Hiya Kmart5, You are not alone in this. Sometimes out of the blue i get real hot and my chest hurts and left arm hurts and i am sure i am dying of a heart attack i get all sweaty and tingly and dizzy and my heart beat super fast. And i want to go to hospital just to make sure i am not dying. But then i realise it was just a sudden onset panic attack and work through my fear and my thoughts and i do my breathing exercises and i try to wind down from it. It is normal to feel exhausted when you had a panic attack because it feel like you ran the marathon. You are NOT alone in this. I would think most of us here have gone through this more then once. If you really are to worried about your health what i suggest is to just take an appointment with your regular doctor and have a full medical evaluation, then you will know for sure that everything is ok. That way next time you have panic attack it will be easier for you to realize that it is just that, a panic attack and that what you are feeling are symptoms of that. Anyway, you are not alone and you will be ok. We are all here for you. I beleive that you can do this and i truely beleive you have it in you to get better. Take care and keep us posted :) -Diva

Today i was feeling just fine and then all of the sudden I got really hot and flushed and my left arm went numb and my left side of my face got tingly and i thought i was having a stroke or brain tumor or something. it took all my will power not to goto the hospital. i guess I was stressed today and didn't even relieze it. does anyone else get like this??? sometimes i feel like i am the only one on earth that gets like this but i know that is not true. sometimes i just feel like going to the hospital to make sure everything is ok, but i don't. i feel like i am going crazy right now. i am afraid to sleep. and i am exhausted for some reason. i know i am not the only one, i just like hearing i am not alone in this no matter how alone i feel

Well i definitely think you will be alright in the long run. I know it is hard to beleive. I am sorry to hear that you are having a rough day but i believe you can overcome this. Hang in there :) As somebody once told me: "This too shall pass". Take care! -Diva

Big setback today. Feeling really panicky and scared. My neck is hurting, my head is hurting and I am scared that something is medically wrong with me. I want to scream but I am afraid I will have a heart attack. I am scared of being alone and dying alone. i wish i had someone close to me that knows what this feels like. I am in that fight or flight mode and i want to run. I wish i knew how to deal with this better than I am. I am sitting here typing this and crying because I am scared of something wrong with me. I just moved to arizona and have no friends. The stress is driving me crazy. I just want reassurance that everything will be alright with me and that I am not crazy. I found out some horrible news earlier and put me in this mood that i am in. and i can;t seem to overcome it right now.

Hi kmarti5, Great to hear from you. Thanks for checking in. Wonderful news that you are feeling a lot better! You are right - you never have to feel alone here. Fellow members truly understand what it is like to experience feelings of panic and anxiety. Also do not "feel bad" about taking the medications. They are available to treat symptoms just any other medication is for a variety of other disorders. Continue to keep us posted, Casey __________________________________ The Panic Center Support Team

Well today i am feeling alot better. The meds are starting to kick in. My panicky feelings have been down to a minimum the past two days, and the kiddos are behaving. I just remember to take a deep breath and tell myself I am ok. I still get these "aches and pains" that are just brought on by my mind, but I am handling it alot better. I feel kinds bad that I have had to start taking the meds again, but they really help. I was so proud when i got off of them a year ago, but I know I need them. I expect never to get off of them, I don't want another crash again. Thanks for ya'lls advice. I am really glad there is actually a website that is just for panic. When I first started getting them years ago, I thought I was alone but now i know that it is very common. Thanks again

Kmarti5, Welcome to the Panic Center! You've received some great advice from your fellow members and as you can see you are not alone. It seems as though you're experiencing a lot of change in your life and change can be scary. It brings a whole new set of circumstances to deal with. Please start working through our CBT program. It will teach you about panic disorder and your panic cycle. Our forums are equally a great ressource full of advice on how to overcome anxiety. If you have any questions, just ask. We are always here to help. Danielle _________________________ The PC Support Team

kmarti, Oh how I can relate to you!! After I had my son everything change for me. After finding out that the high blood pressure I got at the end of my pregnancy didn't go away and that I would have to be on meds for the rest of my life, I began worrying constantly that I was going to have a heart attack, stroke, pulmonary embolism, etc. It took me nearly a year to come out of it but when I get anxious, especially around my menstrual cycle, I start fearing that something is really wrong. It is totally irrational and that is what I have to tell myself each time I begin worrying. I have been checked out, had EKG's, tests ran, EP study, etc. and everything was normal. I tell myself that I am young and healthy and if something was wrong they would've caught it. Maggie had great advice for you. Try not to obsess about it because anxious thoughts feed the cycle and it will only make things worse. When you start panicing or thinking you have this or that, first - stay away from the computer and do not google any diseases because you will most likely have atleast one of the symptoms (i know from personal experience) and it will make things much worse. Second - try to do some breathing exercises, especially if you feel short of breath or dizzy or your heart races. Just breath in to a count of 5 or 6, hold for 2, breath out to a count of 7 or 8. This really helps me but you have to keep at it and do it more than once to reap any benefits. Third - pay attention to your anxious thoughts and try to debunk them by being more rational. For example, I have chest pains I must be having a heart attack and I am also dizzy. I could be hyperventilating which causes dizziness and chest pains so I'll do some breathing exercises and see if they go away. You will get better and you will come out of this. You are definitely not alone because I worried all the time that I had something wrong with me. Your mind is a powerful thing and can convert anxiety and emotional distress into physical symptoms like numbness/tingling/backaches (Ex. conversion disorder). You can also have psychosomatic symptoms which aren't related to a physical problem, but an emotional one. Hang in there, be strong, and you will get better. Keep us posted.

[font=Georgia][color=Purple]Km- You are not going crazy! This is what we (panic sufferers) do. We make mountains out of molehills. We take the smallest physical/psychological symptom and turn it into the most drastic fear. Sometimes it's that we may be having a heart attack, stroke, brain tumor, etc- and other times that we are actually going crazy or have a severe mental illness that we just don't quite know about yet. Please know that you are not alone. It wouldn't be a bad idea to go visit your doctor and get a full physical to once again rule out any possible physical complications, but furthermore just so you can get some reassurance that you are just fine (as Im sure you are). I read that you are just recently a single mother of 3, and it occurred to me that this, on its own, could be causing you much distress. Perhaps this is one possible explanation for your reoccurring panic attacks now, and maybe that can give you some reassurance as to the fact that they are just that- panic attacks. Try your best not to allow yourself to ruminate or begin obsessing about every single feeling that you may be experiencing. It will do nothing but strengthen the panic cycle. Also, please be assured that although your nearest hospital does not have a trauma unit that the medical professionals are more than equip to help you with whatever urgency comes their way, if need be. Everything will be okay, and hopefully you see this sooner than later. Please keep us posted and ask as many questions as you like. Also, feel free to browse the other threads as they may be helpful in your understanding that this is all very common behavior for those suffering with panic. I hope I helped a bit and apologize if I missed anything but I am exhausted. Take care. Best of luck to you in your new home. :)[/font][/color]

Has anyone had that feeling like you are going crazy?? I have been panic free for almost 5 years, now there back, but now I am "making myself sick" with these thought that keep going through my mind that i am dying. I get a little pain here and all of the sudden i think im having a stroke or a heart attack or an aneurysm. I literally will start to have pain or numbness in parts of my body, that feel real, but are they REAL or just in my mind making it there, does this make sense to anyone out there. These persistant thoughts keep going over and over again and i can't shut it off. I want to talk to someone who has the same thing just to reassure myself that im not crazy. I just became a single mom of three and moved out to the middle of nowhere in arizona and the only thought i have is the closest hospital doesn;t have a trauma unit in case something happens to me. I just started taking my meds again (I was one year off of them) and I know that they take time to start working but jeez i feel like im losing my patience with everything. i can;t sleep and when i start to fall asleep the littlest noise scares me and then i start thinking and have another panic attack. does anyone out there have the same thoughts and all. Please someone help me get through this, i feel like i am so alone out here.