Have you ever had an anxiety attack??

Hi royal, Yes I've had anxiety attacks before and they are scary! Once I learned that they are pretty much harmless, then they began to gradually go away. I have to say that my faith in the Lord has helped me tremendously. I know that He is in control and when I remind myself of that, I always feel better. Hope you feel better soon! God bless.

Oh wow!! I've never had them that badly. I do have panic/anxiety attacks. Every time it storms bad and especially if I am home alone or we're out somewhere in it where there is no basement. I told one of my doctors about it once and she have me some medicine to take to help calm me down but I couldn't take it when I went to work because it would put me to sleep. Unless I cut it in half but even then sometimes it would. My fear of storms is so bad that I would call in work if there was the threat of it. I panic about other things too but it's just minor ones I can usually pull myself right out of.

I think what I experience is what you would call small ones, always at night when I am trying to sleep, I for some reason think I am going to die, sometimes i think I have taken too many of my blood pressure pills, sometimes I think I haven't taken them, and it takes me awhile to snap out of it. Bit of a worry at time.

Whenever I get REALLY upset, I get short of breath and experience pains in my chest. Not heart attack type pains, but pain non the less. Sorry you have been having so much stress to bring on the attacks. The doctors said I had a major anxiety/panic attack once. I had horrible back pain and felt sick to my stomach. I went to the bathroom to throw up and never came back out. My hubby found me there over 3 hours later. I could see/hear but could not move nor speak. When the ambulance arrived, my heart rate was 18 beats per minute. When all was said and done, I had gall stones and the pain had caused my body to go into a panic attack and shut down non necessary functions. It's always best to get checked out !!

Well, I sympathize with you. It must be terrible--what you are feeling! I don't really know much about these things, but I remember I used to feel very scared for no reasons when I was younger. Even now I sometimes do, but it is not that bad now. I never took any outside help for it. I tried meditation techniques which soothed me a lot. I hope you will find some relief soon. Take care...

One day I was standing at the kitchen sink washing dishes when my phone rang at the other end of the apartment. I was expecting a call from my sister and needed to talk to her, so I turned to run, slamming my toe, with great force, into the big Gothic mirror leaning against the fridge, waiting to be hung. If that wasn't bad enough, I had a little silver salamander toe ring on that got squashed on my toe (It was supposed to bring good luck! HA!). My toe instantly started swelling up over the ring and turning all shades of the color purple. I missed the phone, which worked out fine, because my attention was otherwise occupied for the next little while; I couldn't get the ring off and the toe was steadily increasing in size. I started to panic, which escalated as fast as my toe was swelling. The next thing I new, my heart was racing till I thought it was going to leave my body totally behind, my head began spinning so fast I couldn't even sit up. I dropped to the floor and crawled on my belly to the the front door, barely able to lift my arm without fainting, I managed to get the door open a few inches (my body was in the way of it opening any further), and collapsed with my head as far out into the fresh air as I could get it, taking in long, slow deep breaths. It felt like my life depended on it. I focused soley on the air as it entered and exited my nose... clearing my head, calming and soothing. It passed in about 15 minutes I guess. And fortunately my son had kept his head, which also helped me to not lose mine.

I guess you could call it that. About 2 years ago. I had just broken up with my long term bf, slept with another guy who I found out was the town man wh(re and saw the autopsy of a little girl. Everything just hit me at once and after the autopsy I just freaked out. I was shaking and my stomach my churning. I can't really describe how it felt. I tried to hang out with my friends but nothing worked. I ended up having my ex stay with me that night and that seemed to make things better.

I have anxiety and panic attacks often and have since I was quite young....When I was younger I just flipped out since i didnt knwo what the hell was goin on but these days I generally just let them run their course (if its minor to medium) and the big ones I have a system set up with my husband, kids and close friends....

I had one big one once. It was terrifying. I called my Mother at 5:00 am and told her to call me back in 2 hours and if I didnt answer come get my kids. I didnt want to tell her that I thought I was going to die. It is hard to explain what one is like but they are horrible. I never did get medical treatment. After I figured out what was going on I can see the attacks comming and I try to take better care of me.

I have anxiety attacks a few years back. I was afraid to go to sleep because I thought will never wake up again. I was also afraid to take bath for fear of collapsing and knocked myself unconscious. There was one time where I had to ask someone to watch me sleeping so that in case I stopped breathing, he or she could wake me up. I went to see the doctor about this and he prescribed medication for me to take which he said would lessen the "activity" in my brain. I only took once and no more. Now I have to remind myself that everything is okay. This is the only way I can prevent myself from having another attack in the future.

Hi royal.... yes I've had an anxiety attack and they're no fun to go through. I get them when in crowded areas or when there's too much going on for me to catch up. I have to go somewhere alone to get my thoughts together or I'd lose it for sure. My eyes are my ears and seeing too much makes me bonkers. So far I've been quite lucky for I've never had to be hospitalized for it.... so far.

yes ..but it is not strong like this .i havn't consult any physistion

Anxiety is severe form of Fear. Did you ever thought about the reason for getting anxiety attacks. Sit for 10 minutes, close your eyes and start thinking only about what could be the reason for your anxiety attack. You will come to know. It will be for small reason. Once you know the reason, you will be allright. Fear, anxiety and depression all will have effect on body. You will suffer from pain at defferent places. This is called psychosomatic condition. Psycho means psycological(fear,anxiety and depression), Somatic means body. Body pains are nothing, but they are indications for your anxiety. Please visit my profile to understand about this anxiety much better and how to tackle even with out medicines. Please do take medical treatment and also do some meditation.

hi there royal52gens one time i had an panic attack and the doctor gave me an injection to calm me down but i do have depression which i take tablets for thanks for this discussion

Once when I was about 13-14 I had one when another kid at our bus stop had an epileptic seizure (first one I'd ever seen) and he fell through a plate glass window. Scared the jeebies out of me. There was so much blood and he was flopping all over. I had a panic attack thinking he was going to die. The ambulance came and took him to the hospital and I had calmed down enough by then although, if memory serves me, I didn't go to school that day. My ex-b/f's mother used to fake them all the time for attention. Drove me nuts. "COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS" **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~