3 YRS AGO I EXPERIENCED MY FIRST PANIC ATTACK..SINCE THEN IVE GONE THROUGH THE USUAL SUCH AS THE FEAR OF HAVING ANOTHER ON ,,HAVING ONE IN PUBLIC, IS SOMETHING PHYSICAL LIKE A HEART ATTACK,ETC,,FOR ME THAT PANIC ATTACK MANIFESTED ITSELF,,INTO A GENERALIZES ANXIETY DISORDER,,CONSTANT WORRY ESPECIALLY ABOUT MY HEALTH,, AT FIRST IT WAS CARDIAC,,THEN ALL TYPES OF CANCER, MS,BRAIN TUMOR ETC.THESE WERE THE TRIGERS THAT WOULD FIRE OFF AN ATTACK, PRESENTLY IVE LOST MOST OF THE HYPOCHONDRIA BUT IT HAS BEEN REPLACED,,BY MY NEVER ENDING FEAR OF HEART ATTACK,I GUESS U CAN SAY I HAVE TURNED INTO A CARDIOPHOBE WITH A GENERALIZED ANXIETY PROBLEM, AND STILL HAVE SME HYPOCHONDRIA ONCE AND A WHILE ABOUT DIFFERENT AILMENTS,SAD TO SAY MY MEDICAL RAP SHEET IS HUGE I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ER VISTS MULTIPLE PRIMARY CARE PHISICIAN VISITS,IVE BEEN TO 2 DIGFFERNT CARDIOLOGIST WITH MULTIPLE VISITS,,TESTS INCLUDE 12-15 EKGS ECHOCARDIOGRAMS,2 NUCLEAR STERSS TESTS MILTIPLE CHEST EXRAYS, CT SCANS, BLOOD WORK ETC, NO ONE CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT MY FEARS HAVE PUT ME IN THE BEST HEALTH AND PHSICAL SHAPE OF MY LIFE..AND STILL I GET WHAT I THINK ARE PHSICAL SYMPTOMS OF CHEST DISCOMFORT,,AND PAIN AND THE IMPENDING FEAR OF DEATH..AND THIS TIME I AM PRESENTLY UNDER THE CARE OF A PSYCHOLOGIST AND NOT ON MEDICATION,,I HAVE DECENT DAYS AND REALLY BAD DAYS, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THESE WORRIES TRIGGER A PANIC ATTAK ONCE AND A WHILE BUT NOT TO OFTEN,,I AM NOT AGORAPHOBIC BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT SOMETIMES I DO GET ANXIOUS IN PUBLIC OR WHEN LEAVINF THE HOUSE,,USUALLY MANY OF MY HEART ATTACKS HAPPEN IN PUBLIC OR WHEN IM DOING SOMETHING FOR RECREATION,MY MIND WILL NOT LET ME ENJOY MYSELF.I DO HAVE CONSTANT WORRY ABOUT EVERYTHING IN GENERAL BUT I CANT SAY I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PANIC,,ONCE AND A WHILE I WILL GET SO WWRAPED UP WITH BEING HYPER SENSATIVE TO EVERY SENSATION IN MY BODY THAT I WILL HAVE A PANIC ATTAK BUT IM AWARE THAT IT IS A PANIC ATTACK..AND IT DOESNT SPIRAL OUT OF CONTROL..AFTER ALL OF THIS I GUESS MY QUESTION IS ...PANIC DIARY PROGRAM FOR ME..IF ITS NOT WHAT IS,,ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED :quest:
