I believe I had my first ever panic attack today. I went into the dentist early this morning for an emergency procedure as an infection I had progressed to dangerous levels of cellulitis overnight (my appointment was originally scheduled 3 weeks from today, but after seeing pictures of my face they called me in the second they opened this morning for emergency surgery). The procedure was a little bit traumatic but I handled it fairly well and even though it was painful (root canal with limited numbing due to how bad the swelling had gotten in my mouth/face) they procedure went fairly quickly and I had been done with the root canal portion after about an hour and a half and was getting prepped for my temp crown. All of a sudden as I was laying in my chair I started to shiver; the nurse and myself both thought I was cold so she put the heated seat on and gave me a blanket, but I started shivering so bad that I was convulsing. Then my muscles started to cramp up and I was having trouble breathing and getting severe chest pain. They asked me if I had a history of anxiety and I shook my head and was able to croak out “not diagnosed”. After about 10-15 minutes of me writhing on the chair and not being able to breathe they brought in heart monitors and oxygen tubes to go up my nose and I saw on the monitor my bp was 174/150. I got really scared that I was going to have a heart attack and die or something because of how long I couldn’t breathe and how painful it was. Finally after about 30 minutes (felt like eternity) I was able to get my breathing under control and told them to finish the procedure and take the oxygen out. They put the temp crown in and then I proceeded to vomit 4 times in the trash can in my chair. Is this common with panic attacks? I get stressed out and worry a lot but I have never experienced anything like this before and I have been through situations much more traumatic than this.