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...

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Illness/phobia-triggered panic attacks

Crazypants
Crazypants

So I have an extreme phobia of vomiting, and I'm always on edge this time of year. In the last week I've had three panic attacks, but I didn't know they were panic attacks at the time. All three times, they were triggered by feelings of very mild nausea, but I wasn't actually sick. The nausea would get worse, I would get hot flashes and chills, my ears and face would get hot, my whole body would shake, and I would dizzy/vertigo/strange pins-and-needles sensations along my scalp. All three times I ended up running to the bathroom because I actually thought I was going to get sick. It was only when I was able to convince myself that it was just my anxiety that I could finally calm down, but the symptoms have been so strong and so similar to having a stomach illness/fever that it has taken hours -yes, literally hours- for me to actually calm down and get my shit together. Has anyone else ever experienced this? Any advice? 

cielknightroad
cielknightroad
I have experienced also that kind of situation. In my case I was fearful of having high blood pressure because i witnessed some of colleagues here have it and they are still young the other had a mini stroke and other is taking a maintenance drug so it really freaks me out. I am a nurse and I am quite accessible with the blood pressure machine. It takes a lot of understanding and awareness in order for you to understand your fears. What I did is that in my case because I always knew that I was healthy, I keep that thought in my mind. Staying away with triggers also helped a lot. I stopped monitoring my blood pressure because it makes me very anxious. Also I was taking over the counter antihistamines to make me feel a lil calm and aspirin also.

What really help me a lot big time also is by using audio subliminal hypnosis. You can find those a lot on youtube or google it if your interested. Right now im taking it all in step by step and I realized I have digestion issues. Im still working with this discovery and finding ways to heal this.

Everything ive done is just pure self-healing. Just knowing your body is very amazing. Ask your body what it needs. Maybe its telling you something. ;)