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Does anyone else have symptoms like these?

I get dizzy or an out of body feeling like nothing is real, then my heart starts pounding, I get shortness of breath, and my hands and/or feet get tingly or funny/floppy feeling. When my attack peaks I get lightheaded until I sit down and take slow deeps breaths and sometimes I will start crying because of the scared feeling. When I start calming back down my arms and legs are weak, my stomach is in a knot like I'm going to puke, and my chest will feel tight. Sometimes if my attack was bad enough I start shaking like I'm cold.  I also hyperventilate or can't breathe when my attacks start.  Then most of my attacks I feel sick afterwards like my sugar is low and like I need to eat even though I just ate before the attack.  Do any of you guys or ladies have this kind of attacks?  
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I've been self-helping myself with them.  3 out of 10 times that I have them, they will be uncontrollable.  I think they have gotten bad again because of stress I'm putting on myself between this home course for medical transcription, bills, friends and family (including our 3 cats and 2 dogs).  I think I'm going to have to take a break from my studying until I get everything straightened back out.  I'm a HUGE worry-wart.  I worry about having some kind of hereditary disease or birth defect all the time.  It's almost like I'm a hypochondriac.  I was born with only one kidney and a messed up uterus.  I was told by my urologist it was just a coincidence that kind of birth defect happened and it wasn't hereditary.  I know my dad has a birth defect that deals with the nerves in his heart.  He was about my age when his heart defect was found.  I just worry about silly things and I know they're silly, but they get the best of me.  Also, when I feel these attacks coming on the things that would normally freak me out, scare me, or make me worry about other things just make my attack so much more worse.

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Yepp Yepp Yepp...
Wow ever since i got on here i found a lot of people with the same symptoms as mee.... Lucky for you i got over this befor [ the only reason why its back is because i did the same thing to cause it the last time...]
It will last a pretty long time you just have to keep a possitve attitude... I know its hard to do but trust mee...
And you have to let it go... Lett the syptoms start the more you freak outt the worse its gonna gett.. easier said then done i know.... But the major thing is self controll find something to do that doesent make you feel this way...
My escape is chillen with friends nd keepin my mind busy im sure you can find some thing too=]
Bestest of luckk!!!
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You just basically described EXACTLY what happens to me when I get an attack...everything you just listed is very common with anxiety.
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