Worst Panic Attack

[Rosyrain]

What is the worst panic attack you have ever suffered, and what did you do to calm yourself down?

The worst I have ever experienced actually happened to me recently. I was at home and not feeling well to the point I needed to be sick. I was home alone at the time and ended up getting sick over the toilet. Once I was done, I had an extremely hard time catching my breath to the point I was gasping for air. I ended up having to go outside in the crisp air to calm down and catch my breath. It was super scary.

 

[Juri.Luvrov]

Was busy studying for my finals, was about mid day, had a cigarette, got off from a phone call and just had this massive feeling of a lump in my throat, like just before you start crying. Felt like I couldn't swallow or breathe, then just full on panic mode. Felt like I was dying took me about 2 days to fully recover from the initial panic attack and about 3 months to get my GAD under control. Almost a year panic free. However, really took a confidence knock and sometimes just get very mild anxiety.

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[Concernedgal]

The worst panic attack I ever had was. It was the end of summer it was hot outside about 110 degrees, I was heading to the state fair with my husband (keep in mind there was no air conditioning in the car) . We were almost there when all of a sudden (boom!) It was happening. I couldn't breathe I was strating to lose concousness and my fingers and my toes were tingling I felt as though if my brain was frying, ( that's the only way I know to decribe it). I honestly was telling my husband goodbye and I loved him because the only logical conclusion at that time was , I was having a stroke and about to die. So that prompted him to stop the car when he stopped the car.. I started to run and didn't stop running until I dis covered a convenience store. I then asked the casher to call an ambulance and when I reached the emergency room, they told me after extensive test that it wasn't my heart or a stroke it was a bad panic attack. I have had panice attacks before but, not like this. This 1 attack is the reason I suffer from amaxophobia, a fear of being a passenger in a car.

 

[janemariesayed]

There have been so many panic attacks that I can't remember the worst out of all of them. I cope by taking deep breaths which is almost impossible to do because my chest tightens up. Still, I slowly fill up my lungs with air and eventually, it calms me down.

 

[Rinka]

I had a couple in the last few weeks myself. I had been quite stressed at work and worried (client was repeatedly aggressive and abusive towards me).
The whole stress lead to being dizzy, heart racing and migraine symptoms. I thought for a while that I was terribly sick a brain tumour or anything like that until I went to my GP. I explained my symptoms and also my stress at work. After openly discussing everything with my GP it dawned on me that I was not sick, it was panic which triggered migraine symptoms and then lead to real migraines

 

[Danes]

Whenever I used to experience panic attacks I would immediately start to chant my affirmations in my head. I would do my breathing exercise as best I could while visualizing the calmest image I could in my mind. The combination of these three techniques helped lessen the intensity of the attacks.

 

[Rinka]

Thank you @Danes for the tips. Need to try them in my next driving lesson