"Imagine driving to work one day, one month into your Pamelor, and for no reason at all, you feel a bit light headed. Then your whole body begins to tingle – especially your hands and feet. Don’t freak out yet – it will only get worse. Your hands and feet go completely numb, and your hands are beginning to ball up against your will. You’re puffing for air like Thomas the train, and your heart starts racing like a derby prize winner. Completely convinced you’re having a heart attack, you pull over, whip out your cell and call the ambulance. When they arrive, and you’re mentally writing your last will and testament, the emergency team assesses your condition. Finally, right before you know you’re about to lose consciousness, the medic straps you to a stretcher and tells you to “calm down – you’re only hyperventilating. You’re just having a panic attack”. Yeah. That’s classified as anxiety disorder, and now, you suddenly need to see a shrink because it keeps happening. That’s what happened to me."
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Author, Maya Tyler
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