Panic Attacks Support Group
A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...
Does anyone experience this? Fear of choking or throat closing with panic attacks? I can be feeling fine one minute and the next it feels like something is stuck in my throat that I can't get out. I then feel like I can't swallow and panic. Even when I eat food, sometimes hours after I eat I feel like it comes back up and I'm choking on it. I can talk just fine but I get shaky and dizzy and sometimes my chest hurts too. I started Prozac last aeek. My panic attacks happen again after oral surgery for my wisdom teeth. I had a bad reaction to anesthesia and my heart raced uncontrollably. I work in a hospital and lately I get really anxious when I'm at work. I only feel safe at home. But the panic attacks happen at home too. I don't want this to affect mg job. :(
get a doctor to examine your throat, but feeling a lump in throat when none is there is very common for nervous people
seldom mentioned as caused by panic attacks though, can be caused by an allergy
it helps to chew food well then if distracted, swallowing is automatic
beta blocker pills as needed calm the heart