MayaH
22-12-15, 21:57
I have panic attacks quite regularly sand just wanted to get some advice. I had a panic attack today and was wondering if anyone had any advice/experience. These are the symptoms that I had:
-No racing heart
-Loads of disassociation (derealisation)
-Hyperventilating severely
-Feeling sick (the attack started with feeling sick which very rarely happens)
-My chest felt very tight as though I couldn't breathe air in
-Feeling hot all over (I had to take my hoodie off)
-Feeling weak and very unsteady
-Feeling dizzy, as though I could potentially have fainted
-Flashes of light in front of my eyes with the hyperventilation and disassociation getting worse and worse during the attack.
-The most severe symptoms of the attack were the disassociation and the hyperventilation. The disassociation is what distresses me the most and then this in turn creates more hyperventilation.
During other attacks I've had various symptoms such as:
-Crying uncontrollably - this then makes my breathing worse and the attack intensifies.
-Shaking or trembling uncontrollably (this happens less often, the crying or nearly crying during a lot of them)
-Feeling sick (as though I could be physically sick although this feeling has only happened once or twice).
-Feeling as though I am very close to fainting - I've felt like I could have come close on a few occasions.
The only thing that seems to help is having a friend hold me tightly during the attack - either cuddling me or holding my hand - and talking to me softly and clearly and helping me to breathe. I've had one where a friend was so concerned that they got a paramedic to come and be with us because I was shaking so violently and disassociating so badly I couldn't respond (the disassociation and not being able to respond always happens during evry single attack though).
Has anyone else had experiences like this at all?
M
-No racing heart
-Loads of disassociation (derealisation)
-Hyperventilating severely
-Feeling sick (the attack started with feeling sick which very rarely happens)
-My chest felt very tight as though I couldn't breathe air in
-Feeling hot all over (I had to take my hoodie off)
-Feeling weak and very unsteady
-Feeling dizzy, as though I could potentially have fainted
-Flashes of light in front of my eyes with the hyperventilation and disassociation getting worse and worse during the attack.
-The most severe symptoms of the attack were the disassociation and the hyperventilation. The disassociation is what distresses me the most and then this in turn creates more hyperventilation.
During other attacks I've had various symptoms such as:
-Crying uncontrollably - this then makes my breathing worse and the attack intensifies.
-Shaking or trembling uncontrollably (this happens less often, the crying or nearly crying during a lot of them)
-Feeling sick (as though I could be physically sick although this feeling has only happened once or twice).
-Feeling as though I am very close to fainting - I've felt like I could have come close on a few occasions.
The only thing that seems to help is having a friend hold me tightly during the attack - either cuddling me or holding my hand - and talking to me softly and clearly and helping me to breathe. I've had one where a friend was so concerned that they got a paramedic to come and be with us because I was shaking so violently and disassociating so badly I couldn't respond (the disassociation and not being able to respond always happens during evry single attack though).
Has anyone else had experiences like this at all?
M