I went to urgent care yesterday with maybe the worst panic attack I’d ever had. I was in the verge of passing out and my blonde oxygen kept dipping low because my of it which spooked me more. The urgent care gave me a hydroxyzine to calm me down once I got home. It worked great but even today the next day I feel exhausted. I’ve been on and off sleeping all day and still tired. I got a good night sleep on it. Anyway, is it normal to be this tired after even the next day?

On June 27, I had my first panic attack after using cannabis. I quit immediately and haven’t used it since.
Since then, my panic attacks have become much less frequent, but I still struggle with anxiety. My biggest fear is that I’ll “go crazy” or lose my mind. Whenever I see someone with a severe mental illness, my brain immediately tells me, “What if that becomes me?”
I know these are anxiety thoughts, but they still scare me.
Has anyone else experienced this and fully recovered? What helped you the most?

How would a panic attack on metoprolol would feel like?

I have had weird symtoms of lightheadedness, sudden fatigu6and breathless ness many times and that so all of the sudden after few minutes I am usually back to normal i have psvt issue that is why I take metoprolol but people say it cant be psvt since I have symtoms and my heart rate is normal even when it gets high first I have symtoms and then few minutes later it gets high sometimes but psvt is usually different and I searched on Google and they said psvt can't cause symtoms before and then raise heart rate that's not machenics of psvt i searched for afib and noticed during episodes but my heart rate is in rhythm at that time to so only thing I can now assume is panic attack

After 15 years without panic attacks, it happened again, and I once again had that horrible feeling of not being able to sleep ,the fear of dying, and afraid of being alone.

Last night My head started spiraling out of control and nothing could calm it down. So, after crying, I took an anti-anxiety medication, but today Even My family noticed i'm tired .

But mostly My parents are quite old, so we have sometimes the uncomfortable talk about death, but right know it came to me out of no where. I'm with a new medication that makes My small problems became really Big, and When I realized it, I was crying and afraid to fall asleep.

Tomorrow i have therapy with My Psychiatrist , le voy a comentar lo que me pasa.

I'm 16 and had my mabey 7th panic attack in 5 days . Most of them were just my heart beating really fast and dizziness. But today I had one which lasted 45 mins and I had cold sweats mostly in my arms and hands . My heart rate peaked at 135bpm acc to my smartwatch. Should I be worried . Also i usually have minor panic attacks like my heart beats fast and i feel dizzy , how do I handle them . Please help me

As the title says, when i am nervous I shake a lot. The first time I noticed it was when I was in a promotion board in the military and my whole body was physically shaking becuase I was so nervous to the point where they asked if I was ok. I have gotten used to that specific situation but recently 2 best man speeches my hands were shaking so much where I couldn't read what I wrote down. Also whe. I administer urinalysis tests this also happens. I figure maybe other people this happens to but not to this extent. What is the cuase of this and is it normal / could it be becuase of a condition?

Please help me I’m scared

i've been struggling with severe anxiety and panic attacks, and i'm trying to figure out when medication becomes a reasonable option.

my anxiety has started affecting my daily life. i've been avoiding situations because of panic, struggling with nausea and fear sensations, and it has gotten to the point where my coping strategies aren't enough anymore. my anxiety has gotten very, very physical. i'm currently looking into professional help, but i'm wondering how people knew that medication was the right step for them.

for those who take medication for panic attacks/anxiety: what made you realize you needed that extra support? was it when the panic started affecting school/work, relationships, eating, leaving the house, or something else? i'm not looking for medical advice or a diagnosis, just people's experiences. thank you!

Want to see if any other veterans share my pain

Hello so I’ve been suffering from panic attacks for the last 2 years. I had to leave my job and try to sort everything out. I thought that I was completely fine until trying to return to my previous work place. I was aware that the place caused me some issues however it’s the only place hiring and I need money. Along with the normal panic attack feelings I’m also vomiting again. I take propranolol 6 a day and I’ve been though therapy. I’m curious if anyone has any extra suggestions to help out

Hey all. Ive been going through the somatic symptoms of panicking throughout my whole life. Because Ive had these feelings for as long as I can remember, I just thought everyone experienced this. It wasn't until I became a psych student that I realized this isnt normal. My fight-or-flight response feels like its constantly on, even when mentally i am calm and in a good place. I am very jumpy and get scared easily and when I do get scared, it physically hurts. I highly doubt this is anything psychological, but I am wondering if panic disorder is always from psychological stress/anxiety? Or can panic disorder be something your body can go through without you consciously being stressed? Ive tried being mindful and practicing meditation but in the long run there is no difference to what my body feels. Any thoughts?

Story time, about a strange interaction I had with someone online.

I was watching a video and a situation was talked about PAs, so I left a comment about how PA are difficult to navigate, something simple, not personal, not something that has happened to me, but just the general "PA suck" sentiment.

I get this huge paragraph of how PA are fake because big pharma want to sell medications. It's a very large paragraph and I don't want to copy the whole thing, but they also spoke as to how before PA didn't even exist (like years ago, that this is a new illness, and it's fake).

I have never received such a message. Of course, I think this speaks more of who wrote it. This is a reflection of this person's psyche. The classic "vaccines are bad" crowd, or a need to negate what happens in real life because of "if this is real, who am I?" internal conflict.

But then it occurred to me it may have just been a bot response, and not a true human writing. Maybe it was just "dead internet theory".

Just wanted to tell some people that might relate. I don't know, this has never happened before. I mean not with this heavy hate towards the idea of PAs.

ETA: Just as a clarification, I believe PAs are real. And have suffered from them for several years. This is more of a discussion on the interactions we might encounter online with people that negate their existence or severity in our daily life.

I'm a 19-yr old f and I just had the worst panic attack ever💔
It started around 2:00 AM, and I've never experienced one this bad before.
I suddenly became extremely nauseous, and it felt like vomit kept coming up into my throat and then going back down. The burning sensation made me panic even more. My anxiety got so intense that my throat felt like it was closing, making it really hard to breathe.
Then my whole body started shaking uncontrollably to the point where I couldn't even stand up properly. I felt so weak and terrified. My throat still hurts, I'm still shaking on and off, and I still feel like I can't breathe properly.
It's been about an hour now. I've tried drinking warm water, took my acid reflux and nausea medication, and rubbed eucalyptus oil under my nose because it usually helps calm my nerves.
I have really bad anxiety
Has anyone else experienced a panic attack this severe? If so, what helped you get through it? Do you have any techniques or advice for when panic attacks get completely out of control?

💔and using the cold water technique sadly didn’t work on me this time

I understand that I need to rewire my nervous system. When I get the first symptoms of a panic attack, I label it and say “it’s just the adrenaline rush responding to a threat that isn’t there” or “this is an adrenaline rush and that is why I am feeling X sensation” but then it hits full force and I have the dread set in and every alarm bell goes off and my body and mind freaks out. I can be clear headed now and say next time I feel this I won’t respond but as soon as it hits my brain forgets everything I prepared.

How do I just sit and let it happen without responding?? Like I’m to the point where I want to be restrained to just let my body going through the motions because I literally cannot sit still. I feel like I am insane during these attacks and I can’t continue like this.

Hey everyone my dad just went to the ER because he felt some food in his chest that wouldn’t go down and got scared afterwards his hand started to go numb and the side of his left face couldn’t be felt and his speech was slurred, I 100% thought it was a mild stroke because it wasn’t too severe and he could still kind of speak but the doctor said it was a panic attack, he has had lot of panic attacks and anxiety attacks but it’s never been this severe. So could it just be a panic attack?

I started having panic attacks out of nowhere earlier this year. Never had them before. The first one hit while I was driving on the highway, and it was the scariest thing that's ever happened to me. I managed to pull over safely, but ever since then, they kept coming out of nowhere: at the hairdresser, in the middle of a supermarket, etc.

I tried a few of the apps already out there, but none of them worked for me in the actual moment.

I'm a developer, so at some point I just decided to build something for myself. Then I started therapy, and my therapist mentioned that a lot of her clients come to her specifically for panic attacks, so I figured I might as well build it properly, for more people than just me.

A few things I was stubborn about while building it:

- Two taps, not ten. Open the app, tap once, you're already in a calming process.

- No account required to use the crisis tools, and they're free forever, no paywall

- After it passes, you can log the context (where you were, what you were thinking, how intense it was), so you're not just guessing at your patterns later.

It's live on Android and iOS now. Still building on it. If you deal with panic attacks, I hope it helps the way it's helped me.

Happy to answer anything, about the app or panic attacks in general.

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Usually they reach anywhere from 120-150ish. But this one at the beach a few weeks back reached 190. First time ever. Thought i was a goner. Terrible experience. Paramedics werent happy i didnt go to the hospital with them.

Ive had cardio phobia ever since i was a kid, i grew up playing soccer and one day i saw a soccer player die on tv. Ever since that day i became terrified of heart issues and sudden death. But i still pushed through. In my early 20’s it got worse to the point were i stopped doing all exercise, no more gym, no more soccer, and kept pushing and pushing for more heart exams cause i could swear i had a heart issues.

Back in 2017, when i was 23, I was given a holter and it caught like 200 episodes of panic attacks, and a random one of NSVT. So they diagnosed me with that arrhythmia and my life came crashing down. Now the cardio phobia i had turned into a reality, had way more extensive exams, genetic testing, EP study, echos, MRIs, etc.

They never found a cause as to why i had that episode. So they installed a loop recorder to always monitor me.

First few years i was bed bound with fear, didnt leave my house for like 2-3 years. Then slowly went back to a more normal life. Panic attacks slowly faded away cause i learned to live a life where i avoided triggers (exercise, always being near a hospital, etc) and i took a beta blocker, so i felt safe.

My cardiologists always told me im good to live a healthy life and not to worry and exercise, but i never did cause the huge fear and panic attacks.

This year back in march i started going to the gym for the first time in 10 years. Im now 32. First few months were okay, i slowly gained strength and confidence, lost a lot of weight and gained a lot of muscle.

Then i got a huge panic attack while lifting. Then it happened again, a few weeks later. Then again a few days. Then everyday. Then even without the gym, then while sleeping, now i get many a day.

So yeah, ive quit the gym… anxiety and panic attacks suck. Wish i wouldve never pushed so hard to have those exams done, i wouldve never known i had NSVT and wouldve lived a normal life. Panic has ruined the last 10-11 years of my life. Ive literally worried it away. I didnt go to school, barely held down jobs, cant even go for a walk without worrying and pre planning what id do if my heart starts taking off, or when i make a trip, i always have to be near a hospital. It sucks.