suffering from Panic Attacks!!

[ssseans22]

hello everyone im 22 years old and i started having panic attacks about 2 years ago when i was about 20 years old and i suffered from them for about 2 years. i was having them everyday of the week like 24 hours a day my heart was racing out of my chest and it keep pounding all the time and i thought i was having heart attacks and i went to the hospital about 5 times finding myself in the emergency room thinking i was dying and they ran all the tests on me and said nothing was wrong with me. i tried some of those anxiety medications but they did nothing for me except give me a few side effects so i stopped using them. but i have to say that lately for the past 6 months i havent been having any panic attacks it seems like there going away i might have had a few in the past 6 months but thats all. is it possible that a person could die from a panic attack. so far iv heard that you cant. and ill have to say i think i had about a million panic attacks and im still alive so i guess they cant kill you. it just seems that you could trigger them so easy. its like sometimes when i exercise or my heart rate goes up i start thinking that maybe theres something wrong with my heart and i start panicking and then my heart starts racing. it skips beats sometimes also. sometimes i cant breath as well. i keep thinking that maybe ill cause a real bad panic attack and have a heart attack from it. iv been thinking about panic attacks for 3 years now. there driving me crazy.

[suzi-q]

No, you cannot die from panic attacks and they do not hurt your heart in any way.  It just feels that way!  You seem to have had yourself thoroughly checked out and have a clean bill of health...GOOD FOR YOU!  The panic attacks are very scary but they will not effect your health.

[azqtpies]

May I Suggest to   PLEASE................ lay off your solicitaion of your clinic.... Please try and  go somewhere else other than solicitating these people who are searching for someones genuine advice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! People who post .. wait for responses of help.. how sad to know you are on here solicitating clinical people and places.


As for panic disorders PLEASE google panic attacks.. there are some great online sites that help and give great suggestions to deal with panic. I have dealt with it for 20 years.  Good luck with you.. you will be ok... keep trying  what you find.. you will find what will work best for you. I found the rubberband trick...works great for me!