Hi, my name is Connie and I am 38 years old. I really do not know where to begin, I guess it was about 6 months ago or so, I was on my way to work and suddenly my face felt like it was on fire, my heart started racing and I felt dizzy. I opened the windows and the air seemed to calm me. As fast as it hit me, it was gone. As the episodes repeated, I found a pattern of it happening around pms time. But now in the last 2 weeks, my attacks have been more frequently. My job consists of me driving aprox. 80 miles a night, in the middle of the night,and half of my trip is in a no phone zone, so I feel helpless.Last night, I ended up in the hospital emergancy room. We are in the process of running tests. The strange thing is I don't have these episodes when I am not alone.By the way, my husband is a truck driver, so thru the week, I am alone.(except for my 3 dogs, God bless em) It never hit me when I was home tho, you know, home was the safe. But the other night I was in bed watching tv(waiting to go to work) and it happened again, it started with my face getting very hot my heart racing. I got up to walk it off and felt faint. I don't understand why this is happening to me. I was never afraid of being alone but now I feel like if I am alone, something is gonna happen to me, like I am gonna die. The ER doctor gave me a couple Ativan to see if it will help and I go next week for a cardiogram( just to make sure) I just want my secure life back, and I want to know why this is happening to me. I am so afraid I am gonna pass out when I am driving. Do these things sound familar to anyone?