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davidwiatrek 
I had a small panic attack almost an hour ago that has caused me to retreat to my comfort zone...home. My symptoms were weird feelings in the abdominal/chest region. Then, and right now, I feel like I have a lot of pressure built up in my abdominal/chest region. This, in turn, is causing me to think that I might have something wrong with my heart. I have been struggling with believing I will have a heart attack for a long time. Even after my last physical (July 2007), my cholesterol was a little high, but nothing to make my doctor put me on meds.
I believe I knew this was coming, though. This morning when I woke up I did not feel like going to work. At that moment I set fire to the anticipatory anxiety after burners. After a while at work I was feeling great BUT kept thinking about the pressure in my abdominal/chest region. I guess anxiety called my bluff of being in control and I ended up losing this bout.
What sad about this is yesterday at work I attended a meeting, had a minor anxiety attack, worked my way through it, and remained in the meeting until it was over. What progress!!! Breathing exercises work. Today, I gave up too quickly. A minor set-back. But, I guess with a little progress there's bound to be a set-back every now and then. I mean, if life were perfect then we wouldn't have anything to worry about.
I've only started working towards a rserious recovery program for a few weeks. Even though I have been fighting anxiety for many years, I have actually committed myself to winning the battle. I hate these feelings and how this has affected my life.
