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I've always had panic attacks, sometimes they were just minor, heart-pounding, irregular breathing, anxious feeling kind of things, sometimes they were full blown *ohmygoshimdyingrightnow* panic attacks. I had a lot of them about a month or two ago, but since then they had lessened quite a bit. Last night, however, I had a REALLY bad panic attack, it was almost like I was convulsing. I wasn't hyperventilating, I just had an incredibly fast heartbeat and an overall feeling of panic combined with about 7 minutes of non-stop uncontrollable spasms. I have spasms and tremors as is, I have since I was a kid and my doctors have done almost every test imaginable and came up with nothing. But honestly, it has NEVER gotten that bad. Every muscle in my body does spasm from time to time, but never all at once, and definately not for that long. It was ridiculous. I'm just wondering if anyone else has ever experienced something similar.

Just so you know, I already had an appointment scheduled with my neurologist for next week, so, yes, I will be mentioning this to her.

definitly not good as do i have panic atackes but what you explained dont even compare hope neuro cant figure somthing out for ya

Post edited by: zombie, at: 01/02/2010 04:41 PM

I had a panic attack exactly like that on christmas eve, the full thing lasted about 20 minutes and I was shaking and trying to breathe so hard that i actually threw up twice, this was the worst one I've ever had. It was a combination of visiting my family, ebing away from my husband and still fighting with him over the phone that set me off.

I have had panic attacks to the point I became disoriented, couldn't tell you where I was, and felt like I was having a heart attack. I hyperventalated, was short of breath and almost had a wreck while was driving. I felt like the world was coming to an end and everything was closing in on me. I have been having these since I was 12. You are not alone. Therapy and medicine are the only thing that work for me. I don't have the spasms. So the neurologist is a good bet for that. A panic attack is one of the worst feelings on the world, but there is hope.

Walmart, Work, The Mall, and Church are usual suspect places for these attacks.

I have only had minor panic attacks except for one time I had one to what you are describing I actually went to the emergency room and they hooked me up to all the monitors but ended up doing nothing as soon as it subsided. They told me to contact my pdoc. My panic attacks usually end up with tingling in my shoulders and a heavy feeling in my chest. I am sorry that you are having these issues. Definately talk to your neurologist about this.

Nikki, do mention it to your doctor, I've had the panic attacks before and know that there not any fun..

Itjust happened a couple days ago, so I havent talked to my doctors yet, but I see my counselor on Monday, my neurologist on Tuesday and My psychiatrist on Wednesday so I've got it covered.

I'm well aware that this probably isnt normal, but I cant worry too much about it right now, just have to wait till tomorrow.

I had another panic attack last night, but I was really stressed out, and it definately wasnt nearly as bad as the one the other day.

So far so good =]

Thanks everyone