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Panick attacks?
For the past week i've been having trouble breathing. It's like I can't catch my breathe. It lasts up to 5 minutes sometimes longer but also sometimes shorter. I have to sit down and focus on breathing in through my nose and out through my mouth. It helps a lot if I breathe when I yawn. Also when I do that sometimes I get really lightheaded. Are these panick attacks? If so why would I get them so often? It's just a once a day thing. It's more like 20 times a day maybe more. Any advice would be appreciated. Also i'm almost sure that I had a panick attack at school once. I couldnt breathe I was feeling really embrassed and I was crying and I really thought I was going to stop breathing, I didnt even know why I was so upset, was this a panick attack? Could this have triggered these other panick attacks if that's what they are?
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okay .... i had the same problem for 3 months.... then i decided to go to the doctor because my mom got mad at me for always complaining about it. It turns out the doctor said it was nerves. she said it may not seem like it but i was doing it to my self. I once ended up not going to school because i felt like i couldnt breath and VERY light headed. that was the day i went to the doctor. They also took my blood so they could make sure it was nothing medical /.... but in the end it was mental. And now it has been 6 months later and i have learned to cope with it. But trust me it took a while to learn how to deal with it. DONT WORRY to much. it may be the same thing i had because they sound the same. But to be sure tell your parents if you already havent ... and if you want to see someone (doctor per say) then do JUST for reasuranse that nothing medically is wrong.
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I find that I am a great deal older than most of the advisers on this site, so my advice will be somewhat different from what you might receive from others. My advice is more like what you might get if you asked a grandparent. Also I am not a doctor, so I looked up Panic attacks on WebMD:
www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/panic-attack-symptoms
Some of the symptoms you wrote about having are listed on this site as being symptoms of Panic attacks. As to why you're having as many attacks as you are, I really can't say. What I feel though that having that many attacks can't be good for you.
What I would like you to do is talk with your mom or dad about these attacks so they can schedule a visit to your family doctor. Only your doctor can say for sure why you’re having these attacks.
Your attacks may be as simple as your body's reaction to the normal changes a girl goes through at your age. Hormones are, to be blunt, weird and powerful chemicals. Everyone reacts differently to these chemicals changes now taking place in your body.
As for being embarrassed; I'm sure in school these attacks are embarrassing. But this is something you should not be embarrassed about talking to your parents about. As parents are primary responsibility to our children is to keep them healthy and safe. So it is important to tell your parents when something is wrong and not to be embarrassed by it. Remember one thing about us parents. At one time we all were your age and it is quite possible what you are experiencing is something we ourselves have experienced and know how to handle.
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