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Originally Posted by downquark1
Exam months approaching and for me it usually means longs periods of anxiety, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, loss of appetite and lying awake all night in a cold sweat.
Does this constitute a panic attack? Is it bad enough to warrant medication?
I had hoped to grow out of it, but while my other neurosis have improved this seems worse each year.
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Pop and see your doctor mate, i had these a while ago and learned to deal with them but not before i had to take some Diazepam to start with.
You can snap yourself out of them but not before you realise that no harm will come to you.
The worse that can happen is you`ll faint and then your breathing will become normal again, it`s just hyperventilation, which is you get a build up of carbon dioxide crystals in the blood and you feel that you`re not getting enough air, so you overbreathe.
They`re bloody awful though and they can come and go without warning.
I found that i could get out of one by getting someone to talk about any old rubbish to me just as a distraction.!
I even went around where i work reading car number plates
it worked though. Hope you get through this ok.
