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so i was reading something earlier..
someone posted a question on here about thinking they had a panic attack and asked for the symptoms. i read one of the user's replies and most of those symptoms were what happened to me earlier today. i was having chest pains, hot flashes, my pinky started going numb, my heartrate was wild, etc. only thing i'm confused about was i wasn't worrying about anything at the time. i was just sitting on a curb smoking. then it hit me out of nowhere. i don't have a history with panic attacks or a panic disorder. i do get anxiety a lot, but it hasn't been happening very much lately. does anyone know why this happened, or was this something else?
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You dont have to be worrying about something or even thinkg about anything to have a panic attack. I have had small ones before and i wasnt stressing or anything so you might have panic attacks even if your not stressed or worrying or even thinking.
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You could be developing chest cancer I'm not completely positive but you should look into it but that is my best guess, I mean it's not likely but I'm only 14, you should #1 QUIT!!! SMOKING CAUSES CANCER AND LUNG DISEASE, GROSS HOBO YELLOW TEETH!!! SMOKEY BREATH, IT HURTS PEOPLE AROUND YOU, AND IT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE!!!! D:< sorry both my parents smoke and I'm sensitive about it...still I call them Cancer Sticks!!! :p My advice, quit, soon, asap!!!
Good Luck! Hope my advice helped, look into it. Google it.
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Smoking, both cigarettes and marijuana, increases anxiety and panic attacks in people who are already prone to them.
You probably had an panic attack, and given that you have been doing well lately, it was probably because of the smoking.
Smoking (anything) disrupts your breathing, raises your heart rate and lowers the amount of oxygen in your blood... Then you add a stimulant like Nicotine into the mix and it's pretty much the prefect recipe for a drug induced panic attack. Even if you aren't experiencing the emotions, you've placed your body into the same physical state as though you were having a panic attack.
I stopped smoking cigarettes when I realized they were contributing to my anxiety. Quitting was damn hard, but the best thing I've ever done to improve how I felt from day to day. A few years later I cut out weed completely. I now almost never have panic attacks and a large part of it was because I removed those extra stresses from my system.
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