Does anybody have panic disorder ? Had any panic attacks on the regular?

Question

I got diagnosed with it in 2004. It's a terrible feeling with out my medicine. What are your symptoms? How do u feel when you have an attack?

Answer 1

Hi Tee,
I was diagnosed with it in 1997. We are truly tough souls when we have to deal with disorders such as this. Symptons of my panic attacks are crazy levels of adrenaline, cold hands and feet, rapid heart beats, shallow breaths, unable to deep breath, feels like "im going crazy" and want to escape. Its a total Mind *&^%, sorry i dont usually cuss but that is what it feels like. It has lead to the "worry" of my next attack and has severly reduced my friendships and my social life. I am not taking any medication now however I know now that i do need to try medication. Let me know if the meds you are taking help out at all.
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Answer 2

i started having panic attacks a year and a half ago after smoking weed a couple of times. i went to the doctor and he put me on lexapro and klonopin. it kind of helped but made me really tired. i stopped taking the medicine recently and at times i feel like i'm on the verge of having a panic attack but it usually doesn't happen. i try to keep my mind on other stuff and not think about having a panic attack. the first time i had the panic attack though i felt like i was unreal and experienced something called depersonalization. it was the scariest and most uncomfortable feeling i ever had. that kind of went away now. i just started a treatment called neurotherapy that i hope will get rid of my anxiety

Answer 3

My sypmtoms are Very rapid heart beat like my heart is like a ball in my chest . My ears ring and I lose hearing. Then I start sweating...dripping wet. My body shakes. I feel like there is a lead brick on my chest. I get weak and dizzy. I can't breath. I can't stand. I literally feel like I will die.

I haven't had a full blown attack for a few years now. I have challenged myself to make it through one without medication. But, if I feel like I am maybe going to get an attack I sometimes take my med. I have learned to breath through it and mind over matter keeps me from going in to a full time atttack. I do this becasue I don't ever want to feel that way again. I have learned to no panic in planes or elevators. I don't even think about it now.

Mind over matter has helped me.

Answer 4

I had my first major panic attack in January of 2006. For about 3 or 4 months leading up to that though, I could tell something was wrong. I have social anxiety disorder, and it was getting worse at this time. Also, I was under a lot of stress because I was going to be going away from home for the first time to attend a university. The months leading up to the panic attack, the symptoms that I noticed were irregular heartbeat, significant difficulty sleeping, and trouble digesting food. For example, I would eat dinner and not be able to get to sleep and 12 hours later at 7 or 8 am, I'd still be full. I know now that it was because of stress causing too much stomach acid being produced. I could feel something was wrong, but I didn't know, and I just worried more.
Whenever I tried getting to sleep, I would almost fall asleep but as soon as I did, I felt a falling sensation, my heart felt like it stopped beating and it felt like I couldn't breath. Now I'm fairly certain those are whats called nocturnal panic attacks. All of this worrying that something was wrong with me just caused more and more anxiety. It got to where I hadn't slept or eaten for days.
Then in January, the day before I was supposed to move into my dorm, I just felt like I had to get to the hospital. On the way there, I remember trying to take a deep breath, and it felt like all of a sudden my heart skipped a beat and then went into overdrive. I thought for sure I was having a heart attack and was dying. I could breathe fine physically, but it felt like there was nothing in my lungs. I went numb and tingly all over my body. After that, I became agoraphobic for about a year before forcing myself back into school.
I'm at university now, and I still have my bad days, but I'm on medication and receiving counseling. My panic attacks don't seem to be quite as intense anymore, but they usually last longer now. I had one the other day that lasted two hours while in classes, but I forced myself to stay and finally felt proud of myself instead of feeling guilty for having run away from it so much in the past.
How I feel when I have a panic attack is of course very panicked. Something else I experience often, but not always, is depersonalization, which is a feeling of unreality; like you're outside of your body. I rarely get the numb sensation anymore, but my palms will sweat and my heart will pound. I'm still a little frightened whenever I do anything strenuous and my heart rate picks up; it makes me think I'm about to have a panic attack.
Just remember that its extremely difficult to deal with, but you can overcome it. I wish you all the best.

Answer 5

any sort of depression can be tide over by faith in GOD and sincere prayer.

Your prayer is from your heart. Further You must have to understood the fact that God is present in our heart. This can be realised in meditation. Further we are the creation of our own destiny. As per Hindu sacred religion, we carry all good and bad deeds life after life. There is no end unless we pray for unification of self with the divineliness.
Hence there is always a possible way to complete mergence with God in this life by a simple and wonderful meditation

Answer 6

yes. i get a rapid heart beat, then i start shaking and sometimes sweating, my face turns red, i can't think straight and i often cry.

it is a terrible feeling but i try and do breathing exercises to calm myself down because i'm reluctant to take medicine for it at this point.

Answer 7

yes I do everyday so my doc tor put me on meds, mine gets so bad it feels like I'm having a heart attack,when i feel it coming on i was taught to breath slow and deep. I do want to to you that you should really talk to your doctor about this to,its not a good way to live.I had them so bad I couldn't drive for about 3 months . So please go to your doctor.Good luck

Answer 8

im scared when i feel an attack