I have been getting randomly sick like cold sweats, dizziness, feeling of fainting, could feel my heart beating in my ears, diarhea in the midst of all this and I thought that maybe I was dehydrated but then I have been looking into anxiety disorders and panic attacks and was jsut wondering about this. i would get these "attacks" randomly, in mcdonalds ordering food, first day of school, and then just randomly throughout work (which has forced me unreliable because i get so sick i have to go home) I then realized when i was going to cater for my boyfriends moms friends wedding as a server and got this panic attack because i would have to serve all these people among the other million things going through my mind adn started developing all these symptoms, i then had to leave and go lay down at a friends near house. Once I got out into the fresh air I felt better and I thought that this could be the problem. I get these attacks, cant sleep and my mind has about a million questions/worries going through it every second. This has happened at every job Ive had and am not sure what to do about this. So now I currently do not have a job becasue of the economy but its kindof a relief because I dont have to worry about getting sick and fainting in the middle of everyone, but I need to work…I am not sure what to do because I do not have insurance or a job and I am sure that I would have to go through a bunch of expensive treatments to even get diagnosed. Does this sound like I am have panic attacks or could I be wrong and what can I do about this without spending a ton of money I dont have?????????
Thank you for your responses!!!!!

Call the Mental Health Association and find a mental health clinic near you.

They charge you on a sliding fee scale, very affordable.

They can treat you for anxiety/panic and also offer therapy.

Sometimes poor parental nurturing can lead to ay of these things. It can be hereditary

Anxiety often goes hand and hand with other disorders.

I need this information not only for myself, but I want to help others as well.

I began having sporadic panic attacks about 10 years ago. After about 3 years of wondering what was going on (since I was getting worse) I started to do research and assumed a self diagnosis, which was later confirmed by various doctors. My worse period (daily 24/7, was between the time I was diagnosed up to abot 3 years ago. I have been doing meditaion practice for about 8 years and Tai Chi and Yoga for about 3 years. I have had some major progress, but the sensations still come and go. I don’t really get depressed, but I certainly don’t live my life as fully as most people. I am an agoraphobic and I have been taking alprazolam for situation relief or when I feel like I’m going to lose it during a relapse. Want to write more, but out of space. Thanks

Hi. I was practically crippled as a result of my panic attacks, anxiety and agoraphobia back before it was a common diagnosis. I went through the medical community for years and was told that it was ‘all in my head.’ I had everything from depression to arrythmias develop as a result of not being able to understand what was physically going on with my body and lost years of my life staring out the window, waiting to improve.
But then it happened…I found a book, ‘Hope and Help for your Nerves’ by Doctor Claire Weekes and it changed my life in a period of weeks. That book did what many, many doctors couldn’t even begin to do: Gave me my life back.
10 years later, I’m as normal and happy as the next guy and consider my life very fulfilling. From a guy who could barely leave my house for class, I eventually went on to travel the world, being on a plane for 12 hours at a time…something I wouldn’t even dream of doing all those years ago.
I’m not trying to sell the book. It’s very cheap if you get it used and it should be easy to find. I’m just saying that I KNOW it was the only thing that gave me hope and the one thing that allowed me to make improvements to eventually acheive a ‘normal’ life.
I also practiced meditation and deep breathing exercises with varying degrees of success and I think it’s a positve thing to focus on.
But the main thing with panic attacks and generalized anxiety is that one trigger can cause an entire ‘storm’ in your mind. If you can remove the triggers, you can break the adrenaline cycle that follows that causes the faster heartbeat and other reactions/symptoms of a classic panic attack.
Check it out. I’ve heard many people say, ‘I can’t sit in front of a book for 2 minutes with my anxiety,’ but if you read the intro, you’ll recognize yourself and you’ll have a tough time putting it down.
Again, of everything I tried (and there were endless attempts) nothing helped me like this book. These days, people would rather take a drug than read a book (!) but those have shortcomings and pitfalls of their own. Nothing beats a good understanding of the nervous system and adrenaline system when you’re trying to overcome anxiety and panic. When you understand what happens in your body to produce symptoms, you can eventually eliminate the symptoms altogether. Honestly. It was a long road for me so I always sympathize with those who are on it. And I know what works for one may not work for all. But it’s worth a shot, and that’s coming from someone who was ready to give up completely many times over the years of my suffering.

i was sitting here surfing the net then i felt funny in my head, i stood up and walked from one end of my hose to the other and i was unstable, but badly but basically a little dizzy, then my heart started racing FAST….i guess i had a little bit of a panic attack in there, but with controled breathing i made short work of this…

so my question is, is dizzyness like that common with theGeneral Anxiety Disorder /Panic Attack?

p.s. if you have suffered panic attacks, its like you can have different symptoms every time it happens…it sucks…thanks.

p.s. the dizzyness lasted around 2 minutes and was mild….DEFINITLY not the worst i have had…

Yes I to have anxiety attacks. One of the very first symptoms I ever had was dizzyness. And my head felt "weird". (I don’t know any other way to describe it, just weird).
It may be different from person to person. When I get the dizzyness, it is only for a second or mabe a few seconds. Sometimes my heart feels like it is racing. That one I think is a pretty common symptom. Deep breathing and self talks help me. I have found that the more I exercise, the better I do.
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Other symptoms I have are (and you may have too) are numbing of the fingers, hands, and arms. (not all at once)
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As for your question, I think symptoms can vary everytime it happens. Just my opinion.

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