Panic Attack / Anxiety Attack

[Johnbo34]

Just wanted some of you to post some of the symptoms you guys have when a Panic/Anxiety attack happens.

[cnote]

Sometimes I have all of these symptoms at ONCE! Or just some of them.

Dizziness/Lightheaded
Rapid Heart Rate
Bad butterflies in stomach/Nervous Stomach/Knots in stomach
Loss of appetite.
Crying spells
Sweating
Night sweats
Night terrors
Constant Pacing Around! (can't sit still)
Nausea
De realization

Now those are ANXIETY symptoms I have. Sometimes I get all of those symptoms at ONE TIME, and they don't go away like a panic attack does, THEY STICK AROUND FOR 2 WEEKS OR MORE!

It's terrible.

Now panic attack symptoms I get... are

Pins and Needles feeling
Nervous stomach
Numbness
Panic

Then my panic attack leaves usually after 5 minutes to 30 minutes.

[mojoko]

It all starts with either a flutter in my heart or a dizzy feeling. I then wonder what the hell that was and from there my thoughts go crazy and i have a full blown panic attack. I usually feel this huge rush go over my entire body.  I'm guessing that's the adrenaline.  My lips tingle.  My hands and feet usually tingle.  Sometimes my arms feel really stiff or like jelly. Palms sweat.  I feel like I'm going to poop all of my insides out.  I'm not breathing right.  I'm breathing too much or not enough.  I can't get enough air or am i getting too much?. I can't stop shaking and feel really cold.  I end up thinking I'm dying.  This is the end.  I feel like I'm going to loose consciousness and not wake up.  I'm having a stroke, a seizure, or a heart attack.  My new thing is "i'm anemic and it's killing me."    I've been having panic attacks for 5 years now on and off and symptoms change from time to time.  

[ChaChay]

I have the same exact symptoms how do i fix that

[mad09]

I can sympathize with the emergency room visit. I thought I was having a heart attack or I was going to pass out, but when I got there and they ran all the tests I was fine. My physician couldn't explain the symptoms I had so he told me to just ignore them and breathe into a paper bag. I eventually went to a therapist who told me I had anxiety and panic attacks. It was upsetting that my physician didn't diagnose me because panic attacks are as real as any other disorder. I've had to educate myself through the internet basically. I have learned certain tricks and one that helps is a placebo. When ever I start to feel anxious I take a tumbs and tell myself that I will be fine in a few minutes.

Does anyone else have advice?

[newportttttttt]

Well lets see heart palpitations, lightheaded, paresthesias, sweating, shortness of breath..... Yeah that pretty much sums it up.....Ive been to the ER twice and every time I had an ekg, xrays etc...They told me im fine

[earthquakewp1]

I was watching 'Sober House' with Dr Drew and Seth ran off and had an actual heart attack, then all of the sudden, I felt dizzy and nauseated and ran to the bathroom thinking I was either going to puke or pass out. It passed and then the rest of the night it kept happening, like every 5 minutes. I checked my blood pressure once and it was high! 145 over 105. I got no sleep and eventually went to the ER the next day about noon. Nothing..........BP was fine, heart was fine..blah blah They like to laugh at us there, they think we are sad cases of nervous crud..But this feels really REAL! Like you are parked on the train tracks waiting to be crushed into minute particles all over the place..
You feel a chill, then the nausea hits, then the dizziness, then the heart starts pounding, then you get all shaky and scared. Same as a bad hangover I guess..It just *****.
I'm not watching that show anymore, and I'm not listening to people telling me that they are scared for me because I'm an overweight smoker...that scares me more..I just start assuming any feeling I get is a prelude to a heart attack..
The FEAR FACTOR!! Whoosa.........Finding my center...

[amanda__nichole]

lets see, lump in throat, i get warm all over stomach muscles ache, i get a little sweaty, shaky, i get light headed, (mind you this is a fully blown panic attack for me.) if its just anxiety i usually have a pit in my stomach or feel like i HAVE to go to the bathroom. i also sometimes have shallow breathing. so im trying to working on keeping my breathing normal cause i know lack of oxygen can cause all of the above symptoms i listed.