Anxiety & Panic Attack
Discussion
My mental health has not been the best for 30 odd years, frequent bouts of depression and Asperger's syndrome, probably the cause of the former.
Last week was something new though, at work and I started to breath quite quickly and shallow, at first it wasn't much of an issue, but it soon became apparent something was wrong, so I decided to get to the local walk in centre, which for reasons know only to our local NHS is attached to A&E, on my way to the walk in centre I started to get pins and needles in my face.
As I arrived at the walk in centre, the pins and needles had now spread to my hands as well and breathing was starting to become a challenge.
At some point, someone must have noticed me, because I now had staff around me, I don't know how many, and by now literally couldn't breathe, by this point I was sure I was having a heart attack and this was the end...
They rushed me through, did lots of checks, ECG, etc and some time later confirmed it was not a heart attack, it was a panic attack and I needed to speak to my GP.
I have spoken to them and they said it sounds like anxiety induced panic attack and suggested a change from Fluoxetine to Sertraline. Doing some reading online suggests that the anxiety ight have been brewing for a couple of years.
On to the point in had, has anyone experienced something similar and how does the Sertraline help?
Last week was something new though, at work and I started to breath quite quickly and shallow, at first it wasn't much of an issue, but it soon became apparent something was wrong, so I decided to get to the local walk in centre, which for reasons know only to our local NHS is attached to A&E, on my way to the walk in centre I started to get pins and needles in my face.
As I arrived at the walk in centre, the pins and needles had now spread to my hands as well and breathing was starting to become a challenge.
At some point, someone must have noticed me, because I now had staff around me, I don't know how many, and by now literally couldn't breathe, by this point I was sure I was having a heart attack and this was the end...
They rushed me through, did lots of checks, ECG, etc and some time later confirmed it was not a heart attack, it was a panic attack and I needed to speak to my GP.
I have spoken to them and they said it sounds like anxiety induced panic attack and suggested a change from Fluoxetine to Sertraline. Doing some reading online suggests that the anxiety ight have been brewing for a couple of years.
On to the point in had, has anyone experienced something similar and how does the Sertraline help?
First panic attack is a super scary experience, I feel for you. Panic and anxiety can manifest physically in a bunch of different ways eg my neck and back of head go completely numb. Bewildering at times. Btw: there's a dedicated Sertraline thread on here
Edited by Sitcat on Tuesday 14th July 13:17
Thank you all.
I don't think my diet is too bad, yesterday was mini Weetabix for breakfast, couscous and chicken for lunch and wholegrain rice, salmon and asparagus for dinner.
jules_s said:
The OP pretty much mirrors my first - what a miserable thing they are.
No meds here either, but it did involve a pretty large lifestyle and diet re-think to get back on top
What changes did you make?No meds here either, but it did involve a pretty large lifestyle and diet re-think to get back on top
I don't think my diet is too bad, yesterday was mini Weetabix for breakfast, couscous and chicken for lunch and wholegrain rice, salmon and asparagus for dinner.
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