What are the main symptoms of panic attacks?
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kindHand56
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Jul 5, 2017
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Feeling like your heart is beating super fast, sweating, shacking, heavy breathing, feeling dizzy and wanting to get out could be some symptoms of a panic attack, but everyone is different!
LosArzamas
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Jul 5, 2017
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Frequently, panic attacks are a conjugation of increased heart beat, cold sweating, sweaty palms, hyperventilation, accompanied by a sense of 'thinking narrowness', where suddenly you start to loose a mindful approach to your surroundings and begin to be extremely focused on a given behavioural trigger.
Christina33
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Jul 14, 2017
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Sweating, quickened heartbeat, shaky hands, stirring around, enlarged pupils, heavy breathing, shakiness.
KHA123
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Aug 19, 2017
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Racing heart is the first common symptom
Feeling weak, faint, or dizzy.
Tingling or numbness in the hands and fingers.
Sense of terror, or impending doom or death.
Feeling sweaty or having chills.
Chest pains.
Breathing difficulties.
Feeling a loss of control.
Anonymous
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Nov 10, 2017
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Difficulty in breathing and increased heart-rate. You sometimes feel like choking as though there's something blocking your throat or it's simplu swollen. You find that you can keep your breath longer than it's normal! And if it continues for a while, your limbs start trembling on their own accord and it's hard to stop them. Sometimes telling yourself that this is not going to kill me or no one has died from panic attacks, can prevent you from extra panicking then gradually you will calm down.
heartfeltTouch
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Nov 10, 2017
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Your heart is beating faster, sweating, harder to breathe, it can feel like you're being suffocated.
pinkBlueberry4542
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Nov 11, 2017
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I have had alot of stress, thought i was having heart attacks ecg clear 3x after 3 yrs of suffering the doctors said i have anxiety. I get strange pains in my chest, burning feeling in arms, blurry vision sore eyes anxiety and stress are the worse things ive ever experienced
Mityvac
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Nov 16, 2017
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Panic attacks are really scary. You might have rushed heartbeats, sweaty hands and problems breathing.
Anonymous
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Nov 16, 2017
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there are a lot of both common and uncommon symptoms of a panic attack. A few can include feeling weak, faint, or dizzy, feeling sweaty or having chills, breathing difficulties, etc. If you'd like more information about panic attacks, check out this link.
http://www.anxietycentre.com/panic-attack-symptoms.shtml
madikinney
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Nov 17, 2017
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having a hard time breathing, hard time staying still/ constantly fidgeting, heart racing, chest gets tight, and you can sometimes feel like you have the butterflies
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