my panic attacks are back

[enrapture]

Well I hadn't had a full proper panic attack for a while until this last few weeks. Now I'm having them several times a week and they come out of nowhere.

Back to being scared as soon as I get that "feeling". For me it's like my body is going to pass out as I feel like I'm a bit disorientated. My skin starts to feel prickly, sweaty and clammy. I then panic because I fear passing out or dying. Heart races. Then I spend forever doing deep breathing in to my hands until the shakiness and scary side effects stop.

I've just had it happen now in bed. It made me just want to sit up and start my breathing. All I keep thinking is I should go to hospital, but the other side of my brain is telling me to stop overreacting.

Panic attacks are crap. They have ruined my quality of life. I've come on here to know there's other people out there going through this.

[fisher]

Hiya i can fully understand,i had them all the time and anxiety yrs ago but i was always scared of my heart goin fast and i could feel it beating all the time which made it worse,i constantly thought of my heart,i joined no panic online and they had a helpline which i phoned and done a telephone recovery programe,well i havnt had anxiety for a good few yrs,well i can still get slightly anxious about stuff but nothing bad and i was unwell with a chest inf last week and still got it and started with the health anxiety and thinking i had pneumonia,only tonight i went to sleep fine but woke up after a few hrs and my heart was going fast as if i had a panic attack when i woke up,dont know if anybody else ever gets that?but anyway how do u cope with your attacks?x

[fisher]

How are u now??

[BlessedMom]

Your post almost made me cry.....I can SO relate...how are you now are you ok?

[rhar]

I get same feelings. I'd gone about 3 days with minimal anxiety then last night went out for dinner with my husband and starting to feel "it" creeping in. Feeling dizzy and disorientated, blurry vision, sweaty hands and feet and just a sense of dread as tho I was going to pass out.
Sitting there thinking "I don't think my legs will work when it's time to get up and leave"

It drives me mad. Then I find that dizziness and weird vision lasts for a day or more after.

It sucks!!

[fisher]

Oh isnt it horrible,do you get the heart palps aswell?how do u cope with it?

[PanicPhobia]

My anxiety can be (somewhat) controlled with meds. However, if I just sit around idly, I start obsessing over my health and then end up having an attack. The only thing that keeps me from having anxiety 24/7 is to do something that requires me to think or use my hands, etc. I cannot relax at night and just sit quietly with my own thoughts. Just cannot do it. It takes me a couple of hours usually to finally go to sleep.

I agree, it makes the quality of like quite poor.

[fisher]

hiya,oh my anxiety is back,i find it takes me ages of a night to sleep and when i wake up i feel anxious or sometimes when am coming out of a dream my heart starts racing which then gives me anxiety,i hate my heart going fast.