# 5 days - Daily panic attacks. Does it get easier?
**URL:** https://talkingsober.com/t/5-days-daily-panic-attacks-does-it-get-easier/5330
**Category:** Emotional Support
**Created:** [January 11, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/5-days-daily-panic-attacks-does-it-get-easier/5330 "2017-01-11T16:32:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Hozomeen](https://talkingsober.com/u/Hozomeen)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/5-days-daily-panic-attacks-does-it-get-easier/5330/1 "2017-01-11T16:32:08Z")
Minor things set me off into a full on panic attack. I’ve had them and been treated for them before–then quit treatment and drank to keep them at bay.
Withdrawal from anti anxiety/depression meds made me never want to go back on them again. I am going at this by changing my diet and exercising. I know 5 days in is early but good God this is hard. I feel like I’ve been working at being sober for months, not 5 days. Er, 5 and a half days 🙂
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### Author:  [@Steve92](https://talkingsober.com/u/Steve92)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/5-days-daily-panic-attacks-does-it-get-easier/5330/2 "2017-01-11T17:23:24Z")
Yes it does get easier. It does feel like you have been trying to stay sober for forever at first and I used to get major panic attacks during the first few weeks. You just have to remind yourself that this is all normal behavior during early sobriety. When a panic attack hits me I just let it hit me and tell myself I’m gonna be okay and this is just my body readjusting back to a normal state of mind. 😃
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### Author:  [@Joanne](https://talkingsober.com/u/Joanne)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/5-days-daily-panic-attacks-does-it-get-easier/5330/3 "2017-01-11T21:02:56Z")
In short, yes it does get easier. I would really recommend meditation to help with the panic attacks.. if you haven’t meditated before or don’t think it’s for you try a guided breathing meditation CD or yoga nidra on YouTube 😉
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### Author:  [@Charlesfreck](https://talkingsober.com/u/Charlesfreck)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/5-days-daily-panic-attacks-does-it-get-easier/5330/4 "2017-01-11T23:19:39Z")
It is like some weird science experiment.
Life flies by when all you live for is booze.
You stop drinking.
Day one sober feels like a year.
Day two seems like 11 months, 3 weeks.
Etc.!
And then, after a month or so, a day feels like a day again, just a day where you get a shed load more done than ever before!
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### Author:  [@Hozomeen](https://talkingsober.com/u/Hozomeen)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2017, 2:10am UTC](https://talkingsober.com/t/5-days-daily-panic-attacks-does-it-get-easier/5330/5 "2017-01-12T02:10:01Z")
Thank you SO MUCH everyone for your replies. It helped me to keep my sanity today.