Thank you. After having a heart attack, I find myself with panic attacks for the first time in my life which is a horrifying experience. It's a very fine line between riding it out and calling 911. I will use these tools and appreciate you sharing them.
Sounds scary as hell. But you have to face the full force of the attack and stare it down if you want to eliminate future attacks. The amygdala triggers the attack because of the input from the rest of your brain, the only way to stop the amygdala from firing is if you truly are unafraid of the panic attack, and to do that you have to face it and defeat it
wow i can only imagine! sending health and good energy your way! i have a question if you feel comfortable answering. since most of us freak out thinking our panic attacks could be something more serious- do you happen to remember the different feelings between heart attack and panic attacks? everything i read online isn’t really helpful bc it just describes what i feel during my panic attacks which of course makes it worse 😭 take care! ☺️
@@amymatlock2749 Thank you. Absolutely. It happened in the morning right after I got up from bed. I felt a tightening in the chest and labored breathing. Instantly, I knew something was wrong and looked very flush according to my wife and felt very clammy. The chest tightening and weight you feel on the chest at least to me is the difference and of course, the labored breathng as well. I also had a shooting pain down the arm - some get jaw pain. Its kind of like you are drowning in air. If I can breathe ok, I can usually work myself down from a PA with the help of a light dose of xanax equivalent ( I use maybe 5 tablets of.5mg a year on an emergency basis - I break them in half - they help me and I'm very aware of the dangers). I have a blood pressure cuff and a watch that measures heart rate and blood oxygen as well but sometimes that just feeds data to the PA and makes it worse. Its hard to really describe a heart attack other than it really is an oh sh*t moment - there is an immediate sense of doom. My PA's may be different than other people's and I've managed them much better recently - but it took a couple of ambulance rides and full checkouts to reassure myself that its in my head. BTW I am very physically fit and eat a mostly plant based diet. I had what is called a coronary artery dissection of the LAD- it was probably associated with an extreme workout according to my cardiologist at Cleve Clinic. Unless you have a history of heart problems, you just need to keep it positive and reinforce that its a panic attack only and look for reasons to mentally counter that you are having a PA. Im not advocating cbd but it has helped me in some situations as well. The problem with cbd is you need a quick delivery method during a PA so its either vape or smoke which I'm not a fan of. Tinctures take a while... Stay away from high caffeine products or over indulging in booze. Being hung over is a perfect set up for a PA. Spend a little money and get a full heart scan or check out by your physician or a cardiologist. The knowledge that you have passed the medical test will provide a basis for you to mentally counter your PA. I hope this helps you and if I can provide any more assistance I would be happy to. Panic attacks really suck - people that have never had one just cant relate -they think its like anxiety and this is a WHOLE different animal. God bless you and I wish you a happy holday season.
@@kevb6233 😢 I’ve been having them since my Dad passed. And I can’t get rid of the feelings of feeling like I’m dying now. Then the ER or ambulance says everything I normal and then I settle down and KNOW I’m alright. . . But the bad part is when I don’t want to keep bugging the ER (no health insurance either) nor do I want to keep calling the ambulance to a “false alarm”! Just makes matters worse! And I live alone so I worry no one is going to know or find me in time before something happens. . . I hate this feeling and am SO TIRED of it in the short but VERY LONG 2 1/2 months that I’ve been dealing with / struggling with it! I feel for anyone that goes through this, I never knew what Panic Attacks are until I started having them more recently. I’m a 35 year old male, very health (minus my smoking habits) and I want to quit but it’s SO HARD cause it “FEELS” like it helps to calm me down. . . Plus I’ve changed SO MANY things in my life recently: Foods, LOTS of Water, Very Little Caffeine, Etc. and I feel the Cigs are the only thing that helps me to “catch my breath” at times, while other times I can’t even smoke a cig. I go from hurting in chest (left side and middle 99.999% of the time), severe short of breath where I’m losing all oxygen, etc. etc. you know what it is. . . Can’t shake the feeling! And I AM afraid to die! I’ve lived a bit of a rough life despite being raised by a Godly Father & Mother! I just woke up at 3:34am with a “PA” and now can’t go back to sleep (it’s now 4:04am) . . . Can’t breathe correctly in my nose or mouth, I start freaking out! I am currently sitting in the Hospital parking lot “JUST IN CASE”, at least someone close by. Sometimes after sitting for here a little bit I realize I’m alright and then I go on back to the house and lay back down. But MAN it’s SO EXHAUSTING to say the very least!!!!!!! I dealt with PTSD for 10-12 years and now this! I can’t catch a break it seems! I hope you’re much better now my friend and hope you’ve found healing! Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord & Savior!? I start praying everytime I start going through all this and asking God for forgiveness in hopes that if something were to happen I’ll make it on to Heaven! VERY SCARY STUFF!!!!!! Nothing to play with!
I was 8 months free from tachycardia and panic attacks but they came back with a vengeance. Gerd has made my anxiety and palpitations so much worse smh will get there again 💪🙏 Had a panic attack last night due to tachycardia after getting up from being in my car smh hate this. Bunch of test and they cant find anything but all of this feels so real so hyperaware of my heart beat and other symptoms
I have duodenitis which causes extremely severe Gerd. When it hits then the panic starts. Sometimes the panic starts and then the gerd. It sucks to be losing your stomach and your mind.
I'm currently fighting 5-7 a day, full blown and just starting to learn how to fight them. I'm staying full function meaning work the whole nine, no medicine, you can beat them if you know what's happening! My first one 2 weeks ago I called the ambulance got Mri,CAT scan, ekg, they said my heart, brain, lungs, eyes, ears, throat all healthy as can be, I thought I was dieing. When I found out how healthy I was I self diagnosed genetic anxiety and panic attacks! You can fight your way out of them!!! I am 42yrs old BTW and these videos are changing my life everyday for the better, thanks so much!
I had the worst panic attack of my life yesterday. Legit thought my heart was going to stop. Every time I had a palpitation I thought I was going to pass out. Legit went to the ER. There’s still residual anxiety but I’m just relieved I’m alive.
Palpitations are from constant adrenaline overload. They’re not dangerous but are super scary. If you can lower your stress and anxiety levels, and try to not react emotionally to them, the palpitations eventually go away. I also started taking a magnesium supplement.
I just left the er yesterday thinking it was my last day on earth. I ran in the er and told them I think im having a stroke because my breathing was elevated whole body was tingling. Thought I was going thru a dying stage. Its so scary!!😪😪😪
@@Iodestarr I’m doing much better, haven’t had a palp in about 2 weeks. I’m trying not to care if they show up again. It’s not easy. And I really need to stop reading the news.😵💫
This video is so so helpful, just managed to talk myself down from a panic attack and this video has pretty much everything I used to go over when I had a therapist so it’s such a good CBT recap! Thank you so much.
Same here... How did you Fair? I've been good for like a week and a half and then boom...out of nowhere and its really messing me up..I'm so tired of this T.T
thank you for actually saying that once the hyperventilating/rapid breathing starts, the whole “trying to breathe slower and holding it in” is SO HARD and makes my anxiety worse bc it makes me struggle to breathe even more! i’m tired of seeing every video say “take slow deep breaths and hold it in” I CANT 😭😭😩
also i’ve found the when i feel one coming on if i just distract myself as much as possible it may pass. of course it usually comes back later like when i’m trying to sleep 🙃
Iv had panic disorder for 2 years. First 2 or 3 months i didn't know what was going on and called multiple ambulances, dr, cardiologist, etc and sais everything is normal. But i was still dealing with them and was frustrated that I couldn't find an answer. A good way to get a panic attack off track is to sing or start dancing or both lol. Going crazy and being loud helps me for some reason.
I been having a hard time with my panic attack it freaks me out but I try to calm myself down lil things make me panic or my mind make me feel bad this helps a lot.
i’ve been taking sertraline for two weeks now for depression and i swear it’s making me more anxious. it’s caused me a lot of panic cause it’s something that i know if i stop taking it it probably will just get worse. but the dissociating has been really hard. i’ve been waking up at like 4 am and convincing myself i can’t breathe. this video comforts me though, thank you
Hey if you still need help you can try taking medicinal mushrooms,it'll help you and the effects of dissassociating wont tell on you I'll recommend the golden teacher mushroom
I was in Lockdown for 4 months. I am a teacher and didn't work for a long time. When I went back to work i couldnt concentrate and started to get this spiralling feeling. I couldn't work out what it was and went to several doctors. I didn't think it could be panic attacks because I love teaching and I don't feel threatened or worried by kids. But, sure enough after months away my fear must have grown. My confidence dwindled. I have recently realise that I do get panic attacks now and after calling in sick and pondering the problem I realise I have to deal with it. Calling in sick will just make it worse. Also, I would lose my job, hehe. Thanks for this video. It will help me move on. If anyone else has similar feelings please message me , I like the idea of sharing and helping. I am not asking for subscribers I have none. Just want to make sure people like me have someone to talk to.
@@sangeethavijay6930 better for sure. It was a hard road back. But I changed job and decided to just grin and bear it. Doctors did nothing for me. I had to work it out for myself. I still have episodes from time to time but in general, better, thanks.
Please check out my first video about panic attacks, Anxiety Attacks and Breaking the Panic Cycle, at ruclips.net/video/rUXXPJOlXow/видео.html . I should clarify about taking deep breaths. This can help calm anxiety by slowing down your breathing and heart rate, but the key is to take slower, rather than deeper breaths. When you start to panic, and especially if you feel a shortness of breath, trying to take deep breaths can lead to faster breathing like panting, which is going to make things worse. Here's a study about breathing when hyperventilating during a panic attack (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3327286/ ), summarized in this press release (www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/smu-nbt122010.php )
Every time I have one, I quickly type in "panic attacks" on RUclips and just watching these videos takes my mind elsewhere, until the panic attack passes away. I usually anticipate them 1-2min ahead based on sudden strange feeling I get with growing intensity. The worst scenario is when I get them during sleep and it wakes me up - in that moment U don't know if U R in the nightmare or U R dying and it takes a while to realise what's going on, unfortunately I am in passenger's seat the whole time and can only wait (about 5-10min). I observed that following seem to trigger panic attacks in my case: - Caffeine - Nicotine - Stress exposure
That's so nice to hear. Waking up in the middle of a panic attack always seems so unfair, since it's already happening before you even have a change to try to do anything about it.
Hey, those people, although it doesn’t help in the moment, will most likely never see you again, so it doesn’t matter what they think. I mean, I have anxiety too and I understand how it is, you can’t really control it and you just Gotta let yourself be mad/cry/be happy, otherwise it makes it worse you know…
Thanks Mr. Dorter for this video. 😀 I would like to tell you that my heart starts pounding faster and I become anxious when my name is announced or someone I feel attracted to comes toward me. It is even embarrassing when my hand gets icy cold and shivering along with the adrenaline fountain shooting inside my stomach. 🤣 I used to deep breath just because I saw many people do that. But, I observed there is a congestion in breath and it rarely helped. I will follow your advice as directed in the video. Thanks!😇
Just had one of my worst ones, I seem to be okay during the day but 3-7am is an absolute horror show for me and panic. It feel like my heart is cramping or being squeezed it’s soo awful!
Thanks for these tips,sometimes i get a lot of racing and intrusive thoughts suspect i have ocd and all those thoughts lead to panic attacks,can you maybe talk about ocd and techniques to help the intrusive thoughts and racing thoughts and overthinking?
Thank you for your video! I deal with anxiety and panic attacks a lot lately and it causes me to lose weight and I'm already small 😔 The more I lose weight the more anxiety I have and then I can't put on weight and that causes more anxiety. Does anyone else deal with that?
i would honestly go to the ER for every panic attack if i could but unfortunately i have them every day sometimes multiple times a day and doctors already are so quick to write me off and not listen to my concerns because “it’s just your anxiety” and they might be right but since i don’t know FOR SURE, it does nothing but make me have more 😰 i’ve been prescribed lexapro but im so afraid to try it since i know it can make symptoms worse at first and my anxiety is already extremely bad right now so i haven’t started it yet ughhhh. anxiety is 1000000000x worse than depression in my opinion. i wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy! so scary 😣
I feel you Amy!! Your not alone I’ve been to the ER 7 times an they always do labs and tell me there’s nothing wrong I don’t understand I wish there was a permanent cure they put me on Zoloft an on atrax
So do I. I went to ER three times in my life for panic attack. They told me it is just my feeling ok actually safe. They scanned brain and check heart. Just me scared myself 😢
I’ve been to hospital 17 times in last 2 1/2 months. . . And called ambulance 4 times just to get checked. I feel the same way! Sadly Dr’s start looking at you like “Oh No, Not You Again!” . . . And now I go to a completely different hospital where I feel more cared for. But no one can figure out the issue. The first hospital just says “anxiety” as that’s now the easy answer! But this new hospital doesn’t know what’s going on? I’ve only been to them twice now. The first place literally 15 times before I quit going because they always write me off. To me, they’ve made me feel like I’m “crying wolf”. And that THE FURTHEST THING FROM THE TRUTH! I HATE Doctors and I hate Hospitals & Medicine so for me to ever go in the first place YOU (or atleast I) know IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING MAJOR! I hope I can overcome this and “get back to normal” someday!
I have GI based panic attacks. While there is a slight respiratory/ cardiac component, GI symptoms are the biggest component. Do you have plans of providing a video that might help people like me?
Regardless of what triggers your panic attacks, you need to be aware of the kinds of thoughts you have that escalate your panic, and figure out some calming things you can say to yourself instead. Then, whenever you start having these anxious thoughts related to your physical symptoms, you need to remind yourself of the calming thoughts before things have a chance to escalate. If your panic is GI based, then your trigger may be some feeling in your stomach, followed by thoughts that you're going to throw up or have diarrhea, but the sooner you can calm these thoughts, the less severe your symptoms will be, because stress and anxiety intensify GI symptoms. If you're worried you'll embarrass yourself as a result of your GI symptoms, you need to find thoughts to calm whatever fears you have. If you have thoughts that your GI symptoms are something life threatening, then get them checked out by a doctor. Once you know there is nothing seriously wrong, you need to remind yourself that you don't have cancer or whatever your biggest fear is, and that worst case scenario is you throw up or have diarrhea. That's not pleasant, but you've experienced it lots of times in the past and survived, and so you'll survive it this time as well.
@@SelfHelpToons I used to have panic attacks a before exam. U r asking to avoid the situation which causing it but I can't avoid exam how could I get rid of this please help me 😭🙏
I was diagnosed years ago wirh anxiety and suffrred symtoms every day but i still was functioning in the last 8 weels i am not functioning i am not functioning i am not eating ive been diagnosed with ptsd anxiety health anxiety and panic disorder and its so hard
If it gets so bad that you cant get out... then see a doctor and ask about getting on SSRi anti-depressants. Very minimal side effects, and it eliminates Panic Disorder.
This is nothing like a panic attack that I go through and the breathing does not help. When I go into anxiety about being put in jail or mental ward, breathign and counting does not help. In addtion when I am in fear thinking about dying or being in a casket that actually helps because dying will take me away from the emotional pain.
I have suffered from debilitating panic disorder for over 20 yrs, I'm 42 started in high school. I trusted my GP back then as a kid and didn't know better. I now take 3mg of Xanax every day and have for 20 yrs, never abuse it or use more but alot of days in pretty sure I'm addicted and dependent on it. These literally suck I just had a nuclear stress test and echocardiogram along with ekg done at a cardiologist and even that can't convince me 100% it's not heart related when I get them. Was told by the cardiologist that heart was in great shape and strong. I'm scared to go places, drive long distances or go on vacations because fear of being away from hospital too far. They literally control my life
I feel like this too, it's scary and often starts without a trigger, no reason for it. I just had one again and felt like I was going to pass out, shaking, breathless, rapid heart beat etc. It sucks, is stressful and worrisome. I was given amitriptyline before but never took them due to a possible side effect called heart block. When you're already worried about your heart it stopped me taking them plus I don't like taking anything unless necessary. I think I'm going to ring Dr's when they open on Monday and ask again for them as I need something. I can't keep living like this it's scary going through them and depressing after them as you worry about the next one and why this keeps happening 😢 quality of life definitely is affected.
@@michaelrieken3127 exactly. Sometimes I wish there was a machine that could switch bodies so they could at least experience it once and understand what it's like. I think they would be a lot more understanding etc then.
@user-xy7ch3mu9r 100% I've always said wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. But agree ppl who think it's all in the head which it really is, wish they could go through one bad one and feel the fear, sensations, the realness of them then give me their opinion
@@michaelrieken3127 ye I too don't wish it on anyone just a switch of bodies once so they can understand it what it's like. That annoys me when they say its just in your head as the sensations and the experience are/feel real and scary. When they say its all in your head it doesn't help even if its true because it doesn't feel that way. If they experienced it once they would be more understanding imo. It's hard to understand when you haven't experienced it yourself. It's also hard to imagine it's all in the head when most of the time there is no trigger or reason to feel like that. If its fight and flight response I wish they could just say here's a pill to turn it off permanently. I don't need it lol. Can't believe you have been suffering so long you are strong 💪 I hope we all find a solution or better yet a prevention to this soon 🙏
Every time I got panic attack I always look for something to eat to decrease or stopped it. It used to work but not now. I’m gaining weight coz I overeat to stop my panic .
My blood pressure drops dramatically to fainting point when I have a panic attack I do tell myself it’s a panic attack but me fear is the drop in blood pressure.
I just started getting anxiety attacks. and nothing is helping. alot has changed in my life so it's very hard to tell what's the underlying cause . I am a long haul truck driver and am now getting these more often during the night when I am sleeping or attempting to sleep. the feeling so intense i can't even stay in the truck and need to get out. it takes me sometimes 4 hours to be able to force my self back into the truck and lay down to sleep. it's really affecting me badly. I only get them when I'm working and never when I am home. but problem is I'm at work up to 7 days straight and home for 1.5 so now I'm wondering if I should just quit but all the expenses we've got rely on this job.
Lots of symptoms like dizziness that people experience during a panic attack can be the result of anxiety without any underlying medical issues. Since I'm not a medical doctor, and I've never examined you, I can't comment on your physical health, but it's really common for people to have panic attacks and get a series of medical tests that come back fine, and all of their physical/physiological symptoms are being caused by anxiety and panic. My other video on panic goes into this in more detail ruclips.net/video/-3suLOx5R6o/видео.html
No, a panic attack can't make you suffocate. When people panic they often feel like they can't breathe and start gasping for breath which leads to hyperventilation which can leave you feeling dizzy, but you won't suffocate. If you start to hyperventilate, you can slow down your breathing by using this technique ruclips.net/video/YeAMHacC8P8/видео.html
It is common to have that feeling in your legs during a panic attack and it's a common symptom of anxiety, and a panic attack can't cause you to become paralyzed.
Once I start feeling tightness of the chest, I sing…. and tell
myself that I am safe…. this helps me a lot.
Thank you. After having a heart attack, I find myself with panic attacks for the first time in my life which is a horrifying experience. It's a very fine line between riding it out and calling 911. I will use these tools and appreciate you sharing them.
Thanks for the comment and I hope you find some of these tools helpful.
Sounds scary as hell. But you have to face the full force of the attack and stare it down if you want to eliminate future attacks. The amygdala triggers the attack because of the input from the rest of your brain, the only way to stop the amygdala from firing is if you truly are unafraid of the panic attack, and to do that you have to face it and defeat it
wow i can only imagine! sending health and good energy your way! i have a question if you feel comfortable answering. since most of us freak out thinking our panic attacks could be something more serious- do you happen to remember the different feelings between heart attack and panic attacks? everything i read online isn’t really helpful bc it just describes what i feel during my panic attacks which of course makes it worse 😭 take care! ☺️
@@amymatlock2749 Thank you. Absolutely. It happened in the morning right after I got up from bed. I felt a tightening in the chest and labored breathing. Instantly, I knew something was wrong and looked very flush according to my wife and felt very clammy. The chest tightening and weight you feel on the chest at least to me is the difference and of course, the labored breathng as well. I also had a shooting pain down the arm - some get jaw pain. Its kind of like you are drowning in air. If I can breathe ok, I can usually work myself down from a PA with the help of a light dose of xanax equivalent ( I use maybe 5 tablets of.5mg a year on an emergency basis - I break them in half - they help me and I'm very aware of the dangers). I have a blood pressure cuff and a watch that measures heart rate and blood oxygen as well but sometimes that just feeds data to the PA and makes it worse. Its hard to really describe a heart attack other than it really is an oh sh*t moment - there is an immediate sense of doom. My PA's may be different than other people's and I've managed them much better recently - but it took a couple of ambulance rides and full checkouts to reassure myself that its in my head. BTW I am very physically fit and eat a mostly plant based diet. I had what is called a coronary artery dissection of the LAD- it was probably associated with an extreme workout according to my cardiologist at Cleve Clinic. Unless you have a history of heart problems, you just need to keep it positive and reinforce that its a panic attack only and look for reasons to mentally counter that you are having a PA. Im not advocating cbd but it has helped me in some situations as well. The problem with cbd is you need a quick delivery method during a PA so its either vape or smoke which I'm not a fan of. Tinctures take a while... Stay away from high caffeine products or over indulging in booze. Being hung over is a perfect set up for a PA. Spend a little money and get a full heart scan or check out by your physician or a cardiologist. The knowledge that you have passed the medical test will provide a basis for you to mentally counter your PA. I hope this helps you and if I can provide any more assistance I would be happy to. Panic attacks really suck - people that have never had one just cant relate -they think its like anxiety and this is a WHOLE different animal. God bless you and I wish you a happy holday season.
@@kevb6233 😢 I’ve been having them since my Dad passed. And I can’t get rid of the feelings of feeling like I’m dying now. Then the ER or ambulance says everything I normal and then I settle down and KNOW I’m alright. . . But the bad part is when I don’t want to keep bugging the ER (no health insurance either) nor do I want to keep calling the ambulance to a “false alarm”! Just makes matters worse! And I live alone so I worry no one is going to know or find me in time before something happens. . . I hate this feeling and am SO TIRED of it in the short but VERY LONG 2 1/2 months that I’ve been dealing with / struggling with it! I feel for anyone that goes through this, I never knew what Panic Attacks are until I started having them more recently. I’m a 35 year old male, very health (minus my smoking habits) and I want to quit but it’s SO HARD cause it “FEELS” like it helps to calm me down. . . Plus I’ve changed SO MANY things in my life recently: Foods, LOTS of Water, Very Little Caffeine, Etc. and I feel the Cigs are the only thing that helps me to “catch my breath” at times, while other times I can’t even smoke a cig. I go from hurting in chest (left side and middle 99.999% of the time), severe short of breath where I’m losing all oxygen, etc. etc. you know what it is. . . Can’t shake the feeling! And I AM afraid to die! I’ve lived a bit of a rough life despite being raised by a Godly Father & Mother! I just woke up at 3:34am with a “PA” and now can’t go back to sleep (it’s now 4:04am) . . . Can’t breathe correctly in my nose or mouth, I start freaking out! I am currently sitting in the Hospital parking lot “JUST IN CASE”, at least someone close by. Sometimes after sitting for here a little bit I realize I’m alright and then I go on back to the house and lay back down. But MAN it’s SO EXHAUSTING to say the very least!!!!!!! I dealt with PTSD for 10-12 years and now this! I can’t catch a break it seems! I hope you’re much better now my friend and hope you’ve found healing! Do you know Jesus Christ as your Lord & Savior!? I start praying everytime I start going through all this and asking God for forgiveness in hopes that if something were to happen I’ll make it on to Heaven! VERY SCARY STUFF!!!!!! Nothing to play with!
I was 8 months free from tachycardia and panic attacks but they came back with a vengeance. Gerd has made my anxiety and palpitations so much worse smh will get there again 💪🙏 Had a panic attack last night due to tachycardia after getting up from being in my car smh hate this. Bunch of test and they cant find anything but all of this feels so real so hyperaware of my heart beat and other symptoms
I have duodenitis which causes extremely severe Gerd. When it hits then the panic starts. Sometimes the panic starts and then the gerd. It sucks to be losing your stomach and your mind.
I'm currently fighting 5-7 a day, full blown and just starting to learn how to fight them. I'm staying full function meaning work the whole nine, no medicine, you can beat them if you know what's happening! My first one 2 weeks ago I called the ambulance got Mri,CAT scan, ekg, they said my heart, brain, lungs, eyes, ears, throat all healthy as can be, I thought I was dieing. When I found out how healthy I was I self diagnosed genetic anxiety and panic attacks! You can fight your way out of them!!! I am 42yrs old BTW and these videos are changing my life everyday for the better, thanks so much!
Amen. Knowledge is power. I'm on meds but I still get attacks. Certainly improved my prayer life.
I had the worst panic attack of my life yesterday. Legit thought my heart was going to stop. Every time I had a palpitation I thought I was going to pass out. Legit went to the ER. There’s still residual anxiety but I’m just relieved I’m alive.
Palpitations are from constant adrenaline overload. They’re not dangerous but are super scary. If you can lower your stress and anxiety levels, and try to not react emotionally to them, the palpitations eventually go away. I also started taking a magnesium supplement.
I just left the er yesterday thinking it was my last day on earth. I ran in the er and told them I think im having a stroke because my breathing was elevated whole body was tingling. Thought I was going thru a dying stage. Its so scary!!😪😪😪
I also went to the E.R when this started happening to me..thinking I was about to have a heart attack and pass out.
How yall holding up?
@@Iodestarr I’m doing much better, haven’t had a palp in about 2 weeks. I’m trying not to care if they show up again. It’s not easy.
And I really need to stop reading the news.😵💫
@@Iodestarr had to be put on antianxiety meds. I hate these becsuse they ruin lives 😩😩😩😩
This video is so so helpful, just managed to talk myself down from a panic attack and this video has pretty much everything I used to go over when I had a therapist so it’s such a good CBT recap! Thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing that, it's great to hear.
i was diagnosed with a panic disorder recently and this video is the single most calming thing i’ve found. thank you for thus
How are you doing now? And what helped you?
Yup! Dealing with a panic attack right now and it's intense.
Did they go away ?
Same here...
How did you Fair?
I've been good for like a week and a half and then boom...out of nowhere and its really messing me up..I'm so tired of this T.T
I get them all the time lately and it's debilitating! Even going over all the alternative explanations the physical symptoms don't go away!
Same i feel like am dying
womp womp
thank you for actually saying that once the hyperventilating/rapid breathing starts, the whole “trying to breathe slower and holding it in” is SO HARD and makes my anxiety worse bc it makes me struggle to breathe even more! i’m tired of seeing every video say “take slow deep breaths and hold it in” I CANT 😭😭😩
also i’ve found the when i feel one coming on if i just distract myself as much as possible it may pass. of course it usually comes back later like when i’m trying to sleep 🙃
@@amymatlock2749 just ride that wave brother, you'll be fine, nothing is permanent.🏄
Iv had panic disorder for 2 years. First 2 or 3 months i didn't know what was going on and called multiple ambulances, dr, cardiologist, etc and sais everything is normal. But i was still dealing with them and was frustrated that I couldn't find an answer. A good way to get a panic attack off track is to sing or start dancing or both lol. Going crazy and being loud helps me for some reason.
My mother in law need this so bad. Poor woman. I will definitely share your video. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this with her and I hope she finds it helpful.
I been having a hard time with my panic attack it freaks me out but I try to calm myself down lil things make me panic or my mind make me feel bad this helps a lot.
Thanks for your comment and I hope you're panic starts to subside.
i’ve been taking sertraline for two weeks now for depression and i swear it’s making me more anxious. it’s caused me a lot of panic cause it’s something that i know if i stop taking it it probably will just get worse. but the dissociating has been really hard. i’ve been waking up at like 4 am and convincing myself i can’t breathe. this video comforts me though, thank you
Hey if you still need help you can try taking medicinal mushrooms,it'll help you and the effects of dissassociating wont tell on you
I'll recommend the golden teacher mushroom
@@harveycole8056 is there any variety of mushroom or any type?
I like your straightforward approach, and the toon is reassuring to watch. Thank u.
Thanks for watching!
I was in Lockdown for 4 months. I am a teacher and didn't work for a long time. When I went back to work i couldnt concentrate and started to get this spiralling feeling. I couldn't work out what it was and went to several doctors. I didn't think it could be panic attacks because I love teaching and I don't feel threatened or worried by kids. But, sure enough after months away my fear must have grown. My confidence dwindled. I have recently realise that I do get panic attacks now and after calling in sick and pondering the problem I realise I have to deal with it. Calling in sick will just make it worse. Also, I would lose my job, hehe. Thanks for this video. It will help me move on. If anyone else has similar feelings please message me , I like the idea of sharing and helping. I am not asking for subscribers I have none. Just want to make sure people like me have someone to talk to.
Mam how is Ur panic attack now?? Is it worse or better??
@@sangeethavijay6930 better for sure. It was a hard road back. But I changed job and decided to just grin and bear it. Doctors did nothing for me. I had to work it out for myself. I still have episodes from time to time but in general, better, thanks.
What have you found has helped you? I’m struggling rn 😔
1977futre I'm reading your comment 2 years later. I was also a teacher during this time and would love to chat about it.
Please check out my first video about panic attacks, Anxiety Attacks and Breaking the Panic Cycle, at ruclips.net/video/rUXXPJOlXow/видео.html . I should clarify about taking deep breaths. This can help calm anxiety by slowing down your breathing and heart rate, but the key is to take slower, rather than deeper breaths. When you start to panic, and especially if you feel a shortness of breath, trying to take deep breaths can lead to faster breathing like panting, which is going to make things worse. Here's a study about breathing when hyperventilating during a panic attack (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3327286/ ), summarized in this press release (www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-12/smu-nbt122010.php )
Every time I have one, I quickly type in "panic attacks" on RUclips and just watching these videos takes my mind elsewhere, until the panic attack passes away. I usually anticipate them 1-2min ahead based on sudden strange feeling I get with growing intensity.
The worst scenario is when I get them during sleep and it wakes me up - in that moment U don't know if U R in the nightmare or U R dying and it takes a while to realise what's going on, unfortunately I am in passenger's seat the whole time and can only wait (about 5-10min).
I observed that following seem to trigger panic attacks in my case:
- Caffeine
- Nicotine
- Stress exposure
That's so nice to hear. Waking up in the middle of a panic attack always seems so unfair, since it's already happening before you even have a change to try to do anything about it.
I had a full breakdown in front of people. It's so embarrassing
Hey, those people, although it doesn’t help in the moment, will most likely never see you again, so it doesn’t matter what they think. I mean, I have anxiety too and I understand how it is, you can’t really control it and you just Gotta let yourself be mad/cry/be happy, otherwise it makes it worse you know…
Funnily enough people can be v kind
Thank You so much, I used it today at my mindfulness recovery group. Clients love it!
Thanks Mr. Dorter for this video. 😀
I would like to tell you that my heart starts pounding faster and I become anxious when my name is announced or someone I feel attracted to comes toward me. It is even embarrassing when my hand gets icy cold and shivering along with the adrenaline fountain shooting inside my stomach. 🤣
I used to deep breath just because I saw many people do that. But, I observed there is a congestion in breath and it rarely helped.
I will follow your advice as directed in the video. Thanks!😇
Thanks for sharing. I have a video about how to breath during a panic attack if you're interested ruclips.net/video/bCEC9RUoEnw/видео.html
@@SelfHelpToons Thank you ! It was helpful.
Thanks for the videos, i have watched alot of them n it has been helpful with my social anxiety
Just had one of my worst ones, I seem to be okay during the day but 3-7am is an absolute horror show for me and panic. It feel like my heart is cramping or being squeezed it’s soo awful!
I have panic attacks every day they start in a morning and they can last all day I so fed up with them my body hurts with them
Thanks for these tips,sometimes i get a lot of racing and intrusive thoughts suspect i have ocd and all those thoughts lead to panic attacks,can you maybe talk about ocd and techniques to help the intrusive thoughts and racing thoughts and overthinking?
Thank you for your video! I deal with anxiety and panic attacks a lot lately and it causes me to lose weight and I'm already small 😔 The more I lose weight the more anxiety I have and then I can't put on weight and that causes more anxiety. Does anyone else deal with that?
I almost got shortness of breath and height heart rate almost everyday
Me😒 plus I'm all alone with my baby my mom passed away it got worst
Great explanation thank you.
Well done. Thank you.
Awesome advice thank you!
Thanks, glad you liked it!
thank you so much for your work that save me, too.
Thank you for this sir!
i would honestly go to the ER for every panic attack if i could but unfortunately i have them every day sometimes multiple times a day and doctors already are so quick to write me off and not listen to my concerns because “it’s just your anxiety” and they might be right but since i don’t know FOR SURE, it does nothing but make me have more 😰 i’ve been prescribed lexapro but im so afraid to try it since i know it can make symptoms worse at first and my anxiety is already extremely bad right now so i haven’t started it yet ughhhh. anxiety is 1000000000x worse than depression in my opinion. i wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy! so scary 😣
I feel you Amy!! Your not alone I’ve been to the ER 7 times an they always do labs and tell me there’s nothing wrong I don’t understand I wish there was a permanent cure they put me on Zoloft an on atrax
So do I. I went to ER three times in my life for panic attack. They told me it is just my feeling ok actually safe. They scanned brain and check heart. Just me scared myself 😢
I’ve been to hospital 17 times in last 2 1/2 months. . . And called ambulance 4 times just to get checked. I feel the same way! Sadly Dr’s start looking at you like “Oh No, Not You Again!” . . . And now I go to a completely different hospital where I feel more cared for. But no one can figure out the issue. The first hospital just says “anxiety” as that’s now the easy answer! But this new hospital doesn’t know what’s going on? I’ve only been to them twice now. The first place literally 15 times before I quit going because they always write me off. To me, they’ve made me feel like I’m “crying wolf”. And that THE FURTHEST THING FROM THE TRUTH! I HATE Doctors and I hate Hospitals & Medicine so for me to ever go in the first place YOU (or atleast I) know IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING MAJOR! I hope I can overcome this and “get back to normal” someday!
How are you all doing now? Has it gotten any better with yall or no?
I have GI based panic attacks. While there is a slight respiratory/ cardiac component, GI symptoms are the biggest component. Do you have plans of providing a video that might help people like me?
Regardless of what triggers your panic attacks, you need to be aware of the kinds of thoughts you have that escalate your panic, and figure out some calming things you can say to yourself instead. Then, whenever you start having these anxious thoughts related to your physical symptoms, you need to remind yourself of the calming thoughts before things have a chance to escalate. If your panic is GI based, then your trigger may be some feeling in your stomach, followed by thoughts that you're going to throw up or have diarrhea, but the sooner you can calm these thoughts, the less severe your symptoms will be, because stress and anxiety intensify GI symptoms.
If you're worried you'll embarrass yourself as a result of your GI symptoms, you need to find thoughts to calm whatever fears you have. If you have thoughts that your GI symptoms are something life threatening, then get them checked out by a doctor. Once you know there is nothing seriously wrong, you need to remind yourself that you don't have cancer or whatever your biggest fear is, and that worst case scenario is you throw up or have diarrhea. That's not pleasant, but you've experienced it lots of times in the past and survived, and so you'll survive it this time as well.
I agree i feel the same way it very hard to controll
@@SelfHelpToons I used to have panic attacks a before exam. U r asking to avoid the situation which causing it but I can't avoid exam how could I get rid of this please help me 😭🙏
@@wxyz5372 You might find these videos helpful: ruclips.net/video/bCEC9RUoEnw/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/-3suLOx5R6o/видео.html
I was diagnosed years ago wirh anxiety and suffrred symtoms every day but i still was functioning in the last 8 weels i am not functioning i am not functioning i am not eating ive been diagnosed with ptsd anxiety health anxiety and panic disorder and its so hard
How are you doing now?
Thank you so much.
If it gets so bad that you cant get out... then see a doctor and ask about getting on SSRi anti-depressants. Very minimal side effects, and it eliminates Panic Disorder.
Speak for yourself, did nothing for me
The Zoloft an atarax isn’t doing much
@@daltonschafer6092 you need to give zoloft time to start working.
@@andreshervanian8283 I gave it 6 months, it did nothing but give me weird dreams
This is really great and detail video. I try to deep breath during panic and it make it worse. Now im just gonna let it pass if its happen.
Thanks, I hope you find it helps.
I feel the same way about when I breathe as well. Seems like it makes them worse.
This is nothing like a panic attack that I go through and the breathing does not help. When I go into anxiety about being put in jail or mental ward, breathign and counting does not help. In addtion when I am in fear thinking about dying or being in a casket that actually helps because dying will take me away from the emotional pain.
I have suffered from debilitating panic disorder for over 20 yrs, I'm 42 started in high school. I trusted my GP back then as a kid and didn't know better. I now take 3mg of Xanax every day and have for 20 yrs, never abuse it or use more but alot of days in pretty sure I'm addicted and dependent on it. These literally suck I just had a nuclear stress test and echocardiogram along with ekg done at a cardiologist and even that can't convince me 100% it's not heart related when I get them. Was told by the cardiologist that heart was in great shape and strong. I'm scared to go places, drive long distances or go on vacations because fear of being away from hospital too far. They literally control my life
I feel like this too, it's scary and often starts without a trigger, no reason for it.
I just had one again and felt like I was going to pass out, shaking, breathless, rapid heart beat etc.
It sucks, is stressful and worrisome.
I was given amitriptyline before but never took them due to a possible side effect called heart block. When you're already worried about your heart it stopped me taking them plus I don't like taking anything unless necessary. I think I'm going to ring Dr's when they open on Monday and ask again for them as I need something. I can't keep living like this it's scary going through them and depressing after them as you worry about the next one and why this keeps happening 😢 quality of life definitely is affected.
@user-xy7ch3mu9r yes I know exactly what you're meaning and ppl who have never had them truly don't understand at all
@@michaelrieken3127 exactly. Sometimes I wish there was a machine that could switch bodies so they could at least experience it once and understand what it's like. I think they would be a lot more understanding etc then.
@user-xy7ch3mu9r 100% I've always said wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. But agree ppl who think it's all in the head which it really is, wish they could go through one bad one and feel the fear, sensations, the realness of them then give me their opinion
@@michaelrieken3127 ye I too don't wish it on anyone just a switch of bodies once so they can understand it what it's like. That annoys me when they say its just in your head as the sensations and the experience are/feel real and scary. When they say its all in your head it doesn't help even if its true because it doesn't feel that way. If they experienced it once they would be more understanding imo.
It's hard to understand when you haven't experienced it yourself.
It's also hard to imagine it's all in the head when most of the time there is no trigger or reason to feel like that.
If its fight and flight response I wish they could just say here's a pill to turn it off permanently. I don't need it lol.
Can't believe you have been suffering so long you are strong 💪
I hope we all find a solution or better yet a prevention to this soon 🙏
This was very helpful. Thank you! 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much😀 from phlippines🙏☝️
Thanks for the nice comment!
thank you so much
Every time I got panic attack I always look for something to eat to decrease or stopped it. It used to work but not now. I’m gaining weight coz I overeat to stop my panic .
My blood pressure drops dramatically to fainting point when I have a panic attack I do tell myself it’s a panic attack but me fear is the drop in blood pressure.
Look into pots syndrome please
I swear to God I will not take antidepressants anymore but use CBT instead because I’m suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms since reduction
We're you on a very high dose?
Can you please talk about flash back? Please
I grab things in panic, ive dropped my shopping and left my bags in the street,. Please help me..
Thank You for this. This has helped me a lot
Glad it helped! Thanks for letting me know.
I just started getting anxiety attacks. and nothing is helping. alot has changed in my life so it's very hard to tell what's the underlying cause . I am a long haul truck driver and am now getting these more often during the night
when I am sleeping or attempting to sleep. the feeling so intense i can't even stay in the truck and need to get out. it takes me sometimes 4 hours to be able to force my self back into the truck and lay down to sleep. it's really affecting me badly. I only get them when I'm working and never when I am home. but problem is I'm at work up to 7 days straight and home for 1.5 so now I'm wondering if I should just quit but all the expenses we've got rely on this job.
Look up EFT I
I get very dizzy and doctors can't figure it out. Doctors have told me numerous times that I'm fine but why does this happen
Had MRI CT scan normal blood work perfect EKG normal x-ray ultrasound clean
I get very dizzy I mean crazy dizziness
Lots of symptoms like dizziness that people experience during a panic attack can be the result of anxiety without any underlying medical issues. Since I'm not a medical doctor, and I've never examined you, I can't comment on your physical health, but it's really common for people to have panic attacks and get a series of medical tests that come back fine, and all of their physical/physiological symptoms are being caused by anxiety and panic. My other video on panic goes into this in more detail ruclips.net/video/-3suLOx5R6o/видео.html
Hey bro pls reply to my comment
I fear tht i'll get suffocate from panic attacks
Pls tell me will i get suffocate from this??
No, a panic attack can't make you suffocate. When people panic they often feel like they can't breathe and start gasping for breath which leads to hyperventilation which can leave you feeling dizzy, but you won't suffocate. If you start to hyperventilate, you can slow down your breathing by using this technique ruclips.net/video/YeAMHacC8P8/видео.html
@@SelfHelpToons okay thnk you..one more thng bro i also have symptom of jelly/wobbly legs
This is my biggest fear
Like i'll get paralyzed
It is common to have that feeling in your legs during a panic attack and it's a common symptom of anxiety, and a panic attack can't cause you to become paralyzed.
@@SelfHelpToons thnk you but bro why do i even feel tht
I get so panicked from this
Thank you for your videos