can panic attacks make you feel like you cant breathe?

jessica41481 · Newbie User Joined: Mar 06, 2008 Posts: 31

can panic attacks make you feel like you can't breathe even if you don't feel anxious? i mean since this is all new to me. can it come in different ways? i thought i was having an asthma attack. the last time i had an asthma attack i was 12.

im thinking that maybe i should go to the doctor just in case. because even now taking a really deep breathe feels tight!

Infected_Malignity · Advanced User Joined: Oct 17, 2007 Posts: 339

if there isn't any anxiety involved, most likely it's not a panic attack. definitely check with your doctor, that sounds like shortness of breath or an asthma symptom

Psychedelicious · Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 3:27 am Post subject:

Yes, I think so. They've made me feel this way too

SilentType · Expert User Joined: Jul 04, 2007 Posts: 609

They've made me feel like this but theres always anxiety involved as well, so I'd talk to your doc about the asthma.

Peace

va_boy · Newbie User Joined: Mar 05, 2008 Posts: 39

I would assume so.

matewzin · Newbie User Joined: Mar 28, 2008 Posts: 7

Panic attacks are due to an underlying evolutionary response which is being trigger out of context. The "fight or flight" response occurs in response to danger, flooding your body with adrenaline. With panic attacks. this response is trigger without any obvious sign of danger.
http://www.myanxietyattacks.com/anxiety-disorders/panic-disorder/

Lea · Intermediate User Joined: Mar 08, 2008 Posts: 122

Yes, when I am somewhere among people, I feel tension and the feeling that everybody is looking at me makes me hard to breathe. I feel anxious most of the time, only at certain times it is worse than in others. I think it is a disorder I cannot do anything with, only to live with it. And I think I might be a little autistic. Hopefully I manage to get properly diagnosed one day.