To think this isn't panic attacks?

[mallap345]

I don't know what's wrong with me.
The last few days my problems are back.
10-15 minutes before I leave the house my heart starts skipping beat after beat and I begin to have a hot sweat..I leave the house and feel like i need to run to where I'm going,I'm sweating and my heart is racing and skipping beat after beat.
Then I get here and 5-10 minutes it just stops.
Yesterday was the same and I had 7 hours in my grans fine ..5 mins before I was due to leave it started again.
This morning I woke up terrified because I knew it was going to happen,my hands were icy cold and I felt sick,I was shaking and then bang the skipped beats began and I was sweating.
This can't be panic attacks can it?
I've never heard of people getting skipped beats with panic attacks.
When this starts I need to run or go somewhere but I don't know where,I start screaming and crying sometimes too.
I hate it.

@mallap345 is there a reason why you're so unwilling to accept a diagnosis of anxiety?

I have to try and fight it don't I ?
The last few days I have walked 5 mins to my grans and that's it,I'm scared to go anywhere else.
I feel like I can't walk anywhere like this because I will end up collapsing with my heart.

It's not that I'm unwilling but I have for years now obsessed over illness (me and my family ) if my dad so much as sneezes I think he's going to develop pneumonia and die..I just can't control it.
That's what pushed me to refer myself to the mental health team for counselling because I knew it wasn't normal or healthy.

If it was anxiety surely I would be ill every day? Some days I'm ok..from Monday -Thursday I was ok,travelled to the shopping centre and boom Friday I was a mess.

Gosh you sound strong op though, you are a brave person getting on with it.

Keep pushing for answers.

Op....are you on any meds or not ?

Yes that sound like mild anxiety, and a bit of health anxiety.

You wouldn't be ill every day with anxiety, it can come and go.

I have health anxiety and PTSD and obsess over illness. You're catastrophising things like your Dad sneezing - I do exactly the same.

I've been waiting for therapy for 2.5 years now, maybe try and go private before it gets worse, as I'm at the point where it's hard to leave the house.

It's anxiety. Exactly what I get, even down to the throat thing. anxietyexit.com/lump-in-the-throat-sensation-anxiety/

It is anxiety. I have the same, and last weekend my panic attack caused me to hyperventilate, and I was trembling and had pins & needles in both arms. I was convinced I was having a heart attack or severe asthma attack as I was like it for hours. My husband rang 111, they sent an ambulance. The paramedics checked my heart (ECG), BP, temperature, Oxygen levels, listened to my chest. All clear on everything. After 2 hours of them talking to me, I relaxed and was fine. They said I need to see a GP, so I am - tomorrow.

I've had panic attacks in the past, but NEVER like this. I've been on Citalopram for depression for years. One of the side-effects is anxiety! I'm going to ask for something different and get off these.

If you can, breathe in and out with a paper bag. It does help. Also, sit down if you feel the panic starting, and breathe in deeply and slowly, and tell yourself you are going to be OK.

Sorry no I'm not on any meds except diazepam on as as and when basis (I save for emergency's )
I did try sertraline a year ago but I was like a woman possessed on it,couldn't sleep,vomiting daily.
I know when I get like this I can sometimes push myself out of it but it's so hard.

Lynne...sertraline is an option

Health anxiety/panic attacks/OCD

I was perfectly OK yesterday - went out with my husband, had a lovely day out, went for lunch too and then went out last night. All OK. Today I'm trembling, feel weak and dizzy, and feel spaced-out. It comes and goes.

Cross posted, op. Sorry you didn't get on with sertraline. Generally the side effects you describe( particularly insomnia) will settle when you get the correct dosage. How long did you persevere for ?

AnyFucker. Yes, I know about Sertraline. My son has anxiety and depression, he's been on Citalopram and Sertraline, felt bad on both. Since being on Mertazapine he's been really well.

I work in the healthcare sector

About 9 years ago I went on holiday to Cyprus with a friend.
Got there at 9 pm on the night by 9 pm the next night I was on my way home...felt so sick and weak.
Got home and next day I was fine again..think I've had some form of anxiety for years.

I was taking it for 5 weeks or so but by the fifth week I was hysterical with lack of sleep and convinced myself if I continued to take them I would never sleep again.

It's classic anxiety. I'd look at hypnotherapy, CBT, maybe even accupuncture. Doesn't cure it but it gives you techniques for coping with it.

Mindfulness may help

mallap345....what you describe is known as "fight or flight"... you feel anxious so feel like running away (literally). It is the brain's way of trying to cope with what is perceived to be a threatening situation.

You are NOT going to have a heart attack or die. You can and will be OK. See your GP and get something sorted out.

That happened to my son, op. Awful sleep deprivation but it settled with an increase in dose (go figure), persevering for about 6-8 weeks and the addition of beta blockers

I know they are not suitable for everyone though, and he had the relative luxury of being on summer break from college to ride it out.

Thankyou for all your advertise.
When I tell family they tell me "just stop it"
"Forget about it,it's all in your mind"
"I'm sick of you talking about it"
I'm not going to talk to them about it again.

*advice (stupid predictive text )

Your family sound pretty horrible

CBT oil would help you immensely OP.

CBD that should be - sorry.