anxiety attaks...=[?

Question

ok im 13 and i have athma and i have bad anxiety attaks
my doc said its not from my athma.....but i have shortness of breath sometimes is it ok if you have them like is thhhere something wrong with my brain or is it just playin tricks on me....im going to go to a diff doc for it and prob get med for it.... what does it do if u take the med and..last night i had a bad anxiety and my heart rate was high kinda and i was shaking and freaking out i all most wen to the hospital....am i ok or just a nut=[

what can i do from getting anxiety att and stuff....
and is there anything wrong with my bran from it
and if i get med wat would it do to me...

Answer 1

There is nothing wrong with your brain, i have anxiety attacks as well. Sometimes i have gone to the hospital, but all there are going to to is give you something to calm you down. With your Asthma it could pose some problems but that would be for a dr to figure out. My best advice is when you feel one coming on, close your eyes and concentrate on something calming, and try and take deep breathes. I know it is tough but it will help. Also sometimes breathing into a paper bag can help calm you as well.
There are medications you can take for anxiety attacks, but that is up to you and your doctor. Good luck.

Answer 2

Its helpful to learn a little about panic attacks. When a person is scared or panicky, the body releases adrenalin. Adrenalin is an extremely powerful chemical that raises your respiration and heart rates, it increases blood pressure, causes your eyes to dilate, makes you feel nervous and shaky, speeds up your ability to react to things, and usually causes an upset stomach. People sometimes hyperventilate and feel like they are going to pass out. None of this stuff is actually a health risk - its just how our bodies work.

There is nothing you can do to stop the effects of adrenalin once it is released - it takes a few minutes for its effects to diminish after your body stop releasing it, and it might take an hour before all of the effects completely disappear. Most panic attacks actually occur because people have a normal fear of something that triggers the release of adrenalin, and its actually the adrenalin effects they become afraid of. So, the next time they get in a similar situation, their body releases even more adrenalin because of anxiety about having a panic attack, which creates even more anxiety and more adrenalin.

You can stop this cycle by knowing that you will experience effects of adrenalin whenever you have anxiety, and that even though the effects are uncomfortable, they are not a health risk, and they will go away once the anxiety decreases. If you expect the adrenalin effects, it doesn't cause additional anxiety - you can learn to say to yourself that i am feeling anxiety, so for the next 10-15 minutes, i am going sit here an wait until the adrenalin effects go a way and just let it happen because it is a natural reaction to fear which i can't control. This link has some good tips on how to do this:

Answer 3

Something to remember - your body cannot physically be relaxed and anxious at the same time. Learn some deep breathing techniques. It will help a lot. Understand when you are going through an anxiety attack that it will pass. It is interesting to note that anxiety occurs most often in very smart people. They tend to overthink things and end up scaring themselves. Millions of people get anxious. If necessary, there is medication available. Be sure to talk with your parents about it and maybe seeing a doctor about it if it gets to be a problem.