How long do your panic attacks last?

I have chronic panic attacks, I get them every single day, some last maybe 5 minutes, some can last up to 2 hours, I think it really depends who the person is.

hi, I am 29 and have never had panic attacks up until a week ago, the first few days was like I was stopping breathing just before I went to sleep which would wake me up for 10 - 15 mins. 2 days ago I had a major attack that lasted 4 hours and I went to the hospital..... this is how I found out they were panic attacks. The only time I get anxiety normally is when I smoke cannabis. the day after the attack I didn't smoke anything and was fine but yesterday I had a little on a friend spliff and felt fine, around 20 mins later whilst playing my xbox all of a sudden I got a warm feeling throughout my body and felt like I was gonna pass out.... this is when I realised that I hadn't taken a breath for some time! For some reason I get severe bloating when these major attacks come on, complete numbness, bad tremors, redness in the eyes and round my throat and body, my throat closes up and no matter how much I try to do the breathing exercises it doesn't stop till I go to sleep. This attack lasted for another 4 hours until I went to sleep, I then woke up this morning and the tight throat and shortness of breath has been there all day along with a sore head and being confused - with the odd wave of numbness. The thing is I am not an anxious person and don't even feel anxiety right now when I've got the feeling I have. This is very out of the ordinary. I know I have been stressed recently but didn't expect anything like this, Apparently I'm moving a lot in my sleep and now I'm spending all day on the sofa because every time I move something happens and I struggle to breathe. A point that might be worth making is that I have been struggling with different pains for 3 years now that has been playing on my mind that I have now found out to be either crohns disease or ulcerative colitis, this I found out the day after my first major attack. Is it likely that if I quit smoking cannabis completely this will go away or am I stuck with it? it's just strange how the first few days were small attacks just as I was dropping off but soon turned into major attacks when I'm not even felling anxious about anything, the only time I'm anxious is when this happens out of the blue. The only other thing I can think off is that this is some form or asthma as it's mainly shortness of breathe I get that then makes me panic........ please help!

Hey saw this post from 3 years ago and that how I feel now I just started experiencing anxeity and what I am guessing are panic attacks after it happens than i am on edge and i cant get control I will have minutes of clarity where it seems i am feeling ok than heaviness set back in and I react to that it seems to be a cycle. Did you ever figure out a solution? I do not want to go to get pills for this so hoping to take control of it another way. Thanks for your time.

This sounds like I could have wrote it same situation I smoke weed regularly but been doing it for years and experienced no anxiety or panic attacks unil recently. I also have been dealing with a medical condition the doctors have not been able to find anything wrong with me doing different things like blood work x rays and sonogram type thing. My doctor then tryed to put me on anxiety medication which i never took but it has now gotten bad and really scary. It like I need to go somewhere but I have no idea where. If you get any answers please share as I will do the same. Only been a few times but enough to freak me out.Thanks

hi i just had my first severe anxiety attack this morning. i woke up at around 3 in the morning to turn on my fan because i was hot. soon after i began to get cold and broke out in a cold sweat. i than began to feel like my body was becoming numb and my breathing was getting heavy. i woke my mom up and told her i felt funny, she just said go back to sleep so i laid back down. i than began to realize my heart was pumping so fast and very off beat. i started to freak out and began to get blurry vision and was extremely light headed. my mouth got super dry and i realized i was clenching my jaw and couldn't help it. after that i started to look up some of the symptoms because i got really scared that i might be having a heart attack. i really started to panic and than was hearing some sort of siren in my ear and my whole body began to ache and was completely numb. i woke my mom up once again and told her what was going on and she counted my pulse. she said i was having a panic attack and that i needed to lay down. but i couldn't sleep. i eventually got out of bed around 7 in the morning, had been awake all night freaking out. and i was completely zoned out. i couldn't speak correctly and every little thing irritated me. i felt almost exactly the same for about 6 hours, but it was really bad for about 30 mins. i have had panic attacks before but they've never just been out of the blue or had woken me up and the symptoms were never that bad, or stayed that long. im sort of worried maybe my meds are messing with me. i take lamictal for a bipolar disorder and i also have been diagnosed with PTSD not to long ago. i have suffered from depression since i was 12 but iv never felt so weird in my life. i felt extremely fearful and cried for no reason at all a couple times. i also smoke cigs and i drink on the weekends. could this be an effect of my occasional drinking or smoking tobacco? id really like some feedback on this, im super worried and i really do not want to feel that ever again. it was one of the scariest experiences iv ever had. 

im having another one right now. i started feeling numb after i took a nap. and now its just escslating.

Joh guys,I think I'm ganna die :( I've been having this panic attack for 4 days already,I'm shaking,muscles are sore and pulling dry mouth,and feeling so scared I've been to the doctor and put me on anti depressants and some other calming stuff but I'm only 16 and so scared..I've missed 2 days of school and I don't know what to do

I'm 24, and I can't imagine a 16 year old going thru an episode of panic attacks, u need to trus that God will protect and heal u, I've been going thru this 4 3 years, and its just changed my entire self judgement and esteem, and I wish I'd gotten help earlier, go see a dr. Your def not gonna die, the enemy just playing with your mind! But be strong, ull pull thru! Also keep reading about people's stories, symptoms, what u can do during an attack etc...

my panic long only 4'' my age 50 years how to long it?

I am experiencing my first panic attack. I just returned from my neurologist appointment. I have MS and I thought it was a reaction to the medication I receive once a month for that condition. I was astounded to hear that it was a panic attack. Apparently, the chemicals in my brain are out of balance and this is what has caused the panic disorder.

I wish I had better news but panic attacks can last any amount of time, long or short. While my symptoms are more mild than the classic "panic attack" you see on tv, it is a very long attack. I am now on day 4 of a continuous attack.

I would strongly suggest your brother go see his doctor since there has been a change in his condition and symptoms.

Best of luck to you and your brother.    :-)

I have the same symptoms. Heart racing, my throat closes up, feeling like I can't catch my breath at times and I start shaking and trembling. I always have tinnitus and it gets really bad when I have my attack. They usually last about 30 minutes but tonight it has been almost two hours and I am still freaking out. I get so scared and worried that I'm going to die. I wrote my kids a letter tonight saying goodbye just in case I do. I'm really hoping I can learn to deal with these attacks without having to go to the ER or being put on medicine.

Thanks for listening :-)

Consider finding a good tai chi center. The meditation practices that they teach have helped me a bit.

Best wishes to you.

hi I hve had it for 9 months and ive been real down I hve the same situation even though im only 13 I find it hard when someone falls in love with me cause they would ask me on a date I would get so worried and scared I would tell them I cant go or im ill so my anxiety can calm down I don't use medication the doctors told me im too young so I hve to try and calm my anxiety but its only bein getting worse ive had 2 panic attacks one at school and at home my mates don't understand why this happened but most of the people in my school say im too sensitive which really gets me angry when someone gets me angry I cant calm down and I smash anything I see I was also depressed when I had it for 7 months so depressed I started cutting myself and smoking I don't know why I was depressed but when I did it I felt like I was a better person and that I didn't feel pain and sadness on holidays I don't go outside im too scared something might happen again I say no to all my mates who ask me to go and play with them all I do is stay in my bedroom on my computer cause that's the only place I feel safe and feel normal my school does not even care some of the teachers just ignore me so that puts me real down but in a month im seeing a councillor and at the moment I talk to people on facebook who also hve anxiety to help me out so I suggest u meet a councillor if u hvent met one and talk to people on facebook also listen to relaxin music and meditate I hope this helps and im sorry for my slang

 

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 You are the only other poster that has attacks that last that long. Mine last from 3 minutes to 24 hours. I would love to communicate with some one who has this feeling I have.

HI GUYS,

 

this whole thing is new to me and sad to say joining the anxiety club sucks, i'm 30 years old and my attack today has been going all day long, my doctor has me on meitazapine 30mg a day which helped at first, but all day long i have been fearing my heart is going to stop  which is the case with all my attacks also get numbness in left shoulder blade and pain in arm like a real heart attack, it scares the sh*t out of me, no matter how much i try not to think bout my heart i always do

this all started three months ago as well for no reason i have no stress in my life other than getting a job which i now have so i'm clueless, only good thing to come from this is i quit smoking thinking it was my heart