Posted by sobstory on August 18, 2004, at 12:16:34
In reply to Re: what to take before flying?, posted by WAKI on August 18, 2004, at 5:02:35
Oh my god, at first I thought you were serious about the heroin thing! No, I've never tried it -waaaaaaaay to scared!
Funny how you mentioned the guy running to the front of the plane and pounding on the door. I am always afraid I'm gonna do something like that! My fear is of losing my mind while on a flight, or getting really sick, and everyone is staring at me. The last time I flew was just after my Mom died, and even though I took a gravol, I thought I was going to go crazy. It took almost four hours for me to calm down, and I almost went up to the flight attendant and told her that I wasn't going to be okay!
I think I need more therapy for that.
> Alesa,
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> Have you thought about shooting up heroin? Or how about what John Madden the football comentator does he takes a bus? I'm just joking of course. \
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> On a serious basis there were many women in my anxiety recovery clinic therapy group. Many of them described exactly what you are experiencing. Most had great success after the therapy.
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> I also remember before they made the transistion from meds to no meds they figured out a way to simulate the feeling in a controlled enviroment on the ground. I do recall adivan and xanax being taken by some.
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> I remember once I was on a jet flying up to Canada. I heard some yelling, this guy ran up to the flight deck door and was pounding on it. At first I thought the plane was being highjacked. The poor guy was having a panic attack and was closterphobic. The flight attendants were able to calm the guy down, but it was not a pretty sight.
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> Good luck with what ever you do, hopefully you will be able to treat yourself a trip to the caribean in the winter!
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