Mutt

i've had them. they are a pain in the ass. come out of nowhere.

which is why i wasn't even diagnosed with them for 5 years.

doctors couldn't find out why I was having recurring dizziness, did all the brain scans even went to a special dizzy clinic where they strap you in some machine and spin ya around upside down.

Panic attacks, or anxiety disorder as the doctors call it, can be treated well now. The thing is to catch them early and get on a good medication. The longer you have them the worse it will be because you will pick up phobias because you will associate certain things with causing a panic attack. Avoidance behaviour.


I still don't fly because of them. I had no fear of flying before i got my first panic attack. And i'm still not afraid of flying itself. It's
that i've had three or four absolute nightmares flying. When you're trapped in an airplane for 7 hours and you start having a panic attack about 15 minutes in............... NIGHTMARE!!!

It's definitely not a 'crazy' disease. It is biochemical, lots of research going on into it. But i think there is a psychological component to it, certain personality things that are a clue that you might one day start getting them. When I was young I always had to sit on the aisle of a movie theater, bus, etc. I needed to know i had some kind of control of wherever i was.

Here's another thing about panic attacks. Marijuana is a trigger.
I think that's how mine got started but i wasn't aware of it at the time because I didn't know what was going on.

good luck with them quiet. don't delay getting to a good doctor and if they want you to try a medication don't fight it.

I am the worst, i was on some medication for them for like three years, was doing great, so i threw the medication away, 4 months later WHAM! WHAM!

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