I just had a near panic attack

Over the dumbest most insignificant thing I can imagine. I need to drink less soda.

 

Please don't downplay panic attacks. You don't almost have them.

Glad yer okay... they are just very real to me.. I hate when people make light of them.

 

Easier than saying I did. Not downplaying them just trying to make myself feel less crazy for it.

 

So seriously what happened though? I think it might be my biggest pet peeve ever when people take a rapid heart beat or slight anxiety as a panic attack.. if you had a true panic attack, you'd know it. No offense. I went to the ER for a "heart attack" during my first one.

 

Trust me i'm not exaggerating. Sounds like you had a very serious one.

 

I continue to have serious ones now n then. Full blown panic disorder... I fight the agoraphobia part... heart rate is usually near 200 BPM when I go to the ER...

 

That sucks. It happens though....

 

But seriously what happened to you... ? Panic attacks actually make my brain work cause me n some professors know there is a cause .. i mean a cause cause so I think Im gonna be the one to figure it out... or try...

What symptoms did you have?

 

One question- when it was happening did you think it seemed like a panic attack or a heart attack... at the time? Cause if it seems like panic, it's just anxiety.

 

Okay. Just the usual extreme anxiety, difficulty breathing, fast heart rate, sweating, irritability, you know all that fun stuff.

 

Haha.. kay.. that sucks... I'm just curious cause I get anxiety too but it's very rare a panic attack cause they come like outta the blue, fast and bitch slap you and pull yer hair and I always think I'm dying... it usually takes me at least five shots of valium to be able to breathe.

 

Yeah it does I can usually deal with them no matter how bad they are on my own.

 

thats good

how?

ive read books... practiced breathing...laying in dark rooms..thinking happy thoughts... i mean everything...systematic desensitation ... but i usually cant control them.. i think some ppl just get really bad ones.. i dont know... i hate hate hate panic attacks!

 

I just let them play themselves out. They always go away. They're not a big deal at least, I don't let them be. I guess some people just deal with life better than others.

 

I have a problem with that. I deal with the easy shit in life just fine. Until you walk in someone else's shoes though you shouldn't compare who deals with what better... I mean you're young... I always tell you this but I bet you were never homeless, this n that... It's not that I wanna go into what I've been through but it's like comparing apples n oranges. Small shit (and i consider most shit small), I deal with hella good.

 

They don't always go away. Ive had seizures from them and they have lasted over five hours. No joke. It's why Im not sure they ARE panic attacks but that's what I'm told when I go to the ER... if I just rode them out... it would be like a joke...

 

I didn't make any claims on how you deal with life. You did that yourself. If I judged how you deal i'd keep it to myself.

 

Just quoting you...
"I guess some people just deal with life better than others."

 

Ego much haha not everything is about you Trish. I was talking about John Wilkes Booth actually. He was crazy.

 

I have an ego cause I do everything better then everyone else.

(think im kidding? i ALWAYS win... it's a huge problem...)

and you were um talking to ME so I thought you were comparing....blah