Here are some of the results from the survey I have posted on this site. I do thank everyone for their responses. All these responses are anonymous. You will also have to slide the page to the right so see all answers. I have kept the answers the exact same way as they were written, with mistakes and caplocks and what have you. I truly hope these help:)
 

Do you suffer from panic attacks or agoraphobia?	How long have you had panic attacks and how long do they last?	Have you ever had a bad experience? I.E. death of a loved one or friend, rape, molestation etc. What was the bad experience?	Are you male or female?	Are you or have you been on medications? If so what was perscribed?	Do you ever get vertigo just out of the blue without having a panic attack? (room spins)	What symptoms do you experience when having a panic attack?	Are you in the care of a Doctor?	.Have you ever been a heavy user of alcolol or drugs?	When having panic a panic attack, is there anything you do to slow it down or be able to end it? Please explain.
1. yes	I have had them since approx. 1987	I experienced rape, three deaths within 5 years.	female	I am on Paxil and ativan	yes	heart racing, dizziness, nausea, weakness, tremors	yes	yes	i try to keep myself busy and occupied with other things to keep my mind busy.
2. Panic     attacks	off and on for about 4 years. they used to last anywhere from an hour to and hour and a half.	many. lots of relatives have passed. my mother had breast cancer too.	female	xanax a few years back. only took when I was experiencing panic.	yes	nausea, heart pounding, racing shaking, feeling of wanting to run.	yes	no	i use my tapes from Anxiety Busters. its the only thing that has helped me overcome this monster, and it's natural.
3. panic attacks	3 yrs. most of the time they don't last very long	yes my dad died	female	Inderal for 3 yrs.	yes	Can't get my breath, sweating, tingling	yes	no	i just have to walk till it wears off
4. yes, sometimes	14mo	divorce	female	zolof, buspar, koinapin, atarax	yes, that's when i fell broke my wrist twice, gave myself a black eye.	pounding heart, hot falsahas my hands shake, sharp pains in my head disoriented fell over things that i know are thre bloured vision break out in hives, things don't seem real, can't swolo hot spots on my body, restless	yes	no lochol just pot	i pray
5. yes both	12 years. from a few minutes to all day	everyone cheating on me and using me	female	zispin and diazaman at the moment, prozac and plenty of others over the years	no	can't breath, tension all over, retching and sickness, shakes and my mind won't work, i pace a lot because i can't sit still	yes	alcohol problems	i get a friend to talk to me and take my mind off it.
6. I was diagnosed with panic disorder around December 2000	My panic attacks started in 1996 during labor with my second child. I only had them when on medications or sick with flue or fever. Then they started to be more frequent after some stressful events.	Yes I have lost loved ones, a bad first sexual experience and raised by a Narcissistic father.	female	I am taking Celexa 20 to 30mg a day. I also have Lorazapam .5mg to take if needed for feelings of anxiety or panic that I can't seem to get a hold of myself by breathing techniques.	yes, or room will seem slanted. I have usually dismissed this related to sinus. This is what my doctor told me it could be.	hot flashes, tingling, shortness of beath, heart beat faster, brain seems scattered, need to go to the bathroom, dry mouth, fear, cold and hard shaking.	yes	no	I have been taught breathing techniques that can help the attacks that are brought on by medications or illness. The effectiveness of breathing techniques seems to be less effective when i am overtired or I get reveved up from evening walks.
7. yes	off & on for about 15 years some last longer then others but the worse is uaally about 15-30 minutes	death of a brother from a heart attack, & ending my marrige	female	zanax, & paxil	no not much a few times maybe	chest pain, sweating tingling in my arms & hands & fingers, week kind of spiin feeling like i could pass out.	yes	No, I do drink some on the weekends	Not really i do fast walking, seems to help
8. panic attacks	i have had two in the past that lasted a few minutes, but had a bad one a month ago that has led me to not feel myself for a month so far.	no bad experiences	female	no medications	no	palpitations, anxiety, fear, feeling of not being able to get a full breath, feeing of dread/doom, like nobody can help	i will be from next week	did smoke a lot of marijuana at university - it definately has something to do with it, as i cannot touch the stuff now without going into a panic attack	get up and walk particualarily outside, and it really helps if people are with you and keep you talking to take your mind off it.
9. Panic attacks	A few months. I have only had one or two.	No	female	Betablockers. I don't think they work. I feel horrid.	No	Racing heart, derealisation, fear of going crazy, tingling arms and legs and numb lips.	Sort of	Occasionally	Diaphragmatic breathing. meditation if I am able.
10. yes	They last all day, coming on in waves. on and off 9 years, as long as i am in feared situations	no	female	currently on paxil	i have, but when i think back on the situation i was in, it was usually a 'threatning' one (subconscious)	tremendous need to escape, racing heart, flushed, palpitations, trembling. trouble swallowing and breathing	yes, general practioner who prescibes my paxil	yes	calm enough, getting online to see how other people cope. i wish
11. yes	minutes only to an hour		female		occasionally	tingling and pins and needles of body, mostly arms and chest, weakness of limbs, tearfulness, terrible shakes that cannot be controlled, dry mouth.	yes	no	try meditation, talk to a friend who understands you and where you are coming from and can maybe talk you through it.
12 Yes, Generalised Anxiety Disorder	About 10 months now	no	Female	Have been on - Aropax, Cipramil, Imipramine & Beta Blockers- these made me feel terrible	All the time	Extreme dizziness, racing heart, blurred vision, fear of dying, numbness in face, chest pains, head pains & tightness, tiredness	Not really	No	I listen to tapes from Anxiety Busters if I can, otherwise use coping skills I have learnt from programs
13. my son does	approx 2 weeks - sudden onset first one lasted about 45 minutes now they roll from one to another yestreday lasted approx. 4 hours waxing and waning	Multiple deaths in the family, also lost two uncles one died at 15 and one at 19 opposite sides of family - asks if he will die young.>	male	started Valium yesterday for immediate help - to start Zoloft	no	vomiting - can't breath - uncontrollable fear - absolute panic!!!<	yes	no	It seems like with him - if I speak to him I am able to talk him down somewhat - does not respond to my husband or grandparents.
14. Panic attacks	25 years, sometimes an hour or two	Yes, my father molested me as a child.	female	Yes but not anymore. It was called (I can't remember actually)	sometimes	like someone is choking me, heart palputations, numbness, severe anger, dizziness, shortness of breath	no	no neither	I just through a terrible tamtrum throwing things and screaming and crying at the top of my lungs.
15. both	two years about a half an hour	death of grandparents	female	yes, zanax zoloft remmeron nerotion	yes	sweating hands hard to breath shakes tremers crying	yes	alcohol	my lungs take some slow deep breaths and my husband telling me I can get through this.
16. panic attacks	since I was 8 years old...now 25...sometimes just minutes... other times hours	all of the above	female	zoloft...now paxil	yes	numbness, sweating, rapid heart beat, feel like i cant breathe..pretty much like im going crazy or worse.	yes	yes	i try to lay down and relax
17. YES	2 YEARS APPROX.1/2 HOUR EACH	GIRLFRIEND'S SUICIDE DIVORCE LOSS OF HOUSE FEAR OF WORK	MALE	YES ANTI-DEPRESSANTS WHEN I THOUGHT I WAS DEPRESSED	NO	DISORIENTATION, LIGHT HEADEDNESS, NOT BEING ALL THERE, SHORTNESS OF BREATH, PARALYSIS, SHIVERING ETC.	I WAS & I WILL DO SO NOW AGAIN	YES	I TRY TO RELAX AND TRY AND CONCENTRATE ON SOMETHING OR COUNT
18. Both	about half an hour	Death  of my grandparents and uncle during this time I went through a civorce. I went into a deep depression	Female	Currently I'm taking Remeron Nerotin xanaxs zoloft	yes	crying sweating hands trembling and couldn't control body shakes	yes	alcohol	take slow deep breaths and Play slow relaxing music
19. Both	13 years ive had panic attacks but have suffered from agraphobia for about 4 years although am getting better	i was in a very violent relationship for 3 years, in this time i was also forced into having sex in front of his friends and on one occasion he forced me into having anal sex with him against my wishes	female	i'm on cipramel(40mg) and Bete blockers every day	no	my heart feels like it is beating very fast outside of my body, i get sweaty palms i start to shake and worst of all i need to find a loo	yes, a very kind and understanding doctor	no, if i drink alcohol my panic attacks get worse i've never touched drugs	i can control my breathing now as i just keep reassuring myself that i am not going to die from this and that it will not last forever. Sometimes i will do math in my head so that my mind can concentrate on something else.
20. yes	2 years	no	male	prozac, zyprexa	sometimes	wanting to leave and go home	yes	no	no
21. Both	5 years. they last from a half hour to 1 hour	abusive relationship,+more, its hard to talk about it, my hart is starting to race rigt now. I will move to	Female	I used to be on Zoloft and Depokote and something to regulate my heart beat. i'm starting meds again next week	no	fast heartbeat, cold clamy skin, body gets tingly, my legs feel like rubber, shortness of breath, sick, dizy and a dume feeling i'm going to die	yes	No	I have learned to freeze up. I go on a cleaning spree in my house.
22. Yes	They have been with me for almost 5 years. They last half hour. First panic attack while driving cannot drive now.	Yes Caring for my 95 year old mother for 15 years thought breaking hip and folling down stairs in wheel chair.	female	Tried buspar but did not help me with driving. Paxil gave me panic attack. Zoloft gave in insomnia	sometimes	racing thoughts, sweating palpitations, chills, shaking, dizziness feeling like passing out	yes	glass on wine every night	I go to a family member and say what is happening to me and they calm me down.
23. Yes	I've had them off and on now for 20 years, it has started again, I think I am dying of a heart attack all the time. I get pains in my chest, a tingling burning feeling down my arms & in my jaw, sick feeling & sweaty & weak	brother died of a heart attack at 44 years of age, shortly after that, this all started for me	female	yes Paxil & Xanax	yes	chest paings tining in my arms, sore jaw, hot sweaty, sick feeling weak & can't seem to get any air	yes	i like beer not heavy, but i like it sometimes	I hav tried every thing but I just seem to get more uptight and think I am having a heart attack. & then it gets worse.
24. Panic/Anxiety and Agoraphobia	14 years Attacks can last from several minutes to an hour or more	Most of above, also severe head injuries from automobile accident. Had an extremely violent and abusive brother and then first husband. Have now been happily married for 11 years toa wonderful and understanding man	Female	Am taking Prothiaden (Dothep) and valium. Have tried lots of others but they just didn't work. Have now been on Dothep successfully for 8 years	yes, yes, yes!!!	Pains in the chest and left arm (always!). Extreme muscle tension, vision impairment, fear of dying, hyperventilation, tingling/numbness, dizziness, weakness in limbs, vomiting, bertigo, diahorreha feeling of choking, trouble swallowing, break in a cold sweat etc.	Yes, a very understanding one!	Smoked marihuana from 22-33 (I'm 47 now) Only drank socially Took LSD and speed from age 22-30 but not all that often - occassionally at parties. I haven't self medicated or drank since I was 33.	Sometimes I can 'talk' myself out of it/through it. If that doesn't work then i will have half a valium. Sometimes I just let it happen, it all depends on the severity.
25. panick attack and agoraphobia	it all started 1 yr this month (december) they can last any thing from 2 minutes to 3 days	loved one recently but that aint what causes these	female	i have not been on medication in this past year BUT i was on medication last year for depression i was taking effexor and one time  took 3 at one time to enjoy myself when i went out that's when i had my first panick attack	yes	sometimes palpitations, feeling like i ait all there...feeling sick, week, lightheaded, o my got whats happening, i sometimes think that if i have a headace i am having a brain hemmorage etc...	no, i am afraid to take drugs because of all the side affects after affects and also make me worse...but its getting to the stage now that i just can't trust any body not even my own mom	i was a heavy user of drugs at one time 3 years ago...but stopped 2 years ago when i had my baby..	no i can't control them any more i used to be able to but i can't...i need some advanced breathing etc just doesn't work any more, its as if something is taking over my body/mind etc.
26. Yes I was diagnosed with panic dosorder at the age of 14	I am now 21, so about 7 years. Now that I am managing them better, a full blown attack will last up to 1 hour	the only bad experience that I would call bad is my fathr's alcoholism throught my childhood	I am female	I am now on Zoloft 100mg for anxiety accompanied with depression (s.a.d.)	not really	The symptoms I feel when having a panic attack are severe nausea, diarrhia unreality or depersonalizatio, sometimes vomiting, dizziness and tremors.		No, my dad was an alcoholic, so I don't touch the stuff. Also the symptoms of being drunk trigger off panic attacks for me	Yes I was taught to slow down my breathing and concentrate on taking dep breaths from deep in my diaphram. Also, I have managed to turn my negative self talk around so I don't scare myself any more than I am feeling. I say this  self-talk like "this will pass, you will overcome this", "you are stronger that this" or "you have had one of the attacks before, and you got through it". My favorite is "this is just fear, and every time I have a panic attack, it just gives me more coping skills and strength to get through the next one." I also pace back and forth.
27. Yes I do	I have had them for about 15 years now	I  have been raped and physically abused	Female	too many to mention	yes!	rapid heartbeat, diziness, sadness, and so many more	yes, a psychiatrist	no	I try very hard to relax. Thank you for having a survey on your site. It has helped me a great deal.
28. Yes	18 years	yes...rape	Female	no	no	the normal ones plus extreme diarrhea	no	no	alot of breathing...reading
29. yes	1 year anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours	wife left me for another man	male	ativan	no	feels like a heart attack, suffocating, feeling like your about to drip over dead at any moment	sort of	yes	shower, sit on toilet away from everyone where i know i'll be alone
30. yes	over 20 years and around an hour or so	yes, rape, sexual assault, tormented by class mates	female	yes, paxil	no	can't breathe, sweating,	not anymore	no	breathing slow and deep...reminding myself that it's ok.
31. FROM PANIC ATTACKS...WELL I RECENTLY STARTED HAVING THEM A FEW WEEKS AGO AND ITS VERY SCARY	I'VE BEEN GETTING THEM FOR ABOUT 2-3 WEEKS AND THEY USUALLLLLY LAST ABOUT HALF AN HOUR	NOPE	FEMALE	THEY PERSCRIBED VISTARIL FOR ME BUT I'M AFRAID TO TAKE IT	NO	LIKE I CAN'T BREATHE IN ENOUGH AIR AND MY HEART IS BEATING REALLY FAST AND I START HYPERVENTILATING AND MY HANDS AND FACE GET NUMB AND I GET A SORT OF CHOKING FEELING...HORRID..I FEEL LIKE I WON'T BE ABLE TO BREATHEON	WELL, I SAW  ONE FOR  IT BUT HE DIDN'T MUCH TAKE ME SERIOUSLY	NO	I READ THAT I HAD TO BREATHE IN AND HOLD MY BREATHE FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN SLOWLY BREATHE OUT AND IT HELPS A LITTLE AND ALSO JUST HAVING FUN SINGING AND DANCING. THE WAY I THINK ABOUT NUTTIN AND DRINK A LITTLE BUT IT CAN'T BE TOO MUCH...OR ELSE I'D HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS...
32. yes	30years they last about 5 minutes	yes, my mom had a very bad stroke when I was 19	female	paxil	yes	heart pounding and light headed I feel like I will fly off into the air	yes	no	try to get a "safe" place and concentrane on breathig slowly to calm myself down
33. yes, both and they are severe. I have been suffering for 6  years now	I have been suffering for 6 years now	No, and that is the craziest part because that is why most people start with them.  Even the doctors are stumped.	female	I am on Effexor XR and ativan right now but have been on anything you can name in the past 6 years	yes	everything that normally happens with most people except I have not passed out	yes	no	No, I wish I could
34. panic attacks	off and on for 7 years	rape 12 years ago	female	7 years ago xanax nothing now	sometimes	palpitations, shaky, sweaty, weak, faint	no	no	It usually happns in a crowded place so I can avoid them. If i can't and I feel one coming on, I leave the situation no matter what. Fresh air helps and just getting home.
35. I suffer from panic attacks	I have had panic attacks since I was 16, I am currently 24. I am on 3 different types of pills to help combat my anxiety.  I only get panic attacks once in a while and I take sleeping pills to knock myself when they do occur. I do think about terrible things and this makes me think I am crazy.	I have not had a bad experience.  My life is going amazing and that is why I cannot understand where my panic attacks are coming from.	Female	Yes I am on Paxil, ativan and clorizabam	yes once or twice a year this happens	sweaty palms, pins and needles all down my body, and I think of horrible thoughts and spinning	Yes	No	I take a sleeping pill to knock myself out and I usually feel a little better by morning or whenever I wake up.
36. No	I never had any	Yes Death of family member	Female	no	No	None. I don't have panic attacks	No	No	I don't have panic attacks
37. yes	6 years they all are different lengths but usually about 10 minutes	no	female	anti depressants	yes	faint, sweat, losing control, heart racing, unrealism, dizziness	no	no	i rush to get home or to a safe place
38. yes	For about 3 months and they last for 15 minutes tops right now	Yes my mother was abused by her boyfriend and I was verbally abused by him	female	NO	no	shortness of breath, fast heart rate, and racing thoughts	no	no	I write stuff down to calm myself but sometimes nothing stops it and I have to let it run its course
39. yes	10 years none for last three-four years till recently	abusive relationship plus major work stress as a whistleblower	female	???xanax, normison, arapax. off for a while on aropax now prn serepax 30	no	terror absolute and irrational hyperventilation/breathing exersizes controls and self talk feel like I can't breath can't stay still or lay down walk, walk, walk, want to run keep busy with housework depersonalisation feel unattached, not real, spacey	yes	no	self talk remining myself it ends, keep busy distract myself breathing exersizes relaxation exersises get my partner to breath with me.
40. Panic attacks but only my first one and i was TERRIFIED	I have had social phobias from the age of 13 but they were never diagnosed. I did see a phyciatrist who said that I needed to go to hospital for desensitisation because of my rough past. However I never did get treated and I managed to cope and avoid really stressful situations. this has lasted for 44yrs until the big one 2 days ago.	Yes mother, father, sister dying when I was young. Childhood rough not knowing who out of all the people around who was my real mother and father. Alcholism throught the family. Fights between my father and mothers, boyfriend, I through their fighting was kicked into an open fire. Abandoned numerous times. Morbid fear of abandonment. My husband divorced me, thought I would die or wanted to. Sexual molestation throughout childhood. Death of some great friends.	female	After leaving the hospitali asked for something to calm me down as I was petrified that I would have another attack. they gave me lorazapam	yes. put it down to getting up to quickly or not eating enough	an intense burning in my chest radiating to my arms and then intense heat from my stomach radiating all down my legs to my feet. The heat was so intense that I thought of internal combustion and I would just burn up. chest wall heavy, very very lightheaded and kept thinking I WAS going to pass out but terrified to as I thought if I did I would die. Shaking all over my body. not daring to move in case it bought on another wave of heat radiating through my body. It may sound stupid but I had to try and keep control otherwise I would die.	yes for arthritis and fibromyalgia	yes to alcohol but not now just a drink now and then. i have no problem with it. Drugs no but I have taken quite a few pain pills tylenol #3 percadan, talwin	While having an attack I Kept all to myself and try to calm myself down and to breath slowly and relax my arms and legs. I noticed I was clinging to dear life on my husbands arm so I had to make my self relax my grip. I also found that if i thought of how bad this was I would get worse so had to train my thoughts.
41. Yes I had the first one about a month ago it was very scary	a month ago	Yes we have had four deaths this year of close family my husband has bad heart disease and money problems	yes	40mg paxil	no	pounding heart thought I was having a heart attack, shakeness, dry mouth, hiperventalating	yes	no	I only had one attack but have had the feeling of others comming and did some exercises the Dr. told me about and heat from a heat pad seems to help relax me when I have that feeling and did that till we got the right amount of paxil to help.
42. yes	two years and last 5 minutes	no	male	no	no	rapid heart beat, fear and shortness of breath, dizziness	no	no	let it happen and it goes away
43. panic attacks	just started a few days ago. they last up to 3 minutes, but come back often	may not be horrible but almost breaking up with bf planing to run away anorexia, failing math	female	only tylenol2 for migranes	sorta, i just feel really dizzy	i feel like a deer caught in headlights an incredible force comes into my body and my first instinct is "you're going to pass out". i can't hear much of what's going on and everything gets dimmer. i just need to lay down	not yet	not heavy...i smoke or drink on the weekend sometimes	deep breaths, change thoughts put my head down or just rest for a few minutes.
44. No	I have never had one	No, nothing particularly bad	Male	Yes, i have taken ritalin and zoloft for a.d.d.	Only after I spin around really fast.	I don't have panic attacks	No	No	This question has no relevence to me
45. yes, panic attacks	about 1 year now. they last approx 15-20 minutes	no	female	yes, xanax	no	sortness of breath dizziness feeling of fainting shaking rapid heartbeat	yes	no	yes they happen when I am driving. I call someone and talk to them on  my cellphone and that helps stop them.
46. Sometimes	a couple of years and for a couple of minutes	just the loss of a good friend	female	yes Paxil.	No	tight chest, breathing problems faintness, pains in chest	Yes	No	Usually a friend there to calm me down.
47. yes	They just started within the past month or so. I had no idea what they were which made it that much scarier. Last week one came on so bad I thought I was having a stroke ora geart attack - I lost feeling in my hands feet and face and only found out what was really going on when my roomates rushed e to the hospital. They range in how long they last, anywhere from just a couple minutes to hours before I can get a good deep breath again.	no, never, I have been very, very lucky.	female	yes, Vistaril	Yes!!! Didn't know that was even related	shortness of breath, light headedness, loss of feeling in feet hands and face, chest pains, FEAR	no	no	The Emergency Room doctors said to breathe into a bag. Also, watch the clock. I need to take 12 deep breaths every minute - even if I feel like i'm not getting  oxygen, and that will help me calm down.
48. yes	About a year...they come in spurts, usually five minute bouts grouped together in long many hour sessions	not really	female	Currently on Celexa, have been on Zoloft and Xanax	Sometimes if I stand up too fast	Uncontrollable shaking, sort of breat/choking, intense fear of everything and nothing all at once. dizziness, headache, the need to grab onto something	Yes	No	Breathe in and out
49. yes	i'm 39 now, i guess since i was 18. i didn't have them for years. now i'm in the process of stopping my excessive drinking, and they're very bad	no	female	none so far	yes	you name it i've probable felt it. today was my worst. it started around noon. i'm on my third one for the day.	yes but not for this	i've been clean from speed for 4 years. but i continued to drink, and it just got worse.	i try to tell my self i'm not going to die. which by the way doesn't always sork. i do some deep breathing and try to calm myself
50. Yes to both.	For 19 years. Usually 10-20 minutes.The worst one lasted 4 days.	I was molested by two family members, raped at the age of 16, beaten by ex for several years.	female	I used to take Prozac. Can't force myself to swallow pills any longer.	Oh yes	Can't breathe, can't think, feet and hands go ice cold, lets turn rubbery, dizziness, think I'm going to die.	No	Never.	As soon as I feel one coming on, immediately breathe in very slowly, counting to myself one-thousand-one, one thousand-who, then I exhale very slowly counting the same way to the count of four. I give myself positive talk, I tell myself its just anxiety, its not a big deal, it won't hurt me, it will go away.
51. yes	5 minutes	molestation	female	yes, just recentally, physiatrist	yes	my chest tightens	yes	no	take deep breaths
52. yes, panic attacks	5 years, and they last about 10-15 minutes not counting the build up or wind down as I call them	nothing besides an overall unhappy childhood	female	no	no	heart palpitations, jittery, fear of dying and/or going crazy, nothing seems real (I forget what it's called), all noises seem to intese and loud.	yes	no	If someone makes me (I never want  or feel able to organize on my own) get up and walk or leave the immediate space I'm not sure if its's the walking or leaving that helps.
53. yes	on and off for 20 years more in the last 10 they last for an hour or all day and when i wake up	yes bad allergic reaction to medications and a bad relationship with my mother and molested by my brother	female	no only herbal stuff	yes all the time	chronic fear wanting to escape, jelly legs tight neck chocking tingling fast heart beat unable to breath properly can't think suffocation and many more	no although i have told the doctor. i see a councellor and have just started to go to a support group	no	i just escape back home or pace around continually try breathing or ring a friend.
54. panic attacks	5 years. They usually last for about 15 minutes, but I have had them for an hour or more	My mother and father had a bac, conflicting marriage and my mother was suicidal. I always tried to make sure that she would not hurt herself.	female	I took celexa for a year, but it caused my blood sugar levels to drop and I gained 20 pounds. I stopped taking it and did okay for about 10 months, but recently had a few SEVERE panic attacks. I just started taking prozac and xanax if needed for severe attack.	Yes	Tingling in neck and arms, distorted hearing, weakness/faintness, feeling like I am smotherng and no air is getting into my lungs, fear that I am dying. Kuring my last attack both of my legs began jerking out of control	yes	no	I try to talk to myself and say things like I am not dying- this is just one of the attacks and it will pass. I pray alot and read the bible this helps me sometimes. Having my husband hold my hand and talk to me helps a little. Sometimes, I can end it, but others I can not. I just try to have faith in God that I will get through this.
55. i think i have both	20 yrs. 10 min to 1 hour	yes, childhood sexual abuse abusive marriage childhood emotional abuse	female	i don't like ssri side effects, especially weight gain. i started busbar three days ago	no	vision darkens, sweaty palms, fast heartbeat, intense fear, feeling like i am losing control, detached feeling, spacey feeling in head	yes	yes, drugs by the way alcohol is also a drug.	removing myself from crowded places, mine happening in church, restaurants, meetings, etc.
56. yes	8 years, 5-10 minutes	yes	male	yes, Depakote, zypreza, For Manic Depression	sometimes	I get Hot	yes	yes	breathe and defer thoughts
57. yes from both	I am 53 and have suffered from theseattacks since I was in elementary school. An attack can last for hours	There are many forms of "bad" experiences. Mostof mine deal with loses of some sort.	Female	Yes. Too many to name and none usually help.	No	I feel like I am being smothered.	Yes	No	I just need to get somewhere where I feel safe. It maybe with a person or a certain room.
58. Yes, both	I have had this problem for about 16 yrs. I have had attacks last for up to half hr. or however long I am in the feared situation	I was almost raped when I was six or so yrs. old. I'll never forget the horror of it. I also remember my grandfather dying when I was very young and my father "abandoned" me when I was about 6. I adorded him.	I'm female	Yes over the yrs. immipramine, paxil, lorezapam, clonezapam, ativan, xanax, and now celexa	A little but not too often. Once I had it happen where I couldn't lift my head up off the pillow in the middle of the night because it would make me feel like I was going to vomit. Lasted for two days.	racing/pounding heart, tight chest, feel like I can't breath, fear of dying, want to run to get out of the situation	yes and no. I was in care of a doctor and then I was "dismissed"as a patient. I go to the "clinic" when I need to see a doctor.	no, not really, used to drink/party when I was in my twenties but not heavy.	Sometimes I put my hand to my stomach to make sure that I 'stomach breathe' This helps me to know that I "am breathing" I also take medication to help it if I need it.
59. Extreme agoraphobia to the point of panic	11years, and the attacks themselves usually last 5 minutes to an hour		male	Paxil Selexa, Clonzapan	yes	Sweating, cold chills, numbness, rapid-palpitating heart beat, dizziness, feelings of unreality	not any more	yes	talk to somebody play guitar
60. yes	off and on for about 6 years	I was involved in a Helicopter crash	male	no	no	rapid pulse, rapid heartbeat, nausia, hot flashes, tingling in hands and feet rapid breathing, overall panic.	no	no	I try to adjust my breathing and go from there.
61. panic attacks	I have had 3 panic attacks in the last month. I am 20 yrs old and they seemed to last about 10-15 minutes.	not yet	female	I got put on paxil	not yet, I had my first attack about a month ago	rapid heartbeating, nervous, hands and fingers go numb, I feel like I'm going to die	yes	yes, I'm in college so I tend to drink alot, I've experimented with drugs but I never considered myself a heavy user.	I am trying to figure out how to do this now, until the paxil starts working. I was put on clonzepam.
62. yes	It's going on for about 4 years now. They come and go and last anywhere from minutes to weeks.	My dad died 6 years ago from cancer. I also grew up with my mom and a string of her abusibe boyfriends.	female	I've been prescibed Prozac and most recently Xanax, but I haven't taken them because I'm terrified of medicine	I've had that before when I've been real nervous about a situation I'm in.	The biggest one is I feel like I can't breathe and it's terifying. Also, I feel dizzy, nautious, and my heart seems to flutter all over the place. Chest pains, a feeling like something is in my throat, chronic headaches, diarreah, etc.	My doctor has actually told me that unless I go on medication there's nothing they can do to help me. But like I menioned before, I'm terrified of medication and I don't think that it should be my only option. So I'm thinking about telling them I'm taking it, just so they'll send me to the support groups and therapist appointments.	No	I wish something worked for me, I don't know, I suffer constantly.
63. yes	I have had them for 1yr 1/2, and sometimes up to an hour	my grandma died last febuary, and i feel like i went with her	female	ha ha...which havn't i been on	yes	cannot breathe at all, very dizzy, awful chest pains, worstthoughts imaginable, i shake, get very tingly hands and feet.	yes	no, i used to drink but not heavily	my mom or boyfriend helps calm me down. i take an ativan and it helps me too.
64. Yes, both.	I've had them for 12 years. I don't have them very often now, but when I do they usually last 30-90 minutes. My agoraphobia is the bigger problem, caused by my avoiding "panic trigger" places.	My panic attacks started after I was convinced by my parents to have an abortion I didn't want.	Female	I was on Xanax and Pamelor when I first was diagnosed. Now I take Zoloft and Wellbutrin daily, and have Xanax if I need it.	Yes, fairly frequently. Is that part of the panic disorder?	Racing pulse, tingling in hands, feet and scalp, sweaty palms, feelings of losing my sanity, hyperventilation, racing thoughts.	Not really. My general physician perscribes my anit-depressants but I don't see him on a regular basis.	For about a year after my panic attacks started, I got drunk a lot and smoked pot some.	Sometimes I can write my way through it. I just grab some paper and scribble out throughts. If that doesn't work, I take a Xanax.
65. Yes	Since I was about 8. They come and go. Sometimes they last a few seconds, sometimes minutes. But it feels like hours	NO	Female	Yes, Desipramine	no	Sweating, feel like crying. Just want to run from wherever I am.	yes	yes	Not really. I just try to tell myself that I am fine and there is nothing to be anxious about.
66. yes, I think so or anxiety attacks	over a year from minutes to hours to days. I think they are either panic attacks or anxiety attacks.	my mother died and I was with her day and nite for 2 weeks before she died. She died a little over a year ago. I also possibly am hypoglycemic	female	yes, prilosec, cellebrex, premarin, atacand, allegra, zoloft, paxil, wellbutrin, xanax. I am off the psychotic meds and xanax right now but am having problems again and i need to go back to the doctor.	i get dizzy but room does not spin.	dizziness blurred vision, ringing in ears, inside shaking, can't sleep, tingling around mouth and lips.	I have a medical doctor which i'm seeing and am going to go back to a psychiatrist. I go to a psychologist	no	no and I want to know if you have any suggestions. I try to talk to myself and to do relaxation exercises but I seem to get more upset and my symptoms increase. sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy. I still work for now until I find out more about the Hypoglycemia.
67. Agoraphobia	I do have panic attacks but not as often because I don't go out much. They last until I am home or somewhere I feel safe.	Kidnapped at gunpoint in a car jacking and a separate incedint in an armed robbery.	Female	Paxil was not a good match for me. Right now I have Alprazolam to take when I need to.	No	Total panic, nervousness, heart races, need to escape.	Therapist	No	Leave. Right now! am trying to learn relaxation techniques, but do not have the ability to calm myself at this time.
68. yes	I had it in the 12th grade  and forgot all about it. I really did not know what it was and now I have the same feelings all over again.	none	female	none	none	nervous, being by myself in a big store or eating dinner in a restaurant. I feel like i'm going to faint.	no	none	just deep breaths and go home
69. Yes I suffer from panic attacks	I had them when I was 16 for about a year and then they started again just a few months ago. They last for about an hour.	no I think that I have a lot of stresses but thank god no real trauma. The molestation I do not think so at least not that I can remember	Female	no just birth control pills	Yes I do	I feel as though I really can't breathe its like I make myself really believe it.	No, I am embarassed about having to tell people I make my mind believe I can't breathe I don't want to go to the nut house.	I am a social smoker and drinker.	Yes if I really concentrateon a happy place then I find I can stop panicking faster
70. panic attacks	two weeks  10 mins to  1hour	no	female	paxil or 12.5mg	no	heart racing, can't breathe, feel like i'm going to die, can't swallow, numbness in neck, dizziness.	yes	no	just going home will help.
71. Panic Attacks	I have hed them for about 5 years now. There are some that only last seconds, but I have also had some that can lsat up to a day.	Attempted rape, emotional abuse by someone I met over the internet.	female	75mg Effexor, which was working for a while, but lately I have been having breakthrough attacks.	Rarely	Racing heart, fear of what I call "impending doom" follwoed by nausousness. And feeling of unreality. That's as best i can explain.	Occasionaly, but I have no medical insurance.	NO!	Not really, except I try to remind myself where I am, that this is reality, and I  try to breathe.
72. Panic Attacks...	Since 1990. A few times a day. They last about 2 hours. Usually at night when I am trying to get to sleep.	Was picked on when I was a kid. Was raped when I was older. And there was a Death of a loved one.	Female	Celexa - Wchich made my heart reace & I would get more painc attacks while taking it. So they took me off it.	Yes	Like I was going to die. Couldn't breathe, Heart raced, Dizziness, Lots of worrying, Black outs...	I use to. I was feeling better for a while. So I stopped going. Can't seem to find the right therapist...	Never.	I do breathing excersises that I got from therapy. They seem to work pretty good. I breath in (deep breaths) and at the same time I curl in my fingers and toes and when I exhale I uncurl my fingers and toes. I noticed it slows down my heart rate & I feel like I can breathe again.
73. yes	5 yrs	history if depression	male	been on medications in the past, I am now taking effexor xr daily and take klonopin as needed.	no	my whole body starts to burn, tremors, choking sensations difficulty breathing, heart racing, light headedness, bitter taste in my mouth. difficulty speaking, feel like I am going to psas out.	yes	no	I take klonopin right away when I feel an attack coming on.
74. panic attacks	5yrs. Each attack is different	abuse as a child.	female	paxil, buspar, xanax	no	can't breathe, can't swallow, rapid heartbeat, scared I'm dying, tingling in feet and hands, and at night sleep apnea	yes	no	xanax
75. panic attacks & depression	Since about August 2001 - the longes lasted about on half hour.&nbbsp;	no	female	yes, zoloft	no	all symptoms mentioned on any site devoted to painc.	yes	used to consume a lot of alcohol to self-meditate.	I tried self hypnosis and just stared at any object, like a lite or fan and it helped me shorten the time.
76. yes	I have had panic attacks for 20 years the longest i have had one to last is 6 hours.	my atacks started the year after my granfather died he rased me as a son.	male	yes i have been tacking imipram anti depresion and zanax for 8 years.	no	my heart races away and i feel like i am leaving my body at times	yes	no	i wright a litter to my wife this helps me a lot and i tell myself that this happen befor it happen again but writting or coloring in a coloring book seems to take my mine off the pane.
77. yes	March 2002, an episode lasts around an hour, more or less.	Childhood emotional abuse	female	I was already on Lorazepam (ativan) for fibromyalagia becauase I couldn't sleep. Then I was put on Serzone for the panic attakcs despite the fact that it can cause severe liver problems. now I;m uppnig my dosage of lrazepam because I've been taking the Serzone for 2 1/2 months and during a real ciris, it doesn't help me.	Yes! And I think that's what starting triggering the panic attacks. I have had vertigo (or what my doctor called labrythitis) so severe sometimes that I had to go to the hospital for a shot. It got to where if I thought I felt the slightest dizzy, from walking or using the treadmill, etc. I would get panicky that I was going to have a real bad episode of vertig.	A sudden jittery feeling, feeling like I'm suffocating, my pulse & heartrate go through the roof, I have to urinate every 5 minutes, not just a drop, but quite a bit. I get diarrhea and I feel like I'm going to throw up. All this & the irrational fears; the "what if's".	Yes, all he wants to do is give me more dangerous drugs.	never	No other than doubling up onlorazepam. Sometimes listen to my Bible on tape will help as well having someone quote my favorite scriptures from the Bible.
78. yes	first one, 1980. Next ones, 1996-97, not too many until 2000, then worse this year.	Deaths of father, brother, mother and best friend. 1985, 1991, 2001	F	xanax since first attack 1996. Stopped 1997, then very little until late 2000, almost daily, .12 to .50 mg a day.	no	tingling legs, fear, unsteadiness, distress, faintness, inability to function, (frozen), pounding heart.	several	no	slow careful breathing, self self taught that it will end, putting head down normally take xanax if i hadn't already.
79. Yes	20+years, for hours	Rape, sexual assault	Female	Yes, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa	no	Shortness of breath, sweaty palms, clastraphobia	yes	never	counting to ten, taking slow deep breaths
80. I AM NOT SURE	THIS COULD BE MY SECOND ONE BUT THE FIRST ONE LASTED WEEKS.	FIRST ONE WHILE RECOVERING FROM SURGERY CANCER	FEMALE	PROZAC	NO	RACED HEART, DOOM AND GLOOM FEELING NOT SLEEPING WELL	NO	NO	RESEARCH LIKE I AM DOING NOW.
81. panic attacks	several years, they come in batches not lengthy but many at one day or time.	I was raped when I was a young woman but the panic attacks started bfore them.	female	yes, I have been on nearly everything. Sereqouel, effexor, paxil, prozac, celexa, etcetera.	no	I have major headaches, sweating dizziness, neasea, fast heartrate, sensation as if the worst event ever happening, now occored.	yes	no	I usually have to ride it out. Itis like a tube being filled with liquid, once liquid fills the tube it ends.
82. yes, panic attacks	It seems like once they start some of the symptoms can go on for days	no	female	xanax was given to me and I take a quarter of a pill if I can't sleep. Otherwise I have refused medication	yes	chest pain, racing heat, missed heart beats, shivering, hot flashes, flushing, nausea, stomach cramps, pins and needles in my arms and legs, headache, clenched jaw	yes	NO!!!	Talking myself through it, steady breathing, reading or watching something to take my mind off it, at night I sometimes use the Xanax
83. yes both	7years and it varies from how long they last	been in a bad relationship where i used to be hit	female	i'm currently on arropax	yes	I get rapid heart beat, can't breathe pains in the chest jelly legs numbness a hot burning feeling running through my whole body sweating feels like i'm not real or things are not real blurred vision etc.	yes	never	i try to slow breaths but i can't do it
84. I suffer from severe panic attacks and it is starting to lead to agoraphobia	I have had them for about four months now and they range from 10 seconds to half an hour.	My father was pysically abbusive when I was growing up.	Female	I am on Aropax now and was on Luvox before	Yes it happens occasionally, especially if I am in a crowded room	Derealisation, racing heart, sweating, think I am going to die, blurry vision, feel like I am going to black out, neusa, dizziness, vertigo	no	Not really just recreational with friends but I have stopped completely now	No I feel completely out of control and just have to let it run its course. I usually end up crying alot and it seems to subside after that.
85. Yes	I have had them for 5 years and they usually last about ten minutes maybe fifteen	No	Female	Two years ago I was on effexor for about six months	sometimes	Shaking, sweating, out of control feeling, confusion	No	alcohol, I don't know if you would consider it very heavy	Sometimes I'll drink some orange juice with sugar in it and just take some deep breaths but it doesn't always work.
86. panic attacks	2 months, they last up to 2 hours very scarey	no not really, well i just had an abortion actually (i was planning the abortion when i got my first panic attack)	female	nope	oh hell yeah!	racing heart beat, out of body feelings, trembling all over, fear of going crazy or death, feel a need tokeep myself breathing, aches in my neck, wanting to vomit, racing heart beat so fast i can feel it through my whole body, hot flashes, irritability, fear of talking to others and telling them what i am experiencing.	no	no	yes, i just keep reminding myself that its only a panicattack and i make sure my breathing stays at a normal pace (slow and steady) this helps them to end more quickly!
87. yes	30 years, 15 minutes	Yes I was married to a transvestite for 25 years and didn't know it.	female	no	yes	ectopic heartbeats	yes	no	Holding my breaths and straining!
88. panic attacks	i have had them for about two months they usually last around 10-15 minutes but on one occawion was 30 minutes at least		male		yes		no	no
89. panic attacks	10 years they vary on how long they last and sometimes come and go	no	female	xanax which just made me sleep and zoloft which I was allergic to and ended up in the emergency room.	no	racing heart, cold flashes/chills, numbness, diarrhea	no	no	not really, sometimes if I go up and try to change the situation or talk to my husband or my mother it helps a bit.
90. Panic attacks	One week, two hours	Nothing that triggered the attack	Female	Not until two days ago - Paxil	No	Difficulty breathing, sweating, shaking, sense of unreality, tightness of chest	Yes	No	I've only experience it once and I needed a shot or ativan in the arm to calm me down