If Your've Got Anxiety OR Panic Attacks???

Question

Could you be able to tell me what you experience during your attack, how long it lasts, how you feel after, and what symptoms you get thank you

Answer 1

rapid heart rate, rapid breathing, nausea, sweating, often accompanied by chest pain and an overwhelming fear that you are about to die. This is a panic attack.

anxiety is on a lesser scale. After it all, you are exhausted both physically and emotionally.

Answer 2

Oh yes. My panic attacks started years ago as a teen. At the time someone put something in my drink and I had my first panic attack. I think it may have been LSD because I became claustrophobic about being locked inside my own body and I couldn't get out. I never got near alcohol or drugs since, but the fear stayed with me - I'm 55 now. I've had them since.

A panic attack affects me like claustrophobia. I will start to feel a little off, or uneasy then bam!! suddenly, I feel like I am locked inside my body and would do anything to get out. My heart pounds, and I feel absolutely terrified. Sometimes shortness of breath and this really scary sense of unreality - or things just appear strange. I feel as if I have to move, I can't stay still. The feeling is so horrible that I can bring it on by merely thinking about how it feels to have one.

It usually only lasts a few minutes. Afterward I am usually exhausted, and oddly enough my body then wants to shed water and I have to pee a lot.

Recently, I have sort of had a remission. I have started forcing myself to realize that it is the shot of adrenalin that causes the panic. So I force myself to stay where I am and not move, I close my eyes and tell myself, it is only the adrenalin and that it will pass in a few minutes. Being able to do this had really made me feel empowered and less afraid of an impending attack.

Anyone that has had them knows how the attack can limit your life. If you have one in a grocery store, you know it isn't he store, but you still decide that you will not visit that store again and so on.
My worst problem with them was the fact that I would bring it on myself. I might be brushing my teeth and start to think about having a panic attack, then invariably I would start to think how it is an absolute nightmare and I don't want an attack, but by then I had brought it on myself.

Answer 3

Panic attacks can be very disabling and frightening and attacks can vary slightly from person to person, but generally this is what happens :

Heart starts racing, may get all hot, then at this moment you may think there is something seriously physically wrong with you or that you may die which makes the panic attack so much worse.

Remember, a panic attack cannot kill you. If you lie down somewhere or sit, and take a few slow deep breaths whilst saying to yourself, this cannot harm me. It will pass. And pass it will. The key is not to be afraid of them.

Answer 4

I get anxiety attacks, not often thankfully. I feel very scared, sometimes I think the walls are closing in on me. I cannot move. I get extremely short of breath and feel like I cannot get any air in my lungs. It lasts about ten minutes. I have learned to tell myself that it is not for real, that nothing really terrible is going on. I have a brown bag handy always and breathe in and out of it to get my breathing settled. I also have been given Ativan by my psychiatrist, which acts very quickly. But I am careful with it, because if you get used to taking it and take too much, you get withdrawal attacks. When you are NOT having an attack, use that time to see the good safe things, so you will remind yourself of them when you do get an attack. If you have very frequent attacks, you may want to go on a good anti-depressant, which works for anxiety too. Good luck. You can vanquish them

Answer 5

wow.... that's a lot to talk about. I have PTSD from rape so those attacks are slightly different than my usually anxiety or panic attacks. each time is different in terms of length. during an attack I feel like I can't breathe like someone has stolen my air and my heart pounds I become frightened and sometimes I don't know why... just a sense of sheer fright. It's hard to answer how I feel after cause sometimes it just takes all of my energy not to self-destruct so I just pass out.

Answer 6

heart racing shortness of breath or hard to breath
blurred vision kind of like the world is rocking or spinning
everything around you sounds to loud or distorted
afterward I am tired feel like I have just worked hard physical labor all day
I thought I was having a heart attack the first time

I try and take a short nap afterward if I can even 15 min and eat something maybe watch TV or read a book just veg out for a short while

If it is nice weather I sit in the sun have my snack something to drink close my eyes and soak in the warmth
good luck if you are going through this it is tough at first
but once you know what it is and what to expect it gets better
the not knowing was worse for me

Answer 7

When I have a panic attack I feel as though I'm going to die. My chest tightens up and I can't breathe. It's bad!

Answer 8

Well, this is what happens to me. It varies from person to person.

My heart speeds up greatly, almost dangerously.
I feel very faint and ill.
It lasts anywhere from 15 minutes to 4 hours.
I shake a lot.

I am exhausted afterwards.

Answer 9

Never had an anxiety attack but lately I have been quite depressed. Basically i feel physically and mentally exhausted and I find it hard to fucntion at work because it makes my attention span really short.

Answer 10

Anxiety- irritability, high blood pressure, rapid heart beat, and lots of sweating