I'm sorry that you have to go through this all the time and that it's worse for you in winter, too. That sucks *Hug*

Yeah, if I can manage to get my mind off it even a little by thinking of other stuff, it does help... but it's hard to think of anything else when you're in that sort of panicked state ;_;

But one thing I do if I can is try to do some puzzles (crosswords, arrowwords, wordsearches etc) in a magazine, just to focus on thinking on something else. So, yeah, your advice is good (: