Anyone ever had constant anxiety attacks for a week? please read all

yes , anxiety can make you have palpitations , all kind of them , if the doctors said that you are okay , try to calm down , the more you focus the more scared you get and the more palpitations you have , and so on . try to get some magnezium , or some plants tea to calm down your nervous system . and if you can t calm down , you can se a different doctor to reassure you . i m sure you are just severly anxious !

Ok I answered one of your other questions about what causes your heart rate to go up.... Adrenalin release but will give you more info about my journey to answer your current question. Will sound somewhat similar in the struggle.

Constant panic attack for a week? Yup been their done that more than once, for me though it was always caused by my medication... I think. I always had high anxiety but didn't know how bad it could get until I went for help in my late 30's. Doctor prescribed me Paxel and I went nuts after a week on it. Did not sleep for days, shook constantly. My legs when numb and I could not even walk. I could not control or feel them, I stabbed them to make the point to my doctor. Like I said I did not sleep for days, not one single hour. My doctor prescribed me a benzodiazepine and it worked like magic. Not a care in the world everything felt better than my "normal". I felt blissful actually and I went to bed to get some long over due sleep.

Fast forward 10 years. I worked 12 hour days and exercised every day. At times during my day I would get mini panic attacks. Still taking that benzo prescribed 10 years ago. Anyways I would suddenly be out of breath with dry mouth. I carried a bottle of water every place I went, it was in fact my security blanket. These attacks did not last long and I found by the time that I took a few sips I was back to normal. Then 1 day during my daily 3 mile walk I collapsed unable to catch my breath and heart rate jumped up to 180. That would happen to me several times a day after that everyday. I developed agoraphobia. (had it for 4 years now) I loved to travel and now I could not even get out of my room. I made many trips to the E.R. out of breath with a resting heart rate fluctuating to about 140. Sometimes in a wheelchair because it felt that bad, I was too out of breath to walk. At times an attack would make my pulse race up to 180 just laying in bed.

I suspect that my body has become hyper sensitive and dependent to the drug I am currently on. It's causing panic attacks. The heart rate changes, cold, warm and out of breath changes are all due to adrenaline release. The body redirects blood flow to vital organs so you can run of fight a way out. This is why some parts feel cold and others warm, it's because blood flow was rerouted, muscles twitch with anticipation. You feel out of breath because your body is demanding more oxygen to your muscles.

I purchased a pulse oximeter that I keep in my pocket. What I noticed is that every time I am out of breath I actually have a very high oxygen level. This is due to over breathing and the fact the adrenaline is causing my body to demand more oxygen. You can find devices that can tell you when you are stressed with high anxiety too although I found them not very accurate on me because I am always stressed. How it works is that it measures the time between your heart beats. Consistent time means low stress and erratic times means high stress and adrenaline.

I have become out of shape. It's hard to exercise with this illness. Exercise gives me many of the same feelings I get during an attack. I cant tell if I am out of breath because of the exercise or because I am having an attack. But I don't like that feeling and often I end up having an attack if I exercise too much. When that happens any recent progress I made goes away and I have to work on getting out of my room again. It's not all bad, it's better than it was. I am in for the fight because I miss riding my motorcycle, going to the beach and all the cool stuff I did in the past. I want my life back.

I researched this stuff a lot because I too could not understand why they would release me from the ER with an erratic pulse. I could not believe that this could be all anxiety. I assure you though that it can be though.

I wish you the best of luck.

Also if anyone else is struggling like me, message me id be happy to add you on facebook or something and talk about stuff, maybe give each other some reassurance sometime 😃

Hi Josh. I been getting the same symptoms as you for almost a week now too. I been so worried about my health even though I seen a doctor last month and my blood test results came out normal, I'm still worried. I been getting heart palpitations, high heart rate, shortness of breath, feeling detached, weak inside, brain zaps and I feel like I might pass out. It's just terrible and terrifying. It's hard for me to sleep now because of how I feel. I understand what you're going through and you're not alone. I hope you have been feeling better now or visit a therapist for help or advice. I wish you the best of luck to heal and learn how to control your anxiety symptoms better. Check out youtube meditation video guides, it has been helping me so much.

literalky everything you have said there has happened to me and im 20. i have hadnto deal with anxiety sunce i was 13

hi been dealing with that for 14 years meds have helped but they poop out on me the last one I was on was celexa stopped working in August tried many different meds nothing is wokring have had depression anxiety and panic attacks every day all day since august now its hard to deal with especially going to work now im on zoloft for 4 weeks and it seems to be making me worse klonipan helps a bit noone that has been through it can ever understand

hi been dealing with that for 14 years meds have helped but they poop out on me the last one I was on was celexa stopped working in August tried many different meds nothing is wokring have had depression anxiety and panic attacks every day all day since august now its hard to deal with especially going to work now im on zoloft for 4 weeks and it seems to be making me worse klonipan helps a bit noone that has been through it can ever understand