Never Had Panic Attacks Before Posted: 05-04-07 06:38am
2 1/2 weeks ago I experienced an "attack"
of somesort at work and several more that
evening that took me to the emergency
room. They diagnosed it as "anxiety/panic
attack" I have never had these before in
my life. Last night, I had the same thing,
but noticed this time that it starts with
lightheadedness, nausea and then pain in
the middle of my chest and between my
shoulder blades. It also comes with
shaking and muscles jumping. Could it be
possible that this is actually a
gallbladder attack? I did have ravioli in
tomato sauce for dinner 1 hour prior. I
am just wondering if the shaking and
nervousness is not a reaction to the chest
pains and lightheadedness? It is freaking
me out, I have never experienced these
symptoms before. Thanks for your help.
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cherry88
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 May 2006 Posts: 633 Location: ,
Posted: 05-04-07 07:04am
hi jallen, sounds to me like you have had
a panic attack. just last week i had two
in the same day for the first time in
about 2 years. i was surprised cause i
never had them before apart from that once
and i knew the reason for the first time.
i went to my doctor and he said it was a
reaction to going on the contraceptive
patch and to take it off. so i did and i
havent had panic attack since. are you on
any kind of medication or contraceptive??
cause panic attacks can be caused me an
allergic reaction...
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johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006 Posts: 229
Posted: 05-04-07 14:52pm
Panic attacks are generally caused by how
you improperly process thoughts often in
regards to a physical sensation. I would
encourage you to look into learning Cbt
coping strategies before you start having
more panic attacks. Cbt is great for panic
anxiety and depression but you have to do
the exercises everyday so it does take a
lot of work and self discipline. I still
do the tea form exercise that I learned in
the book by sam obitz daily and the
thought processes that eliminate panic and
anxiety do become ingrained over time.
