her son, 12, was complaining I kept hitting the break to much and he was getting car sick. He was playing his miniture play station, so that doesn't help, either!

Seems like the older we get the more anxiety gets out of hand, don't know why. Guess kids think they're invinsiable. But I was always a nervous kid and didn't like to take a lot of chances.Maybe it's the reaction to the yeast?CC - I'll look into the diet thing - but, honestly have to watch the carbs.  It is really helpful to hear from someone who has been there.  Thanks. I used to have panic attacks all the time...I had to self medicate...I used to be a size four 5'9" ....I started eating complex carbs...like pasta...breads...bagels...rice etc...well anyway..after that my panic attacks stopped...as long as I was full for some reason I did not have them....of course now I am not a size four anymore...but sometimes I would rather be overweight slightly than have panic attacks all the time....when I would have them while driving it would feel like the road was coming towards me and that the car was still like in an arcade game...it was horrible...I couldn't breathe and it too took days to get over...and I would not want to ride on that same road...also I listened to tapes that were soothing...or possitive feed back tapes...but sometimes that would send me off because it would make me anxious about thinking about what it was telling me to do...Lexapro has helped..but it has given me weight gain even more I think slowing down your metabolism somehow makes you less prone to having panic attacks...this is just an obersevation from my life not anything I read scientific....also tell youself when you are having one..that you are not dying and that you can take over your mind and not let your mind take over you.  God bless you. 

I would get anxiety big time when driving in traffic and when I would try to study or concentrate. I was diagnosed with ADD about 2 weeks ago and started adderall and I was just thinking yesterday how I don't really get anxiety anymore in traffic; well not near as bad. I have been treated for anxiety since I was 17 and about a year ago my family doctor said "well i think that when you concentrate you are getting anxiety. I can treat you for ADD or for anxiety." I didn't think or didn't want to think that I had ADD so I asked him to treat me for anxiety.

Its funny, you wouldn't think that a stimulant would actually get rid of anxiety.

hummm, hadn't put that together about the stimulants.  I had them (panic attacks) all the time when on Lexapro & Strattera only.  Even tho - that was a big one, it was situational and I don't have them often anymore. On Adderall & Wellbutrin now.  Could beThe doctor has given me medicine for Anxiety. I think they are anti depressants. Anyone take any meds for it? do they help?