School

[Caitlin6]

I have been having issues with getting much done for school in the past monthes. Were off from school right now but before break I was getting 2-3 panic attacks a day. A small one before school, a medium one sometime during school usually while taking a text, then a full blown at night. I alreay had trouble getting up and to school on time but mix a panic attack in with that = not good. My grades at shit and having a panic attack and having to stop and leave during the test to try to calm myself down= shitter grades. Then having an hour to 3 hour panic attack at night= no work done and wanting to just swallow all my panic pills.

I do have meds for panic attacks but my mother is in control of them and she thinks im jsut making it up, plus they make me sleep then I cant wake up and function the next day for school.

But even if Im not having a panic attack, school just increases my anxiety level and then I just stare and the work and get nothing done because Im freaking out about it or doubting myself or sometimes it gets to the point where im scared to even start because Im terrifed of me starting to freak out and it leading to a panic attack.

My school doesnt know but my anxiety and panic attacks are really getting in the way of school.

What do you do to calm yourself down? Should I tell my school? Has it effected your academics? Just anything would be helpful

[yourstrulyloved]

I think it would be a good idea to tell your school, maybe a kind teacher who can talk to others on your behalf so you don't have to say it over&over again.

I need the staff where I live to help get me "UNSTUCK" sometimes that means going for a short walk or a glass of water. Today it was really bad so I just held her hand we had to wait it out until I could breathe more calmer and slower. I hate it when their trying to distract me and be funny because I feel so hopeless and like I'm dying, but it does help, laugher & giggles are involuntary.

[Bricksolid]

Sounds like you have yourself in a circle, fail more classes because of panic attack, panic more, take more pills.

Stop that shit, you know what you want. Better grades, how do you get it? Hard work, you can't stop these attacks with pills, you have to stop it at the root of the cause, and that if in this case. Bad grades.