choccychompa
12-08-11, 01:26
Hi everyone.
This is the first time for me in the panic attacks forum. I usually visit the health anxiety forum :weep:
I've been worrying on and off for a while about pains in my calf being a dvt and last night it was on my mind as usual. I fell asleep at about 1.30 with a pain in my chest. I tried to be really calm about it, telling myself it is only trapped air, however I woke up half an hour later with the pain again. I sat up to see if I would burp, but I didn't. Moved to the end of the bed, subconsciously thinking 'what if it's the dvt moved up to my lung?' and - BANG! I couldn't breathe. I was terrified I was going to die. I woke my husband up and said I thought I needed to go to hospital, but luckily after a few minutes it subsided and I was just left shaking like a leaf :weep:
I always used to think of panic attacks being hysterical screaming, breathing into a paper bag, etc. I didn't know they make you feel like you're about to die. I was so terrified. I've had health anxiety for 6 1/2 years and have sometimes been in the pits of despair, but never have I been as frightened as I was last night.
Thank you for reading. I feel better for telling people who will understand. x
This is the first time for me in the panic attacks forum. I usually visit the health anxiety forum :weep:
I've been worrying on and off for a while about pains in my calf being a dvt and last night it was on my mind as usual. I fell asleep at about 1.30 with a pain in my chest. I tried to be really calm about it, telling myself it is only trapped air, however I woke up half an hour later with the pain again. I sat up to see if I would burp, but I didn't. Moved to the end of the bed, subconsciously thinking 'what if it's the dvt moved up to my lung?' and - BANG! I couldn't breathe. I was terrified I was going to die. I woke my husband up and said I thought I needed to go to hospital, but luckily after a few minutes it subsided and I was just left shaking like a leaf :weep:
I always used to think of panic attacks being hysterical screaming, breathing into a paper bag, etc. I didn't know they make you feel like you're about to die. I was so terrified. I've had health anxiety for 6 1/2 years and have sometimes been in the pits of despair, but never have I been as frightened as I was last night.
Thank you for reading. I feel better for telling people who will understand. x