December 17, 200619 yr Author Sorry you had to experience a panic attack. :( I have had many and it's the most aweful frightening feeling a person can imagine. If they continue you may want to see a Doctor about them. I was put on a pescription because my attacks were never ending. :( I have not had a attack in almost 2 yr's and no longer take a drug to prevent them. Also wearing a rubber band around your wrist does in fact work, snap that band when you feel a attack coming on, what it does is distract your thoughts away from the overwhelming feeling you are experiencing. Also counting backwords from 100 until the attack diminshes works wonders also. Btw: Your chance of having a panic attack increases if you have a close family member who has had them. ( Heriditary) " What If " thinking makes them worse also, example : " What if I die, What if I faint, What if I etc... Try to keep yourself calm and reassure yourself the attack will soon go away if you stay calm and not feed the attack with more fear. Hope this helped you some I know the feeling well not somthing I wish on anyone. Yea I noticed that when I started getting into the "What-if's" It got much more severe. I'm still feeling the effects of it even 12 hours after it happened. Hopefully this odd feeling will go away sometime tomorrow. What made it even more odd is that this came out of nowhere. I was much more stressed other times than when it started happening. But what really gets you is the "What-if's" For example when I started thinking about what if I have a seizure, it was probably one of the scariest times in my life. You honestly think you're going to die. Then you start thinking "No, this can't happen to me, I'm not supposed to die" and it freaks you out even more. When I was little I used to think that people who had anxiety attacks were pathetic, that they were complaining for no reason; now I truly understand what they are going through. I am an Atheist, and I take pride in it.
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