My Experience of Anxiety and Panic Attacks

The doctors never told me that I suffer from panic attacks but me and my friend are convinced this is what I suffer from occasionally. ***MY FIRST EXPERIENCE*** I was staying at my boyfriend's and I woke up at 3am, and I could feel my heart beating very fast and I also felt sick. My hands/fingers were really tingly and felt itchy! I managed to get out of bed and went to the bathroom, where I came over very hot and sweaty, I can describe the feeling, but I felt so scared. My heart felt like it was doing over-time and I honestly thought I was going to die! I was physically sick and this last for about 15-20mins. ***MY 2ND ...

I thought I would be brave and share my experiences with you in the hope that it may be of use to some of you. When I first started experiencing symptoms it felt like I was the only one in the world going through it and it has helped me over the years to share my experiences with fellow sufferers. You are not alone! Before I share my experiences with you first I will give you a bit of detail on what anxiety and panic attacks actually are: Anxiety ---------- Most people suffer from anxiety in varying degrees throughout their lives. Anxiety can cause different symptoms which vary from person to person but mainly include one or more of ...

10 years I woke up in the middle of night and I just could not breathe , at the time my husband and I were living with his parents and my husbands mum is a practice nurse so we woke her up and she thought I must be having some sort of asthma attack even though I had never had asthma before. My chest hurt so much and I was very breathless , my mother in law got me a paper bag and told me to breath into it . It took a while but eventually I calmed down. Over the next few weeks I continued to have these episodes , I felt fear , racing heart , and I really thought I was going to die of a heart attack. I went to the GP who sent me up to the hospital and ...