I had to chime in on this subject. This hits a personal note with me. Back in 1986 before panic attacks became the trend of the stressed I was misdiagnosed. I had what I believe was a nervous break down in basic training. Was told it was just stress.

Anyway they never figured it out and I went through 4 years of pure hell while in the service. When I had a panic attack it felt as if my world was changing around me. I would forget how to breath, I would get dizzy, tingle and start to go numb in parts of my body, I learned later on this was because of hyperventilation. Then my heart would race and pound, chest pain across the collarbone or under my left breast. Hold on, we are not done yet, then random thoughts of death or dying. This coupled along with the fear or feeling of losing touch with reality really made for a bad trip. Needless to say that in 93 two years after I got out of the service I was diagnosed and place on medication for a panic disorder, depression and bi-polar.

These are some of the pills I was placed on. Note I will list later what I currently take.
Nardil
Clozaril
Buspar
Ativan
Geodon
Inderal
Wellburtrin
Seroquel
Remeron
Risperdol
Zoloft
Lexapro
There are way to many for me to continue to list

What I am on is
6mg of xanax
60mg of prozac
600mg of depakote
100mg of veraset
The above is for panic attacks and depression only.

For my heart:
100mg of Lopressor
5mg of Quaniprin
75mg of plavix
40mg of Lipitor
145mg tricor
200mg Imdur (long acting nitrate)
adult asprin

Now after being told for the past 11 years that the symptoms of a heart attack were caused by panic/anxiety attacks. Well at the ripe old age of 38 I had a heart attack. MI in the left ventricle. This cause me to be stented.

Two other clogs were found but were not able to be cleared by my local hospital so up to Pittsburgh I went. They did what they called a roto rooter procedure, tried to drill the blockage out. Both the stent and the roto rooter work for a week. I ended up back in the ER and was cathed and told I needed to have triple bypass surgery. That sucked. This was in 04. From then till now I have had two other stents, angio for a total of 11 cauterizations. The doctors are in my crotch more than my wife. It has been over 4 years since the surgery and I feel like bees are stinging me all over my incision and left breast area.

After i recoverd from open heart, i was told i was diabetic, well that sucked also. It's type 2 so i am still pretty positive i can deal. When my glocose lvls are higher than normal, it constricts my seconday vessels of the heart which give me all the symtoms of a heart attack. So my trips to the ER are very frequent.

I wish i didn't have all the pills shoved down my throat. Bud is all i need.
So, if you have panic, it can cause real problems. Donā??t be like me, donā??t sweat the small stuff like I did. Live for today and enjoy. On the other hand if it feels like a heart attack, it just may be a heart attack, let the doctors figure it out. If you have any questions feel free to ask away. Still looking for the seeds of life. The seeds that will bring me relief from my mental and physical pain.