what is a panic attack like? what can i do to prevent it?
So i’ve been really stressed lately and having a lot of trouble breathing, i feel like my throat is closing up. help!
My symptoms include numbness and tingling in my fingers and cheekbones, my stomach feels bloated, my heart beats heavily, it is hard to breathe and I have an impending feeling of doom like I am going to die. I know they are just panic attacks but I can’t shake the feeling of death.
If you know what causes them you can get them under control with therapy.
I do not know what causes mine so I have to take Xanax to keep them under control.
A few tricks I used to use before I was diagnosed was to take a Pepcid AC, breathing cold air from the freezer, listening to my favorite music and snapping a rubber band against my wrist or having a beer.
I’ve been dealing with panic attacks since 1995.
Comments
Comment from Alex
Time January 17, 2010 at 11:07 am
Panic attacks are sudden feelings of terror that strike without warning. These episodes can occur at any time, even during sleep. A person experiencing a panic attack may believe that he or she is having a heart attack or that death is imminent. The fear and terror that a person experiences during a panic attack are not in proportion to the true situation and may be unrelated to what is happening around them. Most people with panic attacks experience several of the following symptoms:
•"Racing" heart
•Feeling weak, faint, or dizzy
•Tingling or numbness in the hands and fingers
•Sense of terror, of impending doom or death
•Feeling sweaty or having chills
•Chest pains
•Breathing difficulties
•Feeling a loss of control
When someone is very caught up in anxious thoughts
they are top heavy so to speak. The constant mental
activity they are engaged in has caused an imbalance
where all of their focus is on their mental anxieties.
A powerful way to move out of this anxious
mental fog is to switch your focus from your head
to your heart.
By simply making a deliberate shift of attention to your heart
you will find the anxious thoughts dissipate more easily
and the mental fog starts to gradually clear.
What makes your heart happy?
What makes you feel good?
What good things do you currently have in your life?
By getting control of what makes your heart happy and taking
attention away from your general mind, you are on your way to
calming your forth coming panic or anxiety attack.
References :
http://www.stoppingpanicattack.com
Comment from MIKE HAWK
Time January 17, 2010 at 10:54 am
My symptoms include numbness and tingling in my fingers and cheekbones, my stomach feels bloated, my heart beats heavily, it is hard to breathe and I have an impending feeling of doom like I am going to die. I know they are just panic attacks but I can’t shake the feeling of death.
If you know what causes them you can get them under control with therapy.
I do not know what causes mine so I have to take Xanax to keep them under control.
A few tricks I used to use before I was diagnosed was to take a Pepcid AC, breathing cold air from the freezer, listening to my favorite music and snapping a rubber band against my wrist or having a beer.
I’ve been dealing with panic attacks since 1995.
References :