Are these panic attacks? Do they go away?

Question:

Lately, I've been been experiencing times when my heart will beat faster and I feel a little jittery, a bit nervous and panicked. My roommate suffered panic attacks, but what I'm experiencing is nothing even remotely close to how she used to describe her attacks.

In one week my husband and I (we were married in April) are closing on our new house. I will be taking the Illinois Basic Skills test for teaching in November, and starting a master's program in March.

Could I just be having itty-bitty panic attacks that will go away once my life calms down? Or something more serious? Or am I not experiencing panic attacks at all?

Answers:
I would not call those panic attacks so much as anxiety attacks. Face it, you have alot to be anxious about right now, you describe a pretty full plate there. If you just take a moment when you feel like that to breathe deeply five or six times and say to yourself, "this too shall pass". It will. Learn to deal successfully with the anxiety you feel now and you won't develop a panic disorder, which is much more severe.

these do seem like panic attacks and may stop or slow down over time

but, i also suffer from them and didn't feel in control until i got put on medication (25 mg zoloft) and talked to a counselor

i do still have occasional attacks but not debilitating ones like before

I would definitely say you are having mini attacks. I get panic attacks frequently and it is mostly because of stressful things. I am sure when you slow down a little you will be okay.

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