Panic attacks that differ
Does anyone else have this? I think technically Panic attacks and Anxiety attacks are the same thing, but I find I can differentiate in myself. Panic attacks happen suddenly for me, and are often about medical issues and seem to come out of no where. Anxiety attacks tend to happen for me when I think about life or something triggering happens. Both can end the same way but most of the time they have different symptoms.
Panick attacks for me can include: Feeling im going to die, Feelings of dread, need to take deep breaths and lots of crying, heart palpitations
Anxiety attacks: intense crying, loss of breath, Intense depression, manic behaviour and shaking.
Maybe its because im also bipolar? Does anyone else have distinct kinds of attacks?
i suffer from panic disorder and there is definitely a difference between the two attacks. panic attacks, like you said, usually come out of nowhere with no known or single trigger. panic attacks include intense feelings of terror and dread, physiological responses like palpitations, sweating, hyperventilating, inability to breathe, loss of feeling in limbs, numbness, lightheadedness etc. Anxiety attacks on the other hand are usually caused from over complicating and thinking of things or situations so they have a more defined trigger. Anxiety attacks are more psychological like feeling of fear and uneasiness, uncomfortable but still being in touch with their surroundings. It isnt uncommon to experience both instead of one or the other so dont worry.
thank you! I've never had an answer to that, all my friends who suffer similarly only have one or the other apparently. This was really helpful.
I can totally relate with the different symptoms thing, though both may occur quite randomly for me
It wouldn't be bipolar. That should just be moods, and things should not keep changing suddenly with that. Normally a depressed or manic/hypomanic mood will last months at least.
That's almost identical to the symptoms that I get for both panic attacks and anxiety attacks! Usually, I can get triggered by other people quite easily and I tend to get really bad muscle contrations; sometimes to the point where I collapse. With anxiety attacks, I overthink a lot of normal situations and all my thoughts overlap one another and it's makes me feel like I'm going vomit as well.
If you can tell which one it is early on, you can always correctly prepare for them <3 Stay strong :D
