title says it all. i had to be hospitalized after having a day where my panic would just not stop, progressively getting worse every time i tried to calm it down. my panic started getting physical and thats NEVER happened before— tight chest, choked up, unable to stop sobbing, i genuinely thought i was dying and having a heart attack. after numerous tests and hours in the hospital, everything came out perfect but now im here two days later, still suffering. no longer panicking but my chest is tight, sometimes it gets harder to breathe, yesterday i couldnt get out of bed at all from how tired and on edge i was.

im not on medications and as much as i know i need them (my anxiety and panic attacks have gotten terrible over the past year), im ridiculously scared of intake. theres just so many things that can go wrong. im making this post in efforts to calm myself and stop the pressure in my chest but its ridiculously difficult and sometimes it feels like it’ll never get better, or something is actually physically wrong with me.


i guess my question is, is all of this normal? these physical symptoms, this fear, this panic hangover that i just cannot shake?