19M here. As of close to around 6-7 months ago I’ve been dealing with bad anxiety. 

Well, it didn’t start off as anxiety. One night I felt a sudden gasp for breath and a weird feeling in my chest that made me think I was dying. I genuinely thought I was having a heart attack or something else was seriously wrong. Called 911 and EMT came to my house and explained to me this was a panic attack. Phew. Not dying.

This is where my panic attack turned into constant anxiety.

I haven’t had a panic attack since then for probably around a month. Then it happen again but I knew it was a panic attack and I calmed down and I was fine.

But starting around 2 weeks ago, I’ve been having panic attacks EVERY DAY, and sometimes all day.

Now, here’s the deal. It’s hard for me to believe they’re panic attacks and I swear something else is wrong with me.


I’ve had EMT do a heart monitor thing (EKG) which they said everything came back normal 
And I’ve also had a chest X-ray done, which came back normal.


But the symptoms I’m having scare me and really make me think I’m not having a panic attack and it’s something else.


- For some reason every time I stand up my heart races and it makes me dizzy and scared. So I’m consistently stuck in bed. 

- Also, sometimes I’ll be okay and randomly gasp for air with a weird feeling in my chest that sets off a panic attack. I don’t know.


I just want reassurance that these things are normal with anxiety/panic attacks? 
I’m consistently checking my heart rate and thinking something is wrong with my heart, and during my panic attacks I always feel like my heart can just stop beating at any moment.


-ALSO, what scares me too is my panic attacks sometimes don’t raise my heart rate at all. Is that normal for your heart rate to stay normal during a panic attack? Thanks guys I really need advice or assurance.