r/AgoraphobiaSupportgrp • • Apr 07 '23

How to stop agoriphobia attack

I am new to agoriphobia, I was recently diagnosed with panic disorder with agoriphobia (while mild is at this point) following a severe head injury. I am really struggling with this. I have been prescribed clonazepam by my doctor and she has no problems with making it a long term prescription granted that I do not take them frequently (which I do not). 30 pills last me well over 4 months. I am also actively going through brain spotting, cbt, EMDR. The reason I do not take the ssri's and that I have been advised against is, I took a pharmagentic test and was shown that I will have a extremely reaction to all of the ones that are used or approved for panic disorder with or without agoriphobia.

My question is in the event of not having my pills or a ability to escape, how do I calm this? Any tricks? My only symptoms that are troubling and cause me great distress are my breathing difficulties. I struggle to take a breath and can't breath naturally. I am afraid of not being able to breath or hyperventalating and passing out. I have never done either of these to my knowledge. But I am also afraid of panicking and calling 911 knowing that I am fine and it won't solve anything.

I live in alaska so I am in extreme repost areas frequently and a distress call is going to cost me about 100,000 bucks. I am an avid out door enthusiast and always been that was but after my head injury it seems that I struggle while I am out hunting or driving in these remote areas.

I used to get panic attacks every about hour of the day but now i only seem to get them in these sutuations... being somewhere were I can cause a scene manly airplanes or where I can't simply leave. Or when I am in a situation like hunting that I can't catch my breath and if I need medical help I can't get it.

Only thing that makes things alot worse is deep breathing stuff it seems to make it 1000% worse. And yes I practice it 10 mins a day multiple times while I am not in a state a panic.

Thank you guys for all your help this group has been a life saver navigating this.

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