I was watching t.v. Sunday night and my heart started going a mile a minute. I managed to calm myself down but it happened again and then again. It wasn’t like a my normal panic attacks. I got so freaked out my parents called an ambulance. They immediately diagnosed it as a panic attack but took me to the E.R. anyway because my heart rate was really high. I had the standard tests run — CT scan (for blood clots?), EKG, ECG, urinalysis, etc. They gave me Ativan to calm me down and kept me on a vitals monitor. They said everything was fine and let me go after a couple of hours with a Rx for Ativan and Ibuprofen for my chest pain. It’s two days later and my anxiety is worse than it’s ever been and 1 MG of Ativan is not helping at all. Usually benzos calm me right down.
Has anyone else had an experience like this?