Mountainman: It's too bad to feel that your distress would be dismissed. Distress is distress. I no longer go to the ER for my chest pain, not because I think it is unimportant, but because I feel confident I know its origin when it happens.

If I got a bout of this that I could not resolve in 30 minutes or so, then I would expect help, if I asked for it. In my case, though, it does go away in less than 30 minutes, usually a lot less.

Anxiety is an awful thing to suffer from.