Typically most people think of panic attacks as like having a heart attack or having these extreme symptoms. But all my panic attacks have always been different.

They are like I have the flu.

Why I know this is because I never HAVE the flu. So, if I feel like I have the flu, usually it is a panic attack.

So you say, how do you know you don't have the flu? Well it never progresses like the flu should.

Typically I start feeling like
- dizzy;
- heart pounding
- increased heart rate
- chills
- having to go #2 more often
- unreal like I am surrounded by air that makes things hard to move.
- often, even if I use calming effects, it will not release easily. Medication is the only thing that will knock it back.

I find this makes things difficult for me because they aren't typical. I mean if this happens at work, I just get to suffer because the symptoms aren't enough for anyone to really think I am having an issue. If I go to the ER they don't recognize it as a panic attack and I feel like that is pointless.