Posted by MarieMurph on April 21, 2001, at 16:48:16
Guys I'm just curious to know if anyone out there has similar symptoms to mine.... and if so, what they did to help them. My whole problem started at the end of last summer right before school started. I was working at Dunkin Donuts, and I got really hot because the air conditioner broke. I think i got overheated, and felt dizzy and lightheaded like i was gonna pass out. I got soo nervous and worked myself up soo much, that I didnt know what to do. Since then, I would get periodic episodes at work similar to that. Then school started, my sophomore year of college. The first few days, i was ok... but then i started to feel really anxious in class.. and i would get waves of hotness all through my body, and feel like i was gonna pass out... so I had to leave class a lot... it then got soo bad that even in my car, I would still feel anxious, and i felt almost like I wouldnt be able to make it home. Eventually it would pass.... but it was the worst feeling in the world.... it wouldnt really get that much better until I was closer to home though... So then I couldnt go to school, and I was out for a while... And when put in situations like that, I would notice a rapid heart beat, a feeling of unreality(i think this in the hotness bothers me the most)... Its almost like I feel like im not really "there"... like i have no control of whats going on.. almost like its a dream. Then i get really hot, and my vision gets weird, and sometimes i get nauseous, and hives. This mostly happened in grocery stores, malls, driving alone, and WALMART!!!.... I noticed that if I was in the very back of walmart... i would start getting the anxious feelings, and I would try to let them pass.... but then my legs would start to feel weak... and I would feel like i was either gonna pass out, or that I was sooo weak that I wouldnt be able to make it to the door. Eventually I got a little better.... but i still cant drive far alone, at all... or go shopping at malls and try things on in dressing rooms, unless im with a few select people. I was just wondering if anyone out there has or had similar experiences to this... and what they did about it... i mentioned in another post that i had tried paxil... but it made me really sick, but that might be because i didnt give it long enough... and now I am on ativan.... to be taken when necessary... but I find myself taking .5 everyday anyway.... but i just need something else... because summer is coming.. and I want to be able to do things with my friends... and I wont be able to work this summer(and I really need to) unless i get some other medicine....Does anyone actually ever pass out from panic attacks?? or is it just the feeling you get... i think i just need some assurance that nothing will happen to me...its just so hard because people that dont have it dont understand the feeling...My friends have been really good and helpful... but they just dont understan what it really feels like..... can anyone help??
poster:MarieMurph
thread:60706
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