yup!

Panic attack.... hard to breathe increased heart rate, feels like the chest is in a vise....


did you just change meds possibly?

id go get it checked out u can never be to sure u know

That sounds like a good old fashioned panic attack....as it progresses and you start feeling like you are about to die...(.sometimes to the extent you do go to ER)...that's a full blown anxiety attack.
There are plenty of meds to have Rx for this.Xanax,Klonazapam(sp)Lorazapam...and in a pinch...take a Benydrill.

Welcome to the riddled world of worry,stress and anxiety,that make up a bipolars life!
:(

totally a panic attack they blow... do you have any anti aneixty meds? If not try to breath in and out very deeply and close your eyes for a while. It helps me a bit.

I always wondered what those were. Glad to finally put a name to the feeling.
And yes they really do suck.
Ron

I kinda agree with the replies but witha tad differance...

My first thought was an anxiety attack. They are a little differnt then panic attacks as they dont seem t have a lot of mental affects on me. When I have a panic attack I tend to go into fight or flight mode, when I have a anxiety attack I suffer the physical symptoms sometimes I know the emotional trigger but I dont reel the need to run/hide/ect. there is a differance between the two.

If this is your first time having these things I would talk to your pdoc/pcp both and discuss them to make sure its not med induced or a pysical problem.

Are you on Lithium by any chance it did that to me and I had stop taking it.

Fuck- I hope this won't be a regular occurence. Actually it was sparked off by me having a beer to relax at the end of a hard day trying to stay sane...

YES!!!! Lately every day, esp. if I'm lying down. I talk myself down because I know it's stress related.

Hi, MrGrub!!!
I'll preface this by saying that I suppose you should see a regular doc, just to rule any physical cause, but to me it sounds like high anxiety!!! And I've had it forever, or so it seems.
I think if it was a full blown panic attack, you'd think that you were definitely in the throes of a real heart attack and would freak out, sure that you were dying!!
Sounds like you hyperventilate. Try slowing your breathing, and/or breathe into a paper bag and see if that helps alleviate the symptoms!!
Good luck!!!

MrGrub, I sometimes get really bad panic attacks when drinking alcohol, not sure why, but sometimes a brink helps, other times it can exasperate the panic!