Is there a connection with panic attacks, hysteria and stress?

Question:

I ask this because I had a tumor growing from my left adrenal gland for many, many years which did affect my stress responses but, although I was a student nurse/Nurse during this time I didn't experience panic attacks or hyteria, in fact I would say at times I failed to experience any stress in sittuations where I should have. I had assumed that panic attacks and hysteria were adrenaline driven and so therefore I should have been experiencing these things.

Answers:
Not necessarily. Panic attacks can happen w/o any reason at all. I used to have them all the time. But the first time there was no reason. I was just going shopping. Suddenly my heart started racing, sweating and I got dizzy. I thought I was having a heart attack so the fear made it worse. But nothing was medically wrong.

Since then whenever I do get one I stop and concentrate on my breathing and it calms down. But I rarely get them anymore. There's a big difference between being hysterical or panicky and having a panic attack. I never realize that until I actually had one.

I'd say because of your experience messages weren't reaching the adrenal gland thus stress, panic, etc. signals didn't connect. Kinda like you press lightly on your adam's apple it hurts. But put a spongy ball over & press it's barely noticeable.

Panic attacks and hysteria can be triggered by stress, but stress does not automatically result in panic attacks or hysteria.

Is there a connection with panic attacks, hysteria and stress?

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