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I'm not sure what advice I can give aside from take one day at a time. I'm also 18 with 2 kids, a 20 month old and a 9 month old. I also get panic attacks and what I do is go into a bathroom if I'm in a store or go to a quiet place at home and breathe. Are you on medication for it? I am diagnosed but not on meds so it gets tough. The best thing to remember is that you have to keep it together for the sake of your kids. There are times when I want to pull my hair out, scream, run away and not look back, BUT I know if I do that my kids would suffer. Things get better, I swear. I was much worse before I had my kids then I am now. Now I have a reason to be strong. If you ever need to vent or talk you can e-mail me at zaneandlogansmommy@yahoo.com. I will try my best to help.

vanessa, you can overcome panic attacks. You just have to try and chill and don,t worry about them, take one day at a time and don,t sit round worrying about when they are going to come. Unfortunatly from time to time everybody will experience some sort of anxiety. Sometimes prologued stress or depression brings it on or even a hormonal problem. It,s a mind over matter thing and you have not got to let it beat you, you can,t die from a panic attack just have some faith in yourself and try to take one day at a time then you will think more clearly and feel more in control and stronger in yourself... things will get better try to stay positive easy for me to say i know, Good luck and take it easy and remember you can fight it..don,t let it beat you!

thank you for your advices they help me out a lot.............................

go to http://vegweb.com/articles/anai-1039233900.shtml for info on panic attacks. i get them too.

Vanessa, I suffored from panic attacks for 2 years - before I ever had a baby. I no longer suffer from them. I will tell you what happened to me that allowed me to get over them, and i hope the same works for you. Trust me I know how scary they are, I would never give advice to you if I thought it would make your situation worse. What happened to me is that I had been trying different meds with the help of my doctor. Nothing seemed to be working, and I was sooo tired of everyone telling me, "It's all in your head." Nobody wants to hear that, it makes you feel crazy (and you're not crazy) I kept beating myself up though, saying - they're right it's all in my head, before I knew it I had been blasted with devastating depression. I had allowed myself to weaken due to the fear of the attack. I ended up in a mental inst_tution for 2 weeks, while in there I had a couple of realizations... 1. Every panic attack I had, since i was diagnosed, I had been medicated, so I could see the pills were not helping - I quit taking them cold turkey agianst my doctors wishes. 2. I realized it had been 2 years since my first panic attack, and I wasn't dead yet. So, the original feeling of certain death, or something is physically wrong - had to die itself. If there was a serious physical problem within my body that the doctors were missing, I would be dead by now! 3. I started keeping a journal. Everyone says, "write down all your worries, all the bad things, get them down on paper." That is c___p. Every day write down one good thing - one thing that is positive, no matter what it is. Even if there is nothing good in your life, try to acknowledge the fact that you're breathing. Hey, what a great day - I'm breathing, I might have shortness of breath, an irregular heart beat, and a feeling of sheer dread, but I'm here!! I'm breathing, and everything is going to be ok!! It has been 4 years since I have had a panic attack - and even talking about them has become ok for me. I'm not afraid of them anymore - you can, and will get better too!! I'll pray for you.

hun i'm so sorry to hear you suffer form these ..I personally dont' suffer from panic attacks but i do suffer from Post Natal Depression Anxiety + the attacks and paranioa .WHat my mum always told me as she did suffer from panic attacks as that there is never a fear without a thought .Whenever you do start to feel Panicy push the thought to the side do soemthign to take your mind off having the attack.Try as hard as possible nto tohave the attack .Me persoanlly i can't go out to shops or to a busy town by myself i always have to have soemone there even ifit is just my son but when i go out i alwasy ALWAYS carry a paper bag with me .SO if i ever do feel and "Attack" comign on i go somewhere quiet but not deserted and i b__w into the bag to control my breathing luckily i have only ever had 3 attacks .Also i don't knwo if these tablets are available in the US but there are tablets called seroxac thats what i am on and it covers all areas of it including the Panic Attacks.i hope this helps if you ever need to chat add me or mail me on twiggy_1987@msn.com xxxx