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Blackout panic attacks in my sister. Is forgetting normal?

Posted by gidkip @gidkip, Dec 29, 2020

Hi I am the brother of a sister who has panic attacks. She has only had them two times but these panic attacks have recently started happening and this worries me because this may be something she lives with for her entire life. When she has had the panic attacks she hyperventilates starts crying and she keeps saying shes scared. She usually falls asleep to calm down, but she doesn't remember what happens when she wakes up. I have researched a little but I haven’t read anywhere about people forgetting what happened during their panic attacks. Is forgetting a panic attack a symptom of panic attacks or is she having different medical condition.

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floralou | @floralou | Jul 27, 2025
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My life involves panic attack blackouts. I had never heard of until 2023 . At one time what happens was thought to be TIAs. Nope. Maybe epilepsy. Nope. Last episode I was not in control of my brain.This most recent episode I lost my ability to talk. Blood pressure up, short of breath, so confused! Laid in hospital 6 hours, came up with nothing. Psychiatrist look at the results and called the mess panic attack Blake outs. My birthday is soon , my anxiety level high.. So anxious about Wes calling, Corina will call. The holes remain. Th Wes music at church was so loud it tweaked something in my head into a seizure. Sitting in church to become so internally anxious,, I feel myself slipping.

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I have my own way of living. I have to maintain a calm, slow, peaceful life. I love my sweet home and don't go out much. The doctors medicating those of us who are to gentle to run with wolves.

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floralou | @floralou | Aug 29, 2025
In reply to @floralou "My life involves panic attack blackouts. I had never heard of until 2023 . At one..." + (show)
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My life involves panic attack blackouts. I had never heard of until 2023 . At one time what happens was thought to be TIAs. Nope. Maybe epilepsy. Nope. Last episode I was not in control of my brain.This most recent episode I lost my ability to talk. Blood pressure up, short of breath, so confused! Laid in hospital 6 hours, came up with nothing. Psychiatrist look at the results and called the mess panic attack Blake outs. My birthday is soon , my anxiety level high.. So anxious about Wes calling, Corina will call. The holes remain. Th Wes music at church was so loud it tweaked something in my head into a seizure. Sitting in church to become so internally anxious,, I feel myself slipping.

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Turned into a seizure because my level for decades I've come to the conclusion that thepeople in my life and the things in my life must contribute to my life and not take away from my life. My last anxiety attack turned into a seizure which resulted in 3 days in the hospital it was the physical therapy that threw me off and so now I don't do any Physical Therapy except I do my exercises on my bed in the morning my depression in my anxiety are actually at this point my responsibility to take my medicine and to do the things that help me push the depression and the anxiety away if I want to lay on my bed and read all day because it makes me feel good then that's what I do. I write in my journal I write letters to people forgiving them for the pain they have caused me but I never mail them I catch them on fire in the sink and wash them down the drain I eat good I go to my wonderful Church where I get tons of support and love and I just don't have time to be wrapped in my sadness and Trauma I just can't be around people that are negative in my life and hurt me so I take care of myself I hang out I watched a little TV I ride in my journal I think about how wonderful life can be I watch the birds at my bird feeder and play with my little dog and I'm a happy camper most of the time yes there are things that break my heart that make me sad that make me depressed there are situations that cause anxiety it makes me have to go get in my hot tub and soak it away but there's also the beauty of my life the fact that I've been married to my husband for 53 years and he still loves me and I still love him is a blessing that I cannot explain the fact that I have wonderful friends that love me and would go out of their way to help me is a wonderful thing the fact that I have a church that is supportive and loving and kind and I learn a lot that's all that really matters to me anymore if I have a twinge of sadness or twinge of anxiety I know that I have the ability to make it go away I also know that spending years in counseling getting down to the root of these things was difficult was not fun at all ever made me cry for weeks made me just feel empty and weak but getting to the bottom line of what was causing my depression and anxiety helped me so much that I just think that as long as I pay attention I will be okay I am 73 years old I have been depressed since I was a teenager I have been in situations where I'm on suicide watch and I am taking hands full of Medicine but here I am now 73 years old hanging out having a good time and loving my life please hang in there don't quit you are a special person you are very important and you do not need to be tormented by depression and anxiety anymore if you choose to there is love there is kindness there is support it's all there for you to taking

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