Panic Symptoms Self Test

For us who suffer from panic attacks our deepest fear is that we are in fact not a experiencing a panic attack at this very moment. That this time it really is a heart attack. That it is genuinely a stroke. That we are having a seizure of some kind. That something terrible is about to happen in our body, and we are dying at this very moment. Or at the very least that we are going insane.
At the same time our deepest embarrassment is that is a panic attack and that we will told at the emergency room that it’s all our imagination. With pity and sympathy. Or impatiently, if the staff is exhausted from handling 'really' ill people ... while we wasted their energy, time and resources.
We also fear the guilt of having upset our family – yet again. And then there is the fear of losing face in front of colleagues and friends. Some of whom may stop taking us seriously. We also fear losing out on our status, standing and respect in our family, among our friends, in our work set-up and in our community circles.
On top of it all we experience deep humiliation in ourselves. After all, we should be capable enough to handle this. Haven’t we been through war, accidents, divorces, financial stress, 9/11 and retrenchment? Haven’t we dealt with huge challenges successfully? Yes, we have ... and surely as successful, coping adults we should be able to manage ourselves better than to succumb to a panic attack?
True, if we are indeed experiencing a panic attack. Ons way to make sure you are indeed having a panic attack right now is to complete the panic attack symptom self-tester and make sure for yourself.

1. Body Symptoms of a Panic Attack
Are you short of breath? Breathing fast?	Yes	No
Does it feel as if you are choking or being smothered?	Yes	No
Do you feel as if can’t get enough air? Like you need to open the windows?	Yes	No
Are you sweating? Are your palms hot?	Yes	No
Is you heart pounding? Is your heartbeat racing away?	Yes	No
Are you experiencing chest pain?	Yes	No
Is your head pounding?	Yes	No
Is there ringing in your ears?	Yes	No
Does it feel as if your eyes are bulging? As if you cannot see properly? As if there is a blackness in your peripheral vision?	Yes	No
Do you feel dizzy?	Yes	No
Do you feel nauseous?	Yes	No
Is your stomach upset or, alternatively, constipated?	Yes	No
Are your muscles in a spasm? Or, alternatively, do you feel limp? As if you are unable to move? Paralysed? Numb?	Yes	No
Are you shaking or trembling?	Yes	No
Is your skin ‘crawling’, ‘itchy’ or tingling? Do you feel ‘pins and needles’?	Yes	No
Does the symptoms get beter and then worse again? As if they come and go?	Yes	No

2. Emotional Symptoms of a Panic Attack
Are you experiencing absolute fear? Total terror? As if a disaster is imminent?	Yes	No
Do you feel as if you have lost all control? As if you are being controlled?	Yes	No
Do you feel absolutely powerless?	Yes	No
Is your internal dialogue right now very loud, unstoppable, uncontrollable?	Yes	No
Are you experiencing racing thoughts about an impending disaster, a sudden serious illness, insanity?	Yes	No
Are you feeling detached, unreal, as if you are in a dream?	Yes	No
Do you feel dissociated from your body and from time?	Yes	No
Are you feeling acutely aware? As if you senses are registering sights, smells and sounds more acutely than normally?	Yes	No
Do you feel as if you are dying right now?	Yes	No
Are you right now in absolute terror of death or serious illness?	Yes	No
Are you absolutely overwhelmed by the fear that you are about to die?	Yes	No
3. History Check
Have you been experiencing these symptoms for twenty minutes or longer? (Check on your watch and write down the time, so your answer is realistic.)	Yes	No
Does walking around make the symptoms worse?	Yes	No
Are you running a fever of 37C+ right now, as read on a thermometer?	Yes	No
Are you a 45+ woman?	Yes	No
Are you a diabetic?	Yes	No
Does your family agree with you that you are seriously ill?	Yes	No
Have you ever had heart trouble?	Yes	No
Have you ever had heart trouble?	Yes	No
Have you ever had an epileptic seizure?	Yes	No
Have you ever had asthma?	Yes	No

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