How do I know if I am having a panic attack?
How do I know if I am having a panic attack? On May 30 of this year I was at the mall. My first experience is that I feel dizzy. Then I start to feel like I can’t move my body. My body doesn’t feel relaxed. Than make stomach gets upset and I feel sick to my stomach. The spells comes twice a week for 20 to 30 minutes. After 30 minutes than I feel like myself. After I have theses spells I feel really sleepy and feel like I am on edge. I have made and appointment with my doctor for next thursday. Does anybody think that I am having a panic attack? Or does anybody think that I have a medical problem? Is there any medication that I can take for panic attack? Are there any self help groups out there? I live in the south jersey area.
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I sound like panic disorder youneed to see a dr and get counseling to find out what is causing the attacks . I had them for years I thought there was something wrong with me. I had them everyday 4 or5 time a day when I finaly got help. I still have them. But htey are only once in a Bluemoon. My counseler taught me ways to get thought them quick. Good luck
The symptoms you’ve described could be panic attacks and they can be caused by any number of things including hypoglycemia, so a trip to your doctor is warranted.
I have (had) panic attacks, but no more. My last one was caused by steroid psychosis, which was treated with/by short term Ativan, which I keep for emergencies, and obviously reducing the steroids. Basically, a panic attack feels like you are terrified, but can’t find a good reason to be afraid and is accompanied by rapid heartbeat and shallow rapid breathing. There are many treatments which vary from medication to techniques with are designed to slow down your breathing and your heart rate.
The problem with panic attacks is that they’re basically caused by a subconscious assault on a conscious mind, which means that a thought which brings on panic happens so fast that a panic attack seems to “hit” you without any rhyme or reason. I personally have dealt with them by a combination of medication (Cyproheptadine) and therapy. Good luck.
i’m sure you may have some sort of a panic disorder,i’ve experienced panic attacks,and i get this feeling that i’m dieing,and sometimes have sharp chest pains,and can’t breathe good.the first one i had i thought i was having a heart attack.the sooner you get treatment the sooner you’ll get better.they may run a few test to rule out other things,but they are alot of medicines to treat panic disorder.my problem was alot of the medicines i tried actually increased the panic attacks,klonopin is the only thing that seems to help.good luck.
Take a read of this article:
http://www.cureanxietydisorder.com/Symptoms_of_a_Panic_Attack.html
Hope this helps…
While you certainly have some sort of a medical issue, it does not sound like any panic attack I have ever experienced.
Panic attacks will make you feel like someone is sitting on your chest, you will experience trouble breathing and hyperventilation will often occur. Panic attacks also tend to induce disassociation, i.e., a feeling that you’re not quite attached to your body and the world will seem a bit dreamlike and abstract.
They will also make your heart race and leave you physically tired. Tingling and shaking of the extremities are common as well.
Beyond this, they have powerful psychological effects as well, often giving feelings of losing one’s mind as well as sharply reducing cognitive functions.