oniowa1982
10-29-2011, 08:13 PM
Hello everyone...first off let me thank you for taking the time to read my post. Makes me feel like I'm not alone out here. So this afternoon I think I experienced my first ever panic attack, but thought I would run this by everyone.
As lame as it sounds, my panic attack happened right after my favorite college team lost today. I was just too worked up at home. I got up off the couch after the game and all the sudden I was short of breath, hard to breathe and had a hard time swallowing (just something I noticed). My wife wasn't sure what to do so I walked outside for fresh air and started taking deep breaths. I have had an issue here and there with anxiety and have an Ativan perscription to take as needed, but have never needed to until today. So I take .5mg of Ativan right after I came back into the house. It's been about 4 hours since it happend and right now I just still feel like I'm short of breath or having to take deep breaths.
So basically I'm just looking for reassurance or something.
Symptoms I had at onest of panic attack:
shortness of breath
difficulty breathing
difficulty swallowing
worrisome
Just curious if I'm on the right track with if it was a panic attack or not.
Thank you!
As lame as it sounds, my panic attack happened right after my favorite college team lost today. I was just too worked up at home. I got up off the couch after the game and all the sudden I was short of breath, hard to breathe and had a hard time swallowing (just something I noticed). My wife wasn't sure what to do so I walked outside for fresh air and started taking deep breaths. I have had an issue here and there with anxiety and have an Ativan perscription to take as needed, but have never needed to until today. So I take .5mg of Ativan right after I came back into the house. It's been about 4 hours since it happend and right now I just still feel like I'm short of breath or having to take deep breaths.
So basically I'm just looking for reassurance or something.
Symptoms I had at onest of panic attack:
shortness of breath
difficulty breathing
difficulty swallowing
worrisome
Just curious if I'm on the right track with if it was a panic attack or not.
Thank you!