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BlueYonderDreams
BlueYonderDreams
What are they like? I looked up some of my anxiety symptoms and they are consistent with panic attacks, but I do not get the most troubling symptoms (chest pain/feeling of a heart attack).
LuvMyTitans
LuvMyTitans
Hey Blue.
I know that people have varying symptoms when they have panic attacks. I was diagnosed with Panic Disorder about 5 1/2 years ago.

My panic attacks vary. For me, it will start with just a feeling of ' uneasiness'. Then my heart will start beating fast. If it's a FULL BLOWN panic attack, pretty quickly things will escalate to where I get lightheaded and numbness in my hands/feet and a feeling of being completely out of control and feeling very frightened. It's more a fear for me that I may pass out ( thought I was going to many times). Sometimes the panic attack may last around 10-15 minutes. At other times, I can honestly say they have lasted for an hour or more. When that happens, I feel completely drained ( sometimes feel sick the next day ). I always feel very uneasy after having a panic attack for hours. I do have xanax to take, so now I can usually prevent an actual panic attack if I feel one coming on if I don't wait too long to take the xanax.

I think for me the MAIN symptom physically is the rapid heartbeat .
Mentally, the main symptom is feeling very uneasy and out of control.

Wishing you all the best . Big hugs!

LMT
BlueYonderDreams
BlueYonderDreams
Thank you for responding, LMT. I get the rapid heartbeat myself. I get periods (especially when I wake up) where my heart is racing, my palms and feet are sweaty, I feel a tightness in my throat which leads me to cough/gag, I dry heave and sometimes vomit and sometimes I feel lightheaded. Mentally I just feel horrible like I am going to crawl out of my skin.
deleted_user
deleted_user
If you put some of the xanax under your tongue, it will get into your system really fast.
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