shermo

I can totally relate. I hope you don't think I was calling you a wuss. I was just giving a little insight to how I cope, and it seems to control them pretty quickly.

To those saying it has to do with being overweight, having no lives, etc... I am 5' 11", 26 years old and 158 lbs. I also am pretty close to being a vegetarian (meatwise, I only eat fish for health reasons), I go to the gym 4 times a week, I snowboard and play tennis 3 days a week, I geet 2 massages a week to reduce my stress level, I am surrounded by friends, am happily married, live in Las Vegas, am very close to my family, etc. .... And for those saying it might have to do with Americans turning to drugs too much: I haven't taken a prescription since I was 15 and that was penicillin for an infection.

What seems to get me is an over piling of issues due to this fast paced society that I live in. Sometimes it has to do with friends overloading me with petty issues while preparing taxes and helping my wife with questions she has about running her business. Sometimes it has to do with hearing about health problems that my father has had, mixed with somebody plowing into my car in a parking lot, on top of the home owners association knocking on my door about a stupid issue, sprinkled with a crying baby nephew that is in the living room "visiting" us, while I am trying to work on server issues.

The point is that these conditions are real and are caused by extreme anxiety. It feels very close to what I'd assume a heart attack feels like...unfortunately for me, I may have a heart attack one day and assume it's a panic attack.

Best of luck beating this DF!