Am I losing it?

I have never had panic attacks until this year. In the past 10 months or so I have had several.. and what's worse is a lot of times when I am NOT having one, I am freaking a little because I'm scared of having one!

I have a very happy life and I am very content.. and I feel like this is messing things up so much..

the first couple times I had one I experienced major head rush (face/cheset got red) felt dizzy and lightheaded had to sit down and was completely freaking out (ie; felt like I was dying, crazy-like fear, thought I myself was going crazy)

I experienced thought feelings a couple more times and more recently I have felt other symptoms which I have been told are more panic attack type symptoms (start to feel scared, shaky, out of breath, hands get cold, think Im dying)

I even went to the ER over this crap.. CT scan of brain came back normal so did blood work (checked for possible thyroid problem, glucose levels, etc) ... sometimes the symptoms occur at work, sometimes out at the store or just in public in general.. and sometimes when I am home alone.. does anyone else feel like me?

I hate what this does to me? Sometimes after the attack I still feel kinda scared and shaky and trembly for a while afterwards.. does anyone else experience this? Help is greatly needed!

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I was at a fast food joint earlier and started having one.. felt really out of it and d/c from the world, shaky trembly, etc... and shaky and trembly for a while afterwards, even now I still feel a bit weird... and I think reading about other peoples symptoms sometimes causes ME to think I have those symptoms too.. anybody else have that problem?

I just really want some advice to hear some stories I hope some people can relate! It scares the crap out of me.. and I wake up with my heart racing at nights sometimes too, which really sucks, has cause me to lose lots of sleep that i need for work...

you are not losing it, I too over the years have suffered ALL these symptoms and more, they come with panic disorder, you usually think your dying, have cancer, a brain haemorage, etc. it is frightening but you do gradually adapt to not paying so much attention to it.

these leaflets on this thread are a huge help and I used the therapy described to conquer my anxiety.

http://www.socialphobiaworld.com/postt17507.html

be pateint though, these things take time

Ugh I was exactly like that!
Once, I was walking from school I began to feel really dizzy, and everything looked closer, and I felt like I was going to faint! I thought I was going to die!
You're not alone!