My Story:

Back in february I went out with a few friends to celebrate the end of the work week. We drank, we smoked and we ate some pot baked goods, nothing too crazy. An hour or so into the night I froze. Mid sentence, I just dropped to my knees. Tunnel vision. Room spinning. Felt like I was falling backwards and had to keep tapping table tops to feel real. Sound going in and out. Sick to my stomach. Had to go to the emergency room and I don't remember much.

I was fine a few days later and up until April had no issues. But then one night at work the floor bottomed out again. My stomach sank. From there on out for the rest of the summer I dealt with these attacks of pure fear. Icy feeling running down my spine and veins, light headed, derealization, headaches, crying, terror, feeling as though I could fade out any second. I went on medications like Celexa, Ativan, Sumitriptan, Zoloft, and sleeping pills. I've been off everything for about a month now after an allergic reaction and overall feeling fed up with the Ativan fog, but I can't seem to shake the intense fear in my gut and derealization symptoms. People say panic attacks feel like heart attacks, but mine don't. Is it something else?