I feel so crappy right now!

[Sher]

I hate how this happens in waves. Been going on for about 1 and a half hours now. Sweaty hands, discomfort, raging head ache, and scared! I know it's just my brain releasing chemicals to try to trick me but it's hard to stay positive and forget about it when you feel this crappy! I know everyone here can relate. I guess I just need to sleep but that's so hard too. I wish I could distract. But this head ache is so intense it makes it darn near impossible. I feel scared, unsafe, unsure of what is happening to my body and why? Even though I know the answers to these questions! I'm so frustrated! I want this to be over...

[Arrowhead32]

I had a monstrous panic attack over the weekend and had a headache so intense I had to take high-dose pain pills and eventually fell asleep. It was a horrible feeling because the pain and stress elevates the more the headache does.

[Load]

I know what you mean, I hate knowing the answers when I can't do anything about it, I end up feeling like I have to wait it out, but just trying to endure it seems to make it worse. I try now to focus myself on something like pacing around a specific c***uit, cleaning or replying to messages on here which is what I'm trying out now and seems to be working... which is a shame because cleaning at least always left me with a nice tidy apartment (I appreciate this sounds a lot like OCD but you can always vary the task you set yourself). The point is trying to distract yourself with a simple task that will gradually lead to different thoughts. If you try to distract yourself by just thinking about something else you always end up thinking 'have I distracted myself yet?' which will lead back to body checking and anxiety. Doing something simple and physical makes it hard to body check and will slowly free up your mind.

Well this works for me in most cases except for the really bad ones and I can't pretend to know it will work for you but since I'm using this typing time to escape an attack of my own I thought I may as well share. Hope this is of some small help to you.

[Rgib95]

Headaches are treated in a number of ways. Pain pills are the obvious choice, but not necessarily the best or most effective. I'm sure you've heard of the benefits of caffeine for migraine sufferers... Try a piece of chocolate, a cup of coffee, or a mountain dew. All of these are sources of caffeine.