panic/anxiety attack??
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Yes, you want to pass out, the room starts spinning and you feel very dizzy. your heart races, chest hurts, cant focus, your nervous and feel like if you ran you would feel better and you feel scared for no apparent reason. these are just a few of the symptoms. Its called the flight or fight response feelings.\n I use to suffer from them to the point of having agoraphobia. I am happy to say that I no longer have them anymore. That is without any types of drugs too. If you need any help please email me at dientzy1@yahoo.com in the subject line put panic attack so I will know what it is. I have helped alot of people.\nFirst know that just being afraid of them, makes them worse. The chemical that goes through your body at the time you have these is called epinephrine. This  same chemical that is produced in the fear state is what triggers panic attacks. This is why they seem to get worse. When you you have a panic attack you become afraid, so you are adding "fuel to the fire" so to say. By adding more epinephrine to your body by being afraid along with  the epinephrine that is going on with your panic attack. Normally our body's only produce this during needed times. Its called the flight or fight response (sympathetic nervous reasons). This chemical helps us when we need to flee something as if in a dangerous situation. But some of us have this chemical appear out of the blue in all types of settings. Even waking up with them out of sleep. Then we start to associate that situation we are in to causing the panic attack which makes us want to avoid that type of situation. When this becomes repetitive we may tend to avoid those situations. This is what can lead to agoraphobia, where you are afraid to even leave the house. Panic attacks are very common to type A personality's. It is our bodies way of saying "okay you wont slow down well I'm going to make you". I am not a doctor, but just a person who went through this just like you. The first step is to educate yourself where you can become dominant over the panic attacks. By doing this you learn not to fear the panic attacks which reduces the "fuel" on the fire. By eliminating the extra epinephrine your adding to your body you minimize the panic attack. After being able to learn to conquer them you will become free of them. And I was taught by  taking the opposite of a sympathetic nervous response is a para sympathetic response to help cure my panic attacks. I know these are some strange words but email and I can elaborate But until then know you are NOT going to die from them, although you feel sure that you are when your having them. And do know that you can be cured. Its just a matter of knowing how they are caused and whats happening to you while your having them is the first step in becoming free of them. Relaxation music and muscle exercises help until you can reach this point. There is hope and I can tell you more if you need to get additional information I tried to be brief but with still enough information to try to help right now. Take care! Email me if you need to. It helps to talk to someone who has been there.
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Find a good therapist that you are comfortable with and examine your life. A lot of people take the medication for a lot of mental health problems but they don't examine if this problem has a root in their every day life and routine. As in physical conditions some are inherited and some are brought on by bad eating habits.  The underlying cause for panic attacks is almost always due to a past stress or emotionally frightening experience. \n\nWhen you are having an attack notice the situation you are in and write down everything that was happening. If you notice similarities in the cause that is your first clue.\n\nIf your panic attacks resemble a heart attack in symptoms, the first thing to do is breathe into a bag and tell yourself that you are too young to have a heart condition (well if you do have one ignore this last bit !).\n\nOnce you tell yourself that the hyperventilating is simply your reaction to stress and not you dying, you are teaching yourself that stress is not dying. This was my experience, especially when I moved out on my own. It was really stressful and after a few panic attacks I was able to educate myself that this was a normal reaction to stress, accelerated heartbeat, shortness of breath and the fact that I was too young and too healthy to have a heart condition. \n\nI can say that I was in a state of emotional death because of a violent past and these attacks would manifest my fear of death and those emotions of being abandonned that I had suppressed to survive and I felt anxiety when I felt alone. Once I realised I was afraid of being alone because in my past my parents often threatened to leave us then I got over my anxiety.
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You know what. I'm only sixteen and I've had panic/anxiety attacks for almost a year now. They are truly horrible.. but I learned something just recently. If you honestly learn and believe that nothing will happen to you and stop fighting them... you'll be fine. Like... when you get that feeling where everything is weird and your heart starts pounding and you feel like you can't breathe... just say to yourself that you want the attack to get as bad as it can possibly be.. and you want to go to the unknown side (the side where it gets as worse as it can if you let it go).. by honestly believing this.. you will come to a point where you realize that it's all in your head.. and it can be overcomed.. but you have to get through this step first. Email me at uhhsure8701@yahoo.com if you wanna talk about it anymore! good luck.. :)
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It is most likely an anxiety or panic attack.  They feel very similar but have a few difference.  You deal with them both in the same way though...A few recommendations:\n\n1. Take a hot bath and/or listen to some very familar music.  Loud music might do it for you or soft music...the most important thing is that it is really familiar.\n\n2.  Try natural herbs to calm yourself down.  One I highly recommend is Valerion Root, you can buy it in pill form at Walmart for like 3 bucks.  It stinks pretty bad when you open the bottle but it doesn't have any taste when you swallow them.  They have a great calming effect.\n\n3. Remember to breath.  And I don't just mean breath deeply, but breathing at all.  When you have a bad enough anxiety attack, you can literally forget to breath.  It causes the chest pains and such to feel even worse.  Sitting and just focusing on breathing for a couple minutes can help calm your body down.\n\n4. Talk to someone friendly.  Someone detached from the situation.  Make sure it isn't someone who will judge you or you will feel is judging you.  Even if you don't talk about the situation juts having a friendly face around can actually calm you down alot and get your mind off of it.\n\nI know the feelings you get with these things is horrible and can make you feel like you are dying.  Many people go to doctors for them but a few, like me, have found that we can learn to cope on our own.  The main thing to remember is to not make any rash decisions when you feel like that...no matter how bad it feels, it will pass. Good luck! :)
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It does sound like an anxiety attack. It is scary, and confusing. You sound like a sensitive person, as I am, and we have warm hearts! Things effect us deeply, and that's good and bad I guess. \n\nAll you need to do is learn a few coping skills, breathing techniques-important, a good person to talk to-a good therapist, and you'll be calm and cool in no time.\n\nI have had this quite a bit, and kept looking in the wrong directions for help. I finally realized all the Drs and their pills only gave me more side effects, and the anxiety was worse.\nThe root of the problem was never addressed.\n\nBreathing, believe it or not, is huge. Talk to a good therapist. Don't get discouraged if you get a loony or two at first. Sorry, therapists, but I have. Wearing oven mitts was just not going to help.\n\nI never knew how much breathing, meditation and relaxation could help. \nThe therapist can help you figure out why they occur, then how to cope. Coping is the key.  Whether it's your issue at present, or the next one that comes along, it's figuring out how YOU respond to these, and why.\n\nFind a good yoga class. I found one very peaceful, very positive and sort of spiritual. Nothing weird, just learning how to find inner peace.\nIt wasn't in a gym, but that could work too.  Now I'll lie down in my living room on a mat, with my candles, dim the lights, my CD's on relaxation ( I rent them from the library) and try to slooow down; the more I relax, the clearer things become, my breathing and heart rate slow.\nI also began swimming at the YMCA. It is peaceful to me. I just glide around, practice breathing and it feels good overall.\n\nGive it a try, give it some time, and know that you are normal.
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A panic attack is a discrete period of intense fear or discomfort, in which four (or more) of the following symptoms developed abruptly and reached a peak within 10 minutes: \n\nPalpitations, pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate \nSweating \nTrembling or shaking \nSensations of shortness of breath or smothering \nFeeling of choking \nChest pain or discomfort \nNausea or abdominal distress \nFeeling dizzy, unsteady, lightheaded, or faint \nDerealization (feelings of unreality) or depersonalization (being detached from oneself) \nFear of losing control or going crazy \nFear of dying \nParesthesias (numbness or tingling sensations) \nChills or hot flushes
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Also check on the possibility of it being an anxiety attack.\n\nGood Luck.
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Yes this could be from anxiety. The light headedness, and excess swallowing from nervousness, and the shortness of breath from possibly hyperventilating from too much worry about the situation. Id say mild panic attack but the chest pressure with light headedness could mean worse. Id get an ekg and " get it off your chest".
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Hi, I am sorry and know how you feel! I have suffered panic attacks for 12 years! There should be a number that's listed if you go onto the Internet and type panic helpline for your area you will get it, if you are diagnosed then you should discuss what you can take for them, I have xanax which I take if I feel one coming on and it makes me feel much more at ease just knowing I have them, I have fought extremely hard to work with one when I get it, and it's not easy but I keep trying, if you have one can you call a friend do you live with someone?? is there someone close you have told that you could call when an attack happens? Lie down take in deep breaths put on a fan it helps me as I get very hot when I have one. I wish I could help more! please do get something from the doctor it's a great comfort. Take care
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Maybe take a few minutes and lie on the sofa.......just focus on your breathing....slowly.  You'll feel yourself relax and your heart rate slow down.\n\nNow, why would this make you so anxious.  If you don't have anything wrong with your stomach....you may have brought this all on with an anxiety attack.  That care sure tighten you up.  But let the doctor decide which it is.
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If you really want to talk about it, you can E-mail me. I've been suffering with anxiety and panic attacks since I was 20 yrs. old.\nTherefore I know alot about it. jaymeadowjay@yahoo
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Sounds like panic attack to me.  Same thing happened to me.  Brought on by stress although I didn't feel stressed.  I fyou don't deal with stress properly or productively, then your body will in its own way
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Just stay frosty and breathe. When you suddenly get anxiety attacks, tell yourself to breathe in and out deeply at a steady rhythm.   Clear your mind before you go to sleep. Remember, real great men know how to empty their minds when needed.\n\nAcceptance is another strategy. You can tell yourself to accept whatever happens and that everything will turn out fine. All the water in the world can never sink a ship unless it gets inside. So stay afloat and just go for the ride.
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It sounds like a panic attack to me, and I've learned about them.  Here's how you can tell for sure:  Are you afraid of something?  Is there something you don't want to do?  Are you in a situation you don't want to be in?  Then it's a panic attack.  If you cannot connect it to any thoughts, then it must be something else, and you should see a doctor.  But if it is the panic attack, YOU are the cause.  The good news is, YOU are also the cure.  Being afraid of the panic attack will only make you panic more, making your panic attack worse.  It's a vicious cycle.  But you will NOT die, go insane, or lose control from a panic attack.  Here are 6 steps to help.\n\n1. ACCEPT that you are anxious about something.\n2. Give yourself PERMISSION to feel anxious (it's okay!)\n3. BREATHE.  Slowly.\n4. TALK to yourself.  Tell yourself that the panic attack won't hurt you and that it will pass.\n5. DISTRACT yourself.  If you're not focusing on your anxiety, you wond be in a state of panic.\n6. LET TIME PASS.  Try to see the humor.  Also, try to figure out what's causing your anxiety.  Are you stressed out or afraid of something?\n\nIf you need more help, see a counselor or contact the Midwest Center for Stress and Anxiety at www.stresscenter.com
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It sounds to me like you suffer from anxiety attacks, which is very common.  It is usually an inherited condition.  I have it and so do members of my family.  Your best course of action is to STOP living in fear!  When I first had a panic/anxiety attack, I thought I was dying!  I went right to a doctor and told him what my symptoms were: sweaty palms, heart beating very fast, shortness of breath, a fear of dying right then and there when I had the attack (which, by the way, was on an uncrowded bus on a beautiful summer day with all the windows open, so it wasn't due to claustrophobia).  He put me on a very low dose of medication that stops the attacks before they start.  It helped me tremendously!  So much so, that after awhile, when the attack would start to creep up on me, instead of taking a pill, I would identify what it was and that I was NOT dying or having a heart attack, and I would talk myself out of it.  Now I have been "attack free" for 5 years!  But please get to a doctor and get checked out.  This is a VERY treatable and curable disorder.
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A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, paresthesias (tingling sensations), and sensations of choking or smothering. The disorder is strikingly different from other types of anxiety disorders in that panic attacks are very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often disabling. An episode is often categorized as a vicious cycle where the mental symptoms increase the physical symptoms, and vice-versa.\n\nMost who have one attack will have others. People who have repeated attacks, or feel severe anxiety about having another attack, are said to have panic disorder.
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Something is causing your anxiety.  Speak to your doctor.  Medical or mental, help is available.