What are the main symptoms of panic attacks?
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Updated: Jul 19, 2023
Artemis6
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Oct 16, 2014
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The main symptoms are usually difficulty in breathing, dizziness, loss of balance and loss of feel in the body which could be describe as the pins and needles feeling.
TellMeAboutIt
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Oct 23, 2014
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usually something like your heart starts to race and then u want to vomit or maybe even u shake and blackout it all depends about how much of a panic u are in
Anonymous
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Nov 12, 2014
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The main symptoms are dizziness, sweating, chest pain, fear, nausea, palpitations, shaking/trembling, trouble breathing, etc.
Aviendha
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Jul 7, 2015
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They can vary from the most common symptoms- hyperventilation, racing thoughts, twitching, chest tightening, to less common symptoms like racing speech, anger or irritability.
Sky0
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Dec 9, 2015
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These are my symptoms:
hyperventilation
racing heart
shaking
feeling like I'm in a dream
feeling like something terrible is about to happen
Greatlistener87
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Dec 10, 2015
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Difficulty breathing, loss of breath, dizziness, choking, crying, panicking, fainting and even at times vomiting.
cscooldod2g
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Dec 10, 2015
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Feeling like you can't breathe, hot/cold flashes, fear of losing control, sweaty hands, noises around you are heightened, tunnel vision, wanting to get out of the situation you are in etc
pizzadonald1
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Dec 10, 2015
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A few of the main symptoms, from my personal experience are;
-Sweating
-Heart racing
-Shaking
-Crying
Kiki2145
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Dec 11, 2015
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Feeling like you can't breathe, almost like you're choking, and shaking is a thing I do. Usually mine lead to crying, but not always. Sometimes I just feel intense fear. Everyone is different too, so your main symptoms might not match up with someone else's!
PracticalMaple
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Dec 11, 2015
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shaking, your heart may start beating quite fast, struggling to breathe and hyperfentilate, sweating, nausea, feeling detatched from your surroundings
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