<p>I'm not positive this goes under here since I'm not diagnosed with any disabilities, but I think it fits best under this category. </p>
<p>Since summer has started I've found myself to be having a fair amount of anxiety attacks, versus the zero I had when school was in session. Things will just randomly set me off into them. I have yet to figure out what. I had one during a concert I was performing in the other day, and then a few at camp. It's never school related, but I'm nervous that when school gets back in it'll make them worse. Before the constant ones I've been having lately the last one I had had was a little over a year ago, maybe a year and a half.Has anyone else had this happen to them, and does anyone think maybe I should go see a councelor or phycologist about it? I'm not particularly fond of that idea, I'm just throwing it out there. </p>
<p>I just thought it was backwards that my anxiety attacks haven't been set off by anything school related and it's summer vacation. I don't want to to effect this school year. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>Can I ask how old you are, and what happened to you when you felt you had an anxiety attack?</p>
<p>I'm not a psychologist or expert by any means, but I've had two forms of anxiety related issues since about 19. The first I learned was what is known as "performance anxiety", where you have to perform (be it a recital or a speech or whatever) in front of a group of people; and the second which is I think a more severe form that kind of debilitates you and can mask itself as feeling like you're having a heart attack, when you're not.</p>
<p>Sadly, my son has been afflicted with the same problem and it has been diagnosed as a "disability" for him. Which means he gets a lot of help in college (and previously in high school).</p>
<p>Will it affect school now that it's happened in summer? Maybe. Maybe not. For me, school is the only place where it didn't affect me too much except, perhaps, in gearing up to audition to get into a performing arts class at UCLA. I always wanted to challenge myself and get outside my comfort zone. When it came time to perform, I did it, but the waiting part leading up to it was beyond difficult. Or test taking -- sitting in a room with a bunch of people where you haven't finished reading the first sentence of a question and people are already writing in the test book. That always freaked me out, sometimes to the point where my mind went completely blank.</p>
<p>There's a lot of help for this, but you need to describe exactly what happened and if you can think about how it came on -- what triggered it, that would help a lot in trying to make suggestions to you. I've figured out how to deal with most of these issues successfully, but need to know what your triggers are to try and help you.</p>
<p>It can be helped in many, many ways. Trust me, you are NOT alone.</p>
<p>I'm 15. I'll be a high school sophomore this year. </p>
<p>It's not performance anxiety. I think a lot of it has to do with my stresses at home. I come from an intersting situation that is really complex, and stressful. </p>
<p>I realized today that when I have panic attacks its normally when I'm alone, or disconected, like I'm in a group of people but thought wise I'm not connecting. Like during a concert I was playing in, I was around a lot of people but I wasn't attachted to a conversation. </p>
<p>I had an anxiety attack during a camp activity last week that I won't participate in. I was watching others do it, but not active in a conversation or in the act. </p>
<p>My very first one that started all of them as of recently I can pinpoint what set it off, but I'm not sure why something so simplistic would do it. (I'm sorry I can't go into too many details on this one. If I start with one detail it will lead to another and another.. The story itself isn't important.) The rest have just kind of come off and on. I had one last night also. </p>
<p>I think a certain extent is I'm not dealing with stress as well as I could. Normally I'd run, but in most of the situations where I can exactly point out exact and sdeveloped symptoms to an anxiety attack I'm not able to run, ie the concert, camp where the buddy rule is instituted, my first one where it was already late night, et cetera. </p>
<p>The most distinct thing for me when I'm having an anxiety attack is a deffinant quickened pulse. I can't really explain them. It's your normal anxiety attack I guess. I'll often end up crying by the end it I'm litterally alone. </p>
<p>What bugs me most is I can't figure out why they're coming so often. WHat made me worry about them today is that I noticed that they're all when I'm alone, and I get nervous enough on tough tests as is (I failed my Latin midterm this year with a 50-something% because I slept in and missed my first one of the day and had already been nervous about it, when normally I do fairly well on tests in that class.) that to be somewhat alone while testing and have an anxiety attack wouldn't be the most pleasent.</p>
<p>Oh, a few other symptoms I get is I feel kind of clastrophobic. I guess I can't really say claustrophobic since I've only had that sensation once and briefly, but that's the best description I have.</p>
<p>I've also had mood swings a lot lately. Mostly from happy to angry. I'm not an angry person either. I can be cynical, it's a gift I get for being on the debate team and having to talk about nuclear war, but I'm not usually angry.</p>
<p>This might seem broad but I feel like I'm going insane. Nothing makes sense during one. I can't logically think. I hurt physically and emotionally.</p>
<p>What you're describing sounds like there's something a little more going on than just an anxiety or panic attack. Certainly something a stranger on this forum cannot diagnose or help you overcome. </p>
<p>I'm glad you sense that something is going on and you recognize it's not right. It may be a medical imbalance, it may be something more. You should first go to your medical doctor to rule out a physical issue and the doctor can then recommend a different course (i.e. psychologist or something else).</p>