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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 73152" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p>I get anxiety attacks, and each one is different. There are the rare ones like you are describing, which I had just the other day. I think I have had 3 like that in 3 years, 2 of which I ended up in the ER, because I thought I was having a heart attack. It is complicated by the fact that I have Tachycardia, so I was not sure if I really was having heart problems, or if it was anxiety. Those kind of anxiety attacks feel so physical, like death, that it is really hard to discern.</p><p></p><p>Then I have others where I cannot catch my breath, I hyperventilate, things get fuzzy, loud - but if I leave the situation and am able to calm down I am OK. I get them when I am out shopping, or difficult child is having a meltdown, but if I remove myself from the environment I am able to breathe, slowly, again. (Although it takes a lot of concentration and work.) And then I have others where my heart races, I am little out of breath, but able to bring things under control with positive and calm thinking within the environment that I am in. </p><p></p><p>All of these only happen only when I am under a lot of stress. OR. When I am having issues with breathing like allergies, or like you described, congestion. There is really something about the lack of air in our lungs, that in addition to stress, can trigger an anxiety attack. Not sure, how, or why, but it is very biological.</p><p></p><p>The ONLY thing that stops an attack as bad as the first one I described is a medication like Xanax or Klonopin. Nothing else works. The minute it is in my blood stream I can breathe again. I would talk to your doctor about it. </p><p></p><p>Sending major hugs.......because really........there is NOTHING worse!!!! I have tried to describe this to others who don't get them, and they just nod, as if I am a loon. It is so real, and as close to feeling like you are going to die as you can get.</p><p></p><p>PS I forgot - wine! It also nips an anxiety attack in the bud, instantly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 73152, member: 3301"] I get anxiety attacks, and each one is different. There are the rare ones like you are describing, which I had just the other day. I think I have had 3 like that in 3 years, 2 of which I ended up in the ER, because I thought I was having a heart attack. It is complicated by the fact that I have Tachycardia, so I was not sure if I really was having heart problems, or if it was anxiety. Those kind of anxiety attacks feel so physical, like death, that it is really hard to discern. Then I have others where I cannot catch my breath, I hyperventilate, things get fuzzy, loud - but if I leave the situation and am able to calm down I am OK. I get them when I am out shopping, or difficult child is having a meltdown, but if I remove myself from the environment I am able to breathe, slowly, again. (Although it takes a lot of concentration and work.) And then I have others where my heart races, I am little out of breath, but able to bring things under control with positive and calm thinking within the environment that I am in. All of these only happen only when I am under a lot of stress. OR. When I am having issues with breathing like allergies, or like you described, congestion. There is really something about the lack of air in our lungs, that in addition to stress, can trigger an anxiety attack. Not sure, how, or why, but it is very biological. The ONLY thing that stops an attack as bad as the first one I described is a medication like Xanax or Klonopin. Nothing else works. The minute it is in my blood stream I can breathe again. I would talk to your doctor about it. Sending major hugs.......because really........there is NOTHING worse!!!! I have tried to describe this to others who don't get them, and they just nod, as if I am a loon. It is so real, and as close to feeling like you are going to die as you can get. PS I forgot - wine! It also nips an anxiety attack in the bud, instantly. [/QUOTE]
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