out of everything one cud possible have, my doctor now tells me i have a panic disorder.

well i took myself to the ER sometime last week, cause i thot i was having a heart attack. wierd . almost all the personnels at the hospital thot i was crazy anyways, heart attack in 20s? not realistic. the worst part is that am in the medical field and still thot i was having a heart attack. when this was happening, my pulse rate resting was at 110 and my O2 sats was at 89.

well thats not the problem. the problem is that i told my family as in mom and pops, and now they think am crazy and don't believe me. they said "its not African".

my question now is that does anyone else get em and what do u take or do when it happens, cause this is ridiculous. all i have to do is think about something negative or be at the wrong place and all of a sudden i cant breathe

bluenubian: out of everything one cud possible have, my doctor now tells me i have a panic disorder.

well i took myself to the ER sometime last week, cause i thot i was having a heart attack. wierd . almost all the personnels at the hospital thot i was crazy anyways, heart attack in 20s? not realistic. the worst part is that am in the medical field and still thot i was having a heart attack. when this was happening, my pulse rate resting was at 110 and my O2 sats was at 89.

well thats not the problem. the problem is that i told my family as in mom and pops, and now they think am crazy and don't believe me. they said "its not African".

my question now is that does anyone else get em and what do u take or do when it happens, cause this is ridiculous. all i have to do is think about something negative or be at the wrong place and all of a sudden i cant breathe

I do have some episodes myself, all I do is take a glass of whiskey/gin and in some seconds, my nerves are back to normal. Try it, works everytime for me.

You may be having panic attack truly. It doesn't last more than 10 to 15minutes when it strikes, though u may be feeling as if your heart would stop beating. Try and see a clinical psychologit.

A panic attack, also known as anxiety attack, is a brief episode of deep anxiety that causes the physical sensations of fear. Symptoms of a panic attack are:
• restless and irrational thinking
• A strong feeling of dread, danger or foreboding
• Scared about going mad, losing control
• Tingling and chills, particularly in the arms and hands
• Trembling or shaking, sweating
• Hot flushes
• Accelerated heart rate
• Breathing difficulties, including shortness of breath
• Nausea or abdominal distress
• Dry mouth

I've had episodes of panic attacks since 2009 nd I understand u perfectly wen u say the hospital pwople think you are loosing it,the truth is wen it happens it cld be scary,in my own case I insisted on doing a CT scan of my brain to be sure all is well,I also see a neurologist once in a while,he gives me anti depressants,but most of dis stuff are stress related,so when am having d symptoms I talk to myself nd I try to calm down,so calm down nd pray as long as you've done all necessary tests.Shallom