Staying Strong.

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I don't normally share my personal health problems with anybody. But after reading a few today I thought I may aswell.

Today i'm talking about "Panic Attacks" and "Anxiety" And I would hope that anyone to read this would take this into consideration and do not panic!.


October 2011: On train i expierenced breathing problems. I had to get of the train because I couldnt breathe. I also had pains weakness in my left hand the first sign to my head was. Heart attack. Called 999 and told me I was having a panic attack.. Days went by and I started getting chest pains. I thought wow am I going to have a heart attack very soon? however read this.

Chest pains started. Regular. Heart beating fast ... waking up coughing gasping for air. I had blood tests, xrays, ECG scans. However the good news it all came back positive !

Though that didn't stop me checking my heart all the time i got worried and kept checking it any little pain in the chest area still scared me all I kept thinking was .."heart attack" .. I must of taken over 100 trips to hospital/doctors because of this.. They thought I was depressed. I'm not depressed i replied. I told them I want to know whats causing these problems. However guys .. Months went by and around march it's all finally stopped. God knows what it was. Though I spoken to someone recently who suffers from anxiety. I thought anxiety? He told me all about it the symptoms etc.. he told me Liam.. if you do not control the anxiety it will take over your life and you will be scared for a very long time.

I just want to tell everyone who ever has expierenced a panic attack ! STAY STRONG! YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DIE!. And don't let it effect you're life like it did with me for months. Now at this moment in time i don't get them no more because I have beaten anxiety. Though problems are still existing with my stomach now.. So yes it's from one thing to another.. I'm going on holiday at the end of the month. I've had blood tests yesterday and also going for a scan soon to see what's happening with my stomach.. Doctor thinks IBS.. Though thats treated with powederes. However i'm not going to talk about that now.. I'm just saying if you ever.. and I mean ever.. get a panic attack or chest pains and you get all results back fine! DO NOT PANIC NO MORE ! This is where I went wrong and kept panicking even though all results were fine!.

Don't let anxiety or panic attacks beat you !

One day in you're life you may experience this.

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I suffer from panic attacks but nowhere NEAR as severe as this (mine is when I'm worried there's nuts around and I think I'm having an allergy attack, simulates that). Can't imagine what you must go through - did the doctors not pick up on the fact you're having panic attacks at all? I would have thought that would be the first thing rather than depression. If they're really bad you can get something to control them (I think). but yeah, it's like you're having a panic attack, then you panic about having a panic attack - it's a vicious circle.

But huge congratulations that you managed to beat it, quite a feat

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I suffer from panic attacks but nowhere NEAR as severe as this (mine is when I'm worried there's nuts around and I think I'm having an allergy attack, simulates that). Can't imagine what you must go through - did the doctors not pick up on the fact you're having panic attacks at all? I would have thought that would be the first thing rather than depression. If they're really bad you can get something to control them (I think). but yeah, it's like you're having a panic attack, then you panic about having a panic attack - it's a vicious circle.

But huge congratulations that you managed to beat it, quite a feat

Well I've only ever had one panic attack (And I hope it's the last). However the doctor's didn't tell me anything about the word anxiety. I didn't even know what it was until a friend told me.. However I believe that anxiety is what caused all the problems I was getting because I was always anxious about my heart. Though like I said now I know it's anxiety I don't let it get to me So now my lifes back on track! And I hope you can fight you're panic attacks also!