How dangerous are the physical symptoms of a panic attack-when I have one I feel like I could die?

I'd start by urging that if you feel at physical risk during a panic attack, to first try a simple breathing exercises to relax your body. If that's not helpful, call the emergency services and explain the situation. It's always best to be safe. But in reality, most panic attacks have physical symptoms, and those symptoms are generally not at all a major risk to you. Hyperventilation does carry some risks of fainting etc, which is why breathing exercises are an excellent thing to try. But in reality, don't worry yourself further about the physical symptoms. A little twist on "look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves" is "look after your mind, and your body will look after itself". Your mind is the cause of panic attacks, don't let your body, which is ultimately controlled by your mind, dictate to you. Especially when most of the time, there is little risk.

The physical symptoms are all made up by your sympathetic nervous system. They are not dangerous. Your goal should be to realize that these symptoms are a fabrication of your fear, not a severe physical illness.

The important thing to remember with panic attacks is that they are unbalanced chemical reactions in the brain. I know panic attacks are horrible, and I know how realistic they are, as I've had them for over ten years. If the physical symptoms are making you want to hurt yourself, end your life, or making you pass out etc. they would be considered dangerous

Physically, the risks tend to be fairly low. The greatest risk would be passing out, but that would take a while and a very severe panic attack

They are more dangerous the older you get. The older you are, the less elasticity your circulatory system has. Increased heart rate = increased stress on the circulatory system. It also depends on the situation you are in when having a panic attack.

Physical symptoms of a panic attack may not be harmful but they also are not pleasant. Its known that people who have panic attacks say they feel like they are dying, this is fairly common among panic attacks. Unless the individual has had a heart issues in the past I would not worry to much but I would still keep an eye on him or her. Physical symptoms can be shaking, throwing up, fainting, hyperventilation, and sweating and many more other symptoms. Don't worry to much, this is a way for the body to cope with stress, but in the mean time give them comfort and do keep an eye on them just in case, you never know.

The physical symptoms of a panic attack are not extremely dangerous and certainly not life threatening most of the time. It may feel as though you are going to die; however, that is simply your bodies way of telling you that something is extremely wrong and it feels endangered.

If you google "circulatory shock" that's basically what you'll feel like. Sometimes after you will feel sick, and depressed.

Panick attack don't pose any danger or threat unless you were physically to act upon them in a irrational way, It is a perfectly normal human response. And you are at no risk of death.

The physical symptoms of a panic attack can be very frightening - I have gone through many panic attacs myself. It is very common to feel like you could die when the panic attack is at its worst, however you will not die and you will not go crazy, even though it can feel that way. A panic attack normally lasts shorter than half an hour and will reach its absolute top in 10 minutes, before you will be able to calm down again. The feeling of having difficulty breathing, having pain in your chest, feeling extreme panic or having a very fast beating heart is scary, however it is not dangerous and it will not cause any harm to you. Next time a panic attack comes: Try to sit down somewhere. Try to focus on breathing slowly through your mouth. Breath and breath again until the worst is over, even though it is extremely hard. Panic attacks usually does not last very long. Try to think that you will get through it. In the beginning this will be very hard, but it gets better with training. I still get panic attacks once in a while, but having the focus on my breathing really helps.