my first anxiety attack

[mark76brew]

one day i was extremely busy at work and was all by myself ( i work in a kitchen), the phone was ringing off the hook, people were wanting to place orders, picking up, it was awful. I started to stress out big time and become very frustrated and then became panicky then i started feeling pain. sharp chest pain, my left arm felt almost numb and shaking, and I felt like I was gonna go crazy i was so afraid i was having a heart attack. but then i calmed down and it went away.

i couldn't figure out what had happened. did i have an axiety attack? was it from stress? was i pushign myself towards a heart attack?

I just took deep breaths told myself to calm down and it all went away

[mark76brew]

yes it was scary..it hasnt happend since

[nursegirl6572]

Go back and read the replies from your other threads.  I think you'll find them helpful.

Have you sought any help for the anxiety/panic?

[Life360_Dave]

Ive had one panic attack in my life and it was last year and was absoluty terrifying. It stemed from a muscle tear in my back. I could not make a doctors till late that afternoon and the pain just stayed there. I remember driving around and suddenly the same thing happened to me as you. I started thinking heart attack! Same as you, funny left arm feeling. I stopped the car and ran to someone to call 911 but just before i asked them, i controlled my thoughts and it went away. I belive part of it going away was the running from the car got some adrenalen pumping. Really terrifiing. If i were you i would have an EKG done asap as you did have some attack symptoms. That was the first thing my doc did was the EKG to rule heart attack out.