Re: Slight OT: Severe anxiety attack episodes
That's the thing with panic attacks, they don't need a trigger. They just happen. That all sounds like panic attack symptoms except the cheek thing. Does it hurt in like your skin or is it more like in your jaw/bone? It might be dental if that's the case. And that pain can come and go, so it could be a coincidence. You know your body though, and anxiety/panic attacks can do crazy stuff!
I have panic attacks every night, i can be fine (just like you) and just BAM..Panic attack. Can't breath, can't swallow, feel sick, etc. I start to fear it happening as it gets later in the day, which of course, just makes it even worse.
“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
“We are the girls with anxiety disorders, filled appointment books, five-year plans. We take ourselves very, very seriously. We are the peacemakers, the do-gooders, the givers, the savers. We are on time, overly prepared, well read, and witty, intellectually curious, always moving. We pride ourselves on getting as little sleep as possible and thrive on self-deprivation. We drink coffee, a lot of it. We are on birth control, Prozac, and multivitamins. We are relentless, judgmental with ourselves, and forgiving to others. We never want to be as passive-aggressive as our mothers, never want to marry men as uninspired as our fathers. We are the daughters of the feminists who said, “You can be anything,” and we heard, “You have to be everything.”