The core reason as someone stated im tyring to figure out why it came about..Wheter abuse had to do with it,or we were wired like this..Im not shrink but i think we akll diffrent cases of course along with symptoms..mine i was riding high in life legal troubles were just behind me,and i was making money i remeber being scared as a kid,more social anxiety like..now im just a health nut/freaked out human.. If we can find the triggers maybe we can find some kind of truth..im searching.. outlaw this to shall pass

Hi Outlaw and folks, I can't trace back to when I had my first panic attack. I am in my 40's now and started sometime in highschool I beleive. I can trace it back from the disruption I lived through at home in my childhood along with what happened to me as an alterboy. I to would like to know if folks can trace it back. I can go back to my first one that I remember. It happened while I was freshman in highschool when a teacher came up behind me and put his hand on my shoulder. I stood up and told him to take his *#* #*#*# hands off of me. I had an attack that day as I remember waiting in the office for the dean to come in and talk to me. Now i have them when I get near anyone of authority. Wow thanks for making me think about that. I'll talk about it at my next session with my counsler. Jimbo

I have had 'mild anxiety' for several years, but my turning point came in January 2004. I had moved to another country (from Canada to England), was doing postgraduate studies, had just gotten engaged and was in the midst of planning a wedding from another country, the stress of the wedding and fights with my fiance were beginning to take a toll on me...and to top it all off - there was an attempted break in my apartment and I wasn't getting along with my roommate. I guess you can say that everything came all together and I just crashed and my anxiety increased tremendously and I was having severe panic attacks... But I still haven't found the one 'core' reason. I am not sure. My doctor told me that some people are more susceptive to anxiety and stress than others. Not sure. But hang in there all...we can do this!!! B

when i think back i felt very uneasy when i was on holiday in florida last year.the first time was when i was at universal island of adventure i went on a stimulation ride and felt very closed in i was crying to get off i felt i was going to suffocate.then on the flight home the same feeling again.i ave booked to go back next year which iam worrying about already,i had a great time but the flight is freaking me out.

Keep them coming,i love hearing the stories... Anybody have anything you can trace to,or symptoms before it all started?? Outlaw P.s this to shall pass..

Mine happened right after Xmas one year. Xmas stresses me out anyway. I got married back in September of that year, that was pretty stressful too.The wedding planning, not the marriage. :) I quit smoking cigarettes that November. I think all of that together made me just lose it. I was at an airport when it happened.

Mine started when my uterus ruptured during a pregnancy and I almost didnt make it. I almost bled to death and had to have an emergency hysterectomy. Then 5 weeks later my son had a head injury and was in a coma for 21 days. Then my dad got sick and died. Also my husband is always on the road. I have never been the same.

hi Outlaw, mine started in december last year i was shopping with my mother went for lunch whike i was having lunch my left hand felt numb,had a lot of tingling in my arm.i kept shaking my arm hoping it would go away i never said anything to my mother but about an hout later i wa walking home and i did not feel well very shakey.when i got home i started to hoover the stairs i kept thinking iam going to have a stroke i feel really weird,my daughter made me a coffee i felt i could not lift the cup i had no strength,then my face when numb down the left side then i totally freeaked out i thought yes iam having a stroke.then i phoned my husband to take me to the doctors as i couldnt breathe he was in shock because he knows i was healthy person all the way to the doctors i kept praying yo myself god please make this go away.the doc says i was having a panic attack.she give me an ecg,next day i had to go back for blood tests.i have had loads of tests done but they all came back clear.i seen a counciler ans she told me i was scared of dying because i lost my friend in the september to breast cancer i nursed her also my nanna who i was very close to died with a stroke.but now i have good days but still a lot of bad days my problem is my thoughts trigger my attacks.the slightest pain or sensation and im away.panic has stole 8 months of my live i know thats not long to alot of you guys but i feels like a life time ago since i was normal.

outlaw my first attack was at the gym.i was working out and went to check my pulse and all of a sudden i felt like i was going to faint so i ran outside and a round the building then i went in the bathroom sat on the floor called a friend on my cell phone and said i think i am going to die.i cried !i went to the doctors and he did an ekg.he said its a panic attack.THATS WHEN MY LIFE STARTED TO DIE!then a couple days later i was at work and felt the same thing a ran in to the bathroom i was white as a ghost.i cried again.now i have a panic attack alomost everyday.PLEASE LET THIS END!!!!! gina

This is how i trace is back its kinda of long but bare with me,sharing,and learning from each other is knowledge and knowledge is power.. In that i'd rather live like a man,than die like a coward.. So here it goes im 20 years o0ld at the time i trce it back to febuary i belive of that year..I had noticed things before when i would smoke weed,i would freak,feel minor heart papls,felt just stupid,and hated it..Anyways i quit,because i got into the steelworkers union.. Now trcing it back its like this im playing cards at my friends Anuts house,im drinking beer,and working alot of hours at the time,it was a saturday night..We wanted to stay up late so we got some no doses,and Beer..Got drunk went home,got up the next day it was the Superbowl that day,and my heart raced,all day pretty scary,but it chilled out,and i partyed that night..(i hadnt had sentized nerves yet).. So i would tell my mom my heart would race at times when i was doing nothing,but i didnt care i was 20,living up,had money,and cars right..So my mom said maybe you should go to see a dr if it keeps up i was whateva.. Now beging of April that year,im at work about to put in a 14 hour day..My heart just takes off usually it would calm down this time was diffrent though ohh so diffrent..I tell the boss im cutting out after 8 1/2 hours..Im sweating,on deaths door i think right..make it home,take a shower hop out,freaked out..what can i do my mom,and dad at work,sister gone,i call the hosputal..they send a ambulance i yell im dying on the phone hurry please..so they meet me outside.. i tell them do something i feel myself going,they got thimgs on my chest say your breatrhing im like im going to stop,and it was horrific.. get the hospital fearing the worst,is to come,or my heart is bad..Dr says your heart is fine,your overworked,caffine,partyed,working relax.. I dont belive it,find the cheif of staff,and have her run the holter monitor test..she cals me friday on her way home from work knew i was worked up..your aight xanax and buspar,and come see.. Now im on xanax 5 years later,and the buspar sucked.. The xanax was a magic pill at first,but my body craved more,ive now leveled off,and live a pretty weird life..In a good way with panic disorder.. People i apolgize for the length,i put all i had