Panic attack symptoms

Awesomelorenzo
Awesomelorenzo Online Community Member Posts: 116 Contributor
in Mental health and wellbeing
Does anyone else get the following symptoms?
Throat closing up
Shivers
Feeling cold.
I want to make sure this is a panic attack and not something serious i'm ignoring.

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  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Online Community Member Posts: 5,425 Championing
    Feeling cold is odd, I tend to get get really hot myself.  Uncontrollable shakes/shivers and throat closing up are fairly standard panic symptoms though which I experience on a near daily basis myself now.

    I guess one way to know if it's a panic attack is the circumstance in which it's occurring...is it just after an anxiety trigger or happening totally out of the blue for example?

    Usual disclaimer that you should talk to your GP about any new symptoms...though we all know they'll just write it off as anxiety in the first instance anyway.  :#
  • chiarieds
    chiarieds Online Community Member Posts: 17,236 Championing
    Hi @Awesomelorenzo - as mentioned above, this is something best discussed with your GP; they will be able to work out whether your symptoms may be due to panic attacks, or not.
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,471 Championing
    edited July 2021
    Mind do list feeling very hot or very cold as possible symptoms of having a panic attack, so it's not impossible @Awesomelorenzo. As the others have said, it's worth going to see your GP to get it checked out either way. Is your GP aware that you experience panic attacks, if this is something you've experienced before? 

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