I’m a 17 year-old female. Recently, I’ve had two episodes where I suffer most of the symptoms of panic attacks, but the thing is that they have only lasted about 1-3 minutes.
I have:
-Shortness of breath or hyperventilation
-racing heart
-Chest pain or discomfort
-Trembling
-Choking feeling
-Feeling unreal or detached from your surroundings
-Sweating
-Nausea
-Feeling dizzy, lightheaded, or faint
-Numbness or tingling sensations
-Fear of dying, losing control, or going crazy

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Thank you for reading my post in Advance. My Mental illness started with a really bad Panic Attack earlier this year, I just felt really feverish, shaky, sweaty, and losing control out of no where for no apparent reason. I kept running to the bathroom every 4 minutes to either pee , throw up, or shit because my adrenaline was red lining. The feeling lasted all through the night until a week later of non stop anxiety. I couldn’t sleep nor eat for 3 nights. I stayed up all night pacing back and forth and researching what was happening to my mind and body. Even at one point I remember I felt as if I had really bad Amnesia because I couldn’t recognize myself or anyone else around me, I had no idea who the hell of what the hell anything or anybody was. This was a terrifying experience and soon after crippling depression followed. Not sleeping , eating , and feeling like I was losing my mind drove me to the point of wanting to commit suicide, I couldn’t stop thinking of ways to do it… hanging.. shooting myself.. driving off a cliff.. driving onto incoming traffic.. dropping an electrical appliance into the bathtub while bathing.. and on and on it went through my mind. Finally I went to a mental health "professional" and got on medication, the medication helped me eat and sleep but didn’t make me feel normal again, I still didn’t know who I was and what has happened to me, all i could think about was that less than a week ago i was perfectly normal, in college working on my future. After about 4 weeks of medication i decided that I was stable enough to get off of them and have been off for 8 months. My panic attacks are non existent but the depression is still there.. in full force. I have also begun experiencing an arsenal of physical and mental symptoms, chronic fatigue, constant low grade head pressure, cognitive decline, severe long term and short term memory loss (I can’t remember certain events in my life that all my friends can), violent thoughts of hurting loved ones, sometimes I lose touch with reality and feel like nothing is real, feel like everyone dislikes me, and etc. The list goes on and on.. Some weeks when the symptoms aren’t as bad I feel good.. closer to feeling "normal" again but they always return and make me feel like I am trapped in a vicious cycle that I can never get out of. Right now I am down in the dumps again, and suicide is plaguing my mind. I am confident that I won’t do it but I am starting to give up the battle. It would be nice to hear someones experience similar to mine. I don’t know if it just me but in my case my Mental Illness was brought upon by a very strange Panic Attack type experience and to make matters worse it came for no reason at the peak of my life. I am 19 years old and has dropped out of college to work and deal with my mental issues. I would like to hear other people’s experiences and see if they are similar to mine. I want to hear how it happened, how did you treat it / manage it, and where are you today? Please share and thank you for reading my post!

P.S I used to have a very strong Psyche when i was young and was never verbally or physically abused, was very bright growing up and had a loving caring family. I did experiment with drugs when I was younger… Weed for 6 years on and off… meth for 1 year.. and shrooms .. Ecstasy.. coke.. and acid here and there through out the years.

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So very early this morning I woke with a horrible stomach ache, and diarrhea. As the day has gone on the diarrhea has continued, but accompanied with shortness in breath/trouble breathing, a panic feeling, my heart feels like its going to beat out of my chest, hot flashes, nausea, and I have had a dull headache off and on. I have had the shortness in breath and heart pounding feeling before, but never all day. I looked it up on line and found this:
Common physical symptoms of anxiety include:

* Pounding heart
* Sweating
* Stomach upset or dizziness
* Frequent urination or diarrhea
* Shortness of breath

* Tremors and twitches
* Muscle tension
* Headaches
* Fatigue
* Insomnia
Symptoms of an anxiety attack include:

* Surge of overwhelming panic
* Feeling of losing control or going crazy
* Heart palpitations or chest pain
* Feeling like you’re going to pass out
* Trouble breathing or choking sensation

* Hyperventilation
* Hot flashes or chills
* Trembling or shaking
* Nausea or stomach cramps
* Feeling detached or unreal
What can I do to make this stop?
I got the info from http://www.helpguide.org/mental/anxiety_types_symptoms_treatment.htm

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when i have a panic attack this is what happens, always in this specific order:
well first, it always seems to happen when i am driving, i guess i feel like i have the least amount of control due to the people around me, especially when there is a lot of traffic i guess…
1. i get this throbbing, tight feeling above my knees
2. my legs will get a pins and needles sensation, plus foot cramps
3. after that, my hands tingle, then kind of go numb and lock into a fist, and this is all very difficult to deal with be cause i have a stick-shift car and it’s a scary sensation
4. the derealization sets in. (basically when you are detached from your own mind and it feels like you are watching a movie of what is going on around you). it is a very odd feeling, hard to explain… kind of feels like you are going nuts
5. i will feel like i am not getting enough air. i can breathe but i need to keep taking deep full inhales and exhales
6. i can’t tell if my heart is beating fast but it feels like someone is pressing on my chest and throat
7. my facial muscles seem to quiver or twich slightly, which is really freaky
8. the worst part is the slurred speech, the first time i ever experienced this i thought i was having a stroke
the best thing i can do is pull over and chug water until i calm down, which sometimes takes a while
note: i am only 22 years old, i take 10mgs of adderall twice a day for my adhd, this panic attack all seems to happen after a night of hardly any sleep, it’s really only when i’m alone, and it always is when i’m driving my car. i think it is brought about by feeling like i am losing control of the situation and feeling uncomfortable with my surroundings, but i couldn’t pin-point it exactly
does anyone ever have things like this happen? what should i do?? it’s been so intense a few times i almost drove to the ER

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So I have bronchitis and I was planning on going to the doctor.
and ive been on break from school for the past 2 weeks. and since then ive had nothing to do except sit at home and lay here and think all these negative thoughts

I used to be active (i was on the swim team for the entire season )
and now i havent swam in over a month

I had my first panic attack when nobody was home, and i was FREAKING OUT AND LOSING CONTROL.
and i keep reading and reading and reading, and im seeing a therapist soon
bottom line, i think all this has given me depression and GAD panic attack stuff.
im panicky all day long until i go to sleep (and its hard for me to fall asleep because im basically worrying myself sick)

can these worries lead to something more?
because I have wierd feelings in my left arm that are EXTREMELY exaggerated when im nervous.
my left arm also feels heavy (if i think about it)
now bear with me, i know this sounds crazy
because i believe im going crazy when this happens.
i try to stand and feel all jello-like in my legs and i have to sit down.

sometimes im scared to go in the shower because i had an attack in the shower.
(every place i have anxious feelings about i want to avoid)
this is the most scary thing

i have school on january 5, and when i went to the doctors office i wanted everyone to leave,or me to leave, or just to escape the room. then i went and saw the doctor ad i was very nervous……….>.< AHHH! i just want to SCREAM.
(which i have done ;D )

but…my sister is in a treatment facility and she has been for the past year or so, and all the stress form that has been eating away at me. (maybe thats a big thing)

but are these physical symptoms something more?
because they seem to go away when I dont think about it….i think…..GAHH I DONT KNOW

for the past month i keep imagining myself in an asylum screaming and crying that nobody can help me.
and mom and dad are like "why….why did this have to happen….etc." and my SISTER is already away for massive problems with mentality, and i dont want to be insane.

AM I INSANE?!

(sorry this is so long…..and bless you if you read it all xD)
but i feel crazy rambling, but im trying to explain just how scary this is.

SO! when i went to the store yesterday, i felt trapped and scared
and if im like, going to school, how the HELL am i supposed to feel being away from home, etc.
but i AM going to go.
I HAVE TO.

therapy can help?

please.
any body out there as scared and confused as I am?
i mean…I want my life back
im only 15…..

>.> my heart goes out to anyone who feels this way
and will these feelings pass?
by the way, my sister and i are adopted from different families in Russia, and we dont know anything about our heredity.
were in america now.

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what are some ways to help control panic attacks?
i sometimes get like really panicky at school for no reason at all and there have been times when my panic attacks kept me from doing things when i’m supposed to do them.
please help me!!
this is what happens to me:
-first my stomach hurts soo bad like a cramp.
-then my face gets sweaty and i get hot but my skin is cold and i feel cold on the outside and hot on the inside (does that make sense?)
-my stomach feels like i’m really really gassy or something but i’m not and then i freak out that i’m gonna fart or something but i never do, it just makes me even more nervous..
-then i start losing control of what i freak out about like i’m freaking out that everyone can notice that i’m freaking out.
-i feel like i’m going crazy and i get freaked out about that..
-i start shaking
it really has a hold of me and i need help controlling it..

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Every now and then I get a really sharp pain in my chest, like where my heart is, the pain seems to last quite awhile. It makes be basically stop doing everything and just clench at my chest.
It feels like a knife is stabbing into it, and my heart is racing when I feel the pain. It just randomly happens, like walking in supermarket. The pain seems to happen more if I’m angry and upset, like arguing with my grandfather.
Can someone please help me. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.

Symptoms of an anxiety attack include:
-Surge of overwhelming panic
-Feeling of losing control or going crazy – I get that.
-Heart palpitations or chest pain – I get that.
-Feeling like you’re going to pass out – I get that.
-Trouble breathing or choking sensation
-Hyperventilation – I get that.
-Hot flashes or chills
-Trembling or shaking – I get that.
-Nausea or stomach cramps -I get that.
-Feeling detached or unreal – I get that.

Tags: chest pain, chills, heart palpitations, hot flashes, losing control, nausea, sensation, stomach cramps, supermarket, symptoms of an anxiety attack

i’m a patient of anxiety neurosis,panic attack/panic disorder as told by my doctor since Aug’02 till now,i have all the typical symptoms of anxiety neurosis,panic attack like sudden lack of breathe,hormone secretion chill feeling,palpitation,losing rythm of breathe,vertigo,lightness of head,cheast tight feeling,musculer,nervous tension,weekness or lowered sense of limbs,seems to be fainting or going to be senseless,losing control of myself,acute panic of death,or being senseless that time etc.
All those problems come in cyclic order,decreases intensity in first minute then again intense in next minute ans so on..untill i take Alprazolam 0.5mg two to three and wait for its action.
I have been taking Alprazolam 0.5mg (1+1+2) since Aug’02 till now,with doctors prescription,he told if you feel good taking it carry on without counting days of how long..and he also said you can’t withdraw Alprazolam ,never..so don’t try it..
Now what’s ur suggestion about this?
Doctor or medic pers only

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Like 24 hours

Now as a teen I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety disorder.

Well I’ve been real nervous and jumpy lately, my stomach has been quezy, and I’ve been dizzy. I’ve been on edge a lot in the last 2 days. And I think I’ve had several small anxiety attacks.

I was fine for a few years but suddenly I’ve been panicky a lot more lately (I’m in my mid 20s now and haven’t been on medication for it in years)

I don’t want to go back to a psychiatrist or therapist and get put back on medicine. I don’t like putting that in my system.

What else can I do is or is finally to the point where I need to see a doc?

My symptoms include: (On and off ofcourse then I go from this to Anxiety attack feeling, to calm for a bit and then it starts all over again. It started last night)

Feelings of apprehension or dread
Trouble concentrating
Feeling tense and jumpy
Irritability
Restlessness
Pounding heart
Sweating
Stomach upset or dizziness
Muscle tension
Headaches
Fatigue

Basically it goes from just being anxious to a full blown anxiety attack, to me being calm (for a short time) and back to being anxious

All of the above are anxiety symptoms….I know this I delt with it before.

And i keep going from being nervous and jumpy to some of the basic Anxiety attack symptoms (not all of these but I have experienced most of them)

Surge of overwhelming panic
Feeling like you’re going to pass out
Hot flashes or chills
Trembling or shaking
Nausea or stomach cramps
Feeling of losing control
Feeling like my heart skips a beat.

How can I get this under control for no I just need to relax.. I’m not even sure what triggered it this time. (Normally I know)

(I also have IBS irratable bowel syndrome and that and anxiety go hand in hand so that make it worse because I’m dealing with both issues at the same time, the more anxious I get the worse the IBS gets)
I don’t see a doctor for anxiety anymore because I got it under control years ago but the last few months its started up again.

And I really don’t want to take any medicines for it

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I always thought my constant worrying about everything, my fear of catching a major disease, something horrible happening, etc. were all just part of my personality.

Then about a month ago I started not getting much sleep, not eating breakfast or lunch and it pushed me over the edge.

I had heart palpiations, headaches, dizzyness, feeling I was losing control of my mind (like I would wake up as a different person the next day), feeling I was going crazy, intense fear, and when I looked at things they just looked weird. Like I was playing my guitar in my rrom trying to chill myself and I just looked at my hand and I was like "that looks so weird…. wow is that what reality looks like." Very weird feeling. I felt I wanted to run out of my body and fly up into the air. I felt I was going to have a mental breakdown and lose control of my thoughts and actions; basically lose myself.

So I went to the ER cz I thought I was having a heart attack. The doc told me it was anxiety after checking me up.

I’ve reduced my stress sense then, but my depression has gotten MUCH worse and I’m just recovering from a severe episode right now.

Yet I still have the physical symypoms of anxiety… headaches, muscle tension, and this weird feeling in my neck and head like I can’t sustain my head or something weird like that. I feel lightheaded and fatigued, disoriented, and just generally very sore.

I noticed EVERYTHING, all my symptoms went away during spring break, but then came back the moment school started.

I’m just afraid of my life there is something seriously wrong with me. Everytime I read about a new disease I think I have it…

Two doctors and my parents and everyone are telling me there’s nothing wrong with me yet I fear I have things like lime disease, brain tumor, or some other life-threatening illness etc. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about…. And incredibly sad.
I’m going to my second psychotherapy session tomorrow.
I’m 17 by the way.

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i get really nerveous at night and like i am losing control

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