My Symptoms?

Everyone's symptoms are different, but I thought I would share the symptoms I have!


Before the Panic attack:


Before a panic attack I get 'tummy aches' which consist of light 'butterflies' around my stomach, when I first started getting panic attacks my family and even I thought I had a stomach problem, acid tablets and lots of other medications were at the ready, but boy were we wrong! I sometimes even have feelings of sickness, even though these feelings are mainly physiological, they feel SO real!


During the dreaded panic attack:


When having a panic attack it's as though everything slows down, my hearing becomes more acute and everyone around me is an annoyance! (sorry to the boy I sit next too in maths!) - One time we had a GCSE the next lesson and I was in maths, the boy I sit next to was very concerned as I breathed in and out very slowly out of my mouth but to be frank all I wanted him to do was shut up and leave me alone! When having a panic attack people coming even an inch towards me just make me feel claustrophobic, weird hey!  


Sometimes I still have these symptoms even if I'm not having a panic attack, they come nearly everyday for me mainly before I go to school or when I'm going to meet someone for even a coffee in town! Annoying but that's the way the cookie crumbles for me I guess!


What are your symptoms?


Thanks for reading, lots of love
Hannah xxx