Fay13
27-03-18, 14:31
Hi,
I’ve had anxiety and panic attacks for years so felt like I knew what they were like/how to recognise them. But today I was sitting at my desk feeling fine, then out of nowhere I felt a surge of dizziness, nausea and a need to get up and leave. I also felt panicked but it’s hard to tell if the panic and the need to leave came with the dizziness/nausea/light headedness or if it came because of that. It went away within about 10 seconds, then surged again less strongly and lasted about 20 seconds. I still feel shaken but I’m worrying that it wasn’t a panic attack, because it dissipated so so quickly, and maybe it was something else wrong with me?
I know this is classic reassurance seeking, and I try to avoid that where possible, it’s just that this is so different to all my other panic attacks, which I can feel coming and which last for much longer.
Does anyone else get these very short (under a minute) panic attacks?
I’ve had anxiety and panic attacks for years so felt like I knew what they were like/how to recognise them. But today I was sitting at my desk feeling fine, then out of nowhere I felt a surge of dizziness, nausea and a need to get up and leave. I also felt panicked but it’s hard to tell if the panic and the need to leave came with the dizziness/nausea/light headedness or if it came because of that. It went away within about 10 seconds, then surged again less strongly and lasted about 20 seconds. I still feel shaken but I’m worrying that it wasn’t a panic attack, because it dissipated so so quickly, and maybe it was something else wrong with me?
I know this is classic reassurance seeking, and I try to avoid that where possible, it’s just that this is so different to all my other panic attacks, which I can feel coming and which last for much longer.
Does anyone else get these very short (under a minute) panic attacks?