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It sounds like that was a panic attack. Check out this website for more info:
It is a possibility. Symptoms of a panic attack include, dizziness, tingling of the fingers/toes/hands/feet, shortness of breath, chest pain, tingling of the lips, etc. The best question to ask yourself is when you experienced the symptoms in the shower, were you thinking about something that causes you stress. Did you FEEL any stress at all? If you were just calm and relaxed and taking a shower, it’s unlikely it was a panic attack. If you were thinking about how you’re going to pay your rent on time and the symptoms came on, then it’s likely it’s a panic attack. There is almost always a cause for a panic attack. Hope this helps.
Hi Skye,
What you had could have been a panic attack. The more important question really is what caused it? Did anything happened before you went to have a shower?
Or were you stressed out over something as stress has been proved to be one of the factors of perfectly healthy people suddenly undergoing a panic attack.
Panic attacks could be serious and embarrassing especially when in public. For a full list of symptoms and preventive measures, you can refer to this website:
Wish you all the best!
Hi
I’d like to give some solid advice to you about panic attacks. There are many dead ends you can go down tryin to deal with this problem. I have a history of them and now I have dealt with them
When a person has a panic attack they are frozen in fear. This is not cowardice. Panic attacks become a private hidden secret inner prison that destroys a person’s life and self-esteem. A person tries so hard to hide it even from him/herself. Panic attacks come on like a heart attack without a warning. It is a very similar feeling and hard to detect which makes it even scarier. The chest tightens, there is no way to handle the fear factor, the feeling that is paralyzing and comes from out of nowhere. Physical discomfort like a rapid heartbeat, sweating, trembling, hot flashes and trouble swallowing regularly accompany the attacks. Panic attacks usually peak within ten minutes but can last 30 minutes. Sometimes panic attacks can last as long as a day. Many feel very tired and worn out after the attack subsides.
Learning how to stop panic attacks is a priority for the majority of those who have ever experienced them. This is because panic attacks are emotionally, mentally and physically draining. Some have gone so far as to describe panic attacks as emotional nightmares.
Although a doctor is a good port of call first in case there is some health-cause, medications do not always alleviate the panic attacks, especially long term, and those prescribed with anti-psychotic medication are on the road to further problems resulting from the consistent use of chemicals that eventually have a permanent negative effect on the brain.
I am not a doctor or a professional person, but I am a person that lived with panic attacks and have overcome them. I’ve had to read information and misinformation from sources that proscribe to know about panic attacks but they don’t. People give so many varied points of view on how one should deal with them. Persons that have panic attacks not only have to deal with the panic attacks, they have to deal with people who have a lack of understanding and arguments at the same time.
There are now simple techniques you can learn to help you stop panic attacks quickly and easily and eventually cure panic attacks completely. These techniques have been tested and proven through research and actual application to stop panic attack quickly and effectively.
The deep breathing technique (also called diaphragmatic breathing) is a very important technique to learn if you what to quickly know of how to stop a panic attack. The challenge now is when you are experiencing anxiety, focusing on proper deep breathing can be very difficult task. The deep breathing technique requires you to breathe directly from your diaphragm and is the type of deep breathing you do during meditation. This technique is simple and anyone can practice it when you begin to feel the symptoms of panic attack.
I’ve included a link if anybody wants to really get to know more about techniques and how to stop the panic attacks completely and for good. I’ve been there so I wish all those on the search the best, and I offer lots of optimism because this affliction can be overcome.
Good Luck
yeah you had one…Horrible isn’t? You might want to go to a doctor or some meds the things can become as pesky as spiders!
Yes, it does sound like you had a mild panic attack. The deep breathing is exactly what you’re supposed to do when having a panic attack so your gut reaction was what most likely kept the attack from becoming worse. I wouldn’t worry too much about it unless you start having more. Almost everyone has a panic attack at some point in their life (the guess is around 4 or 5 in a lifetime actually) and it’s nothing really serious. People just freak out sometimes (we wouldn’t be human if we didn’t, now would we?) and has a panic attack and then they’re fine. Again, if you start having more, like one or two in a week, look at what you’re doing when they happen, what you’ve eaten, and see if there are any similarities. If so, you might have found a trigger (and you can theoretically have an unlimited amount, so don’t look for just one or two). If you start having like one a day or every other day and they keep increasing, talk to your doctor and they may do some tests to see if anything else is going on and/or may prescribe a medication to help keep the panic attacks from becoming debilitating. Don’t be afraid to talk to your doctor if you have concerns. Good luck with everything!