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I have had anxiety/panic attacks. It seems the way a body responds is a personal one. I felt overwhelming fear and body started shaking uncontrollable.

My wife has them and she gets cold sweats, shaking, etc.

I go to Mayo. My phsyciatric medication specialist recommended a depressing anxiety medication to help reduce my PTSD anxiety/panic disorder. She checked with all my other Mayo doctors to make sure did not hinder any other medication on or inferere with any medical condition.

It did work. Also every doctor I have recommends doing an exercise that you enjoy doing (after they give advice okay to do). And if not find a hobby that you enjoy doing. Stress and anxiety affect mental health that affects physical health and vice versa.

What my doctors have told me most panic attacks are caused by stress. The hormone adrenaline is the fight or flight hormone. It is released in body when you are under stress and anxiety. The body can only take so much of it before it has to respond (again per my Mayo doctors not my opinion). Thus you get panic attacks.

I wish I could pass on to you what exactly you will feel but from my doctors and my exeperience an overwhelmy feeling. I a lot have chest pains, a lot have hyper breathing, some like my wife and I body shakes, etc.

Talk to our medical professionals about medications to help prevent them along with finding exercise and hobbies to also reduce your stress and anxiety.

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I don't live anywhere near Mayo Clinic. I live in NY state moved to the mountains in 2003 and it's not so easy to find competent doctors. I finally have a good team of doctors and it took 9 years after my primary care doctor when I first moved here retired in 2015. I've had 5 psychiatrists since losing my daughter in 2011 and I can't tolerate most of the medications they gave me. I'm not depressed. This is persistent complicated grief and there's no cure. I really don't know what kind of med this new psychiatrist is going to offer to me but honestly I've tried about six of them in the past 13 years and they did awful things to me so I don't have alo tof hope.