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...
hi everyone,
i went to my doctor last week about my anxiety and p.a's, and he told me something really interesting, which no one else had told me before about why panic attacks get worse, i don't know if you're all the same, but my first sign of a panic attack is breathing! "can't get enough air, I'M GOING TO DIE!!!!" Well, the doc told me that when you do this, you're overbreathing, similar to hyperventilating, and when you do this, you're breathing out too much carbon dioxide, and this lowers the calcium in your blood, and that causes, dizziness, feeling faint, headaches and so on.... i've found a website for you to look at if this interests you. www.panicdisorder.about.com/od/symptoms/a/pdbreathless.htm
I don't know if it will help anyone but just thought i'd share it with you, oh and a good technique to stop this is either breathing into a paper bag, because you're breathing back in the carbon dioxide, or take a breath, and blow out a tiny quick breath then hold for a count of five 1 2 3 4 5, then breathe out the rest of the way and repeat. try it, i've tried it and is has actually worked. i hope someone has some success with it, let me know what you think.
i went to my doctor last week about my anxiety and p.a's, and he told me something really interesting, which no one else had told me before about why panic attacks get worse, i don't know if you're all the same, but my first sign of a panic attack is breathing! "can't get enough air, I'M GOING TO DIE!!!!" Well, the doc told me that when you do this, you're overbreathing, similar to hyperventilating, and when you do this, you're breathing out too much carbon dioxide, and this lowers the calcium in your blood, and that causes, dizziness, feeling faint, headaches and so on.... i've found a website for you to look at if this interests you. www.panicdisorder.about.com/od/symptoms/a/pdbreathless.htm
I don't know if it will help anyone but just thought i'd share it with you, oh and a good technique to stop this is either breathing into a paper bag, because you're breathing back in the carbon dioxide, or take a breath, and blow out a tiny quick breath then hold for a count of five 1 2 3 4 5, then breathe out the rest of the way and repeat. try it, i've tried it and is has actually worked. i hope someone has some success with it, let me know what you think.
I am trying to redo my breathing as well and it helps when I breath through my hands like on a cold day. I have been dealing with this for a long time and I can't believe how much I am still learning.