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Mental breakdowns
I’ve been having mental breakdowns almost every night. And I have difficulty breathing and can’t stop crying and it last for half an hour, are those panic attacks?
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Dr. Sahithi V
Neuropsychiatrist
8 yrs exp
Tirupati
Hi,
Panic attacks occurs in episodes where there is anxiety and impending sense of doom associated with autonomic arousal like palpitations, difficulty in breathing,chest pain,butterfly sensation in stomach,dizziness,sweating,tremulousness of whole body etc., It can last from few min till half an hr.It can be precipitated by a stressor
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