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Can you have an anxiety attack without a racing heart?

  • Yesterday I posted a question on here asking if you can develop a heart attack due to anxiety attack. I am satisfied with the answers I got, however, I do have one more. Is it at all possible to have an anxiety attack WITHOUT a racing heartbeat or any physical symptoms at all? A few hours ago, I was just overwhelmed with the most awful feeling. My mind felt like it was racing 120 mph. I tried to read something, and I could not even comprehend anything on the page. I began to get extremely agitated and paced back and forth back and forth...I started biting my nails in a nervous fervor and even tried to drink a glass of water while walking around, hoping to "shake it off." I felt like I was two steps away from being in a padded cell, it was ridiculous. I felt like I was losing my MIND. I thought maybe it was an anxiety attack, but I had no fast heartbeat or dizziness to go along with the feeling. That is a big first for me. I've had anxiety attacks for a year now, and I always felt like my heart was going to explode, but this time there were no physical symptoms to speak of, just what I mentioned above. I went for a drive for half an hour around town, and by the time I arrived back home, I was completely fine again and felt like I had regained my sanity. Does anyone know if this could be an anxiety (or panic) attack without the racing heart and stuff? Because that's something I never experienced before, and never hope to again! It was absolutely terrible!

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    You are haveing panic attacks, you shoud tell your Doctor about this and metion thet you would like to try Paxil for awhile because you heard some good thing about it.

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The short answer, YES! Anxiety comes in all shapes and sizes, some people feel disoriented, develop a rash, intense fear, as if they want to escape, sweating, chills etc. Please get help, you can control it with meds, or with therapy alone or a combo of both. Since you have been through this before you know this is not living, only existing. And please do not listen to people who suggest a certain med, one size does not fit all. Let you and your doctor decide. The people here are NOT MDs. One last thing, as my psychiatrist who is also a well known psychopharmacologist in NYC said to me, you can't cure anxiety because it is hard-wired in your brain, but you can learn to control it and live fully. Good luck!

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