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Panic Attacks versus Anxiety Attacks

salvatop
salvatop
This one has me confused, is there a difference between a panic attack and an anxiety attack??
gramybear
gramybear
I believe there is. When I have a panic attack, I can't sit still, I feel that I have to run away from wherever I am and on and on. When I have an anxiety attack,, I have trouble breathing and I have strange affects, often times feeling like it's a heart attack which it isn't. We all react differently so I hope you get others who post who can help you. Hugs
enigmaticloner
enigmaticloner
Maybe this can help a little bit.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AnxietyOverview/story?id=4659738
Community LeaderMid
Mid
I had three panic attacks in one week, in back garden. Just all of sudden, the feeling of "doom" shakiness, heart racing, over sweating and feeling dizzy.

I had anxiety attack trying to describe my panic attack symptoms. This was the stress .. brain on overload, matching symptoms with experience, and was over within seconds once I breathe in rhythm and moved my feet and hands.

The panic attacks can scare you.

Hope this helps. Feel better!
bridgie101
bridgie101
What I call a panic attack is when I need to go to the toilet, my entire body is flooded with feelings and chemicals, the hairs raise on my arms and I just about swoon with stress. In those situations I can barely hear, if at all, my heart pounds, I sweat and go clammy and then cold, it's all pretty awful. I get them if, in my anxiety disorder, I feel under immediate threat somehow. They don't usually last too long but I've had them last for hours before, and my whole body would go into some kind of shock.

An anxiety attack is just where I feel anxious, want to throw up, can't eat or else eat like mad, heart thumps too much, and I can hear a noise running through my body. A long slow low to medium grade panic that is inexorable and grinding and sucking away at my soul and hope in the background for days.
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