If You Suffer from Bad Anxiety or Panic Attacks...

I don't hallucinate. I have seen "shadow monkeys" when I haven't gotten enough sleep. Shadow Monkeys are those little things you see out of the corner of your eyes

My anxiety attacks are more of the hyperventilating type, then I sit in the car and cry and shake and go home and take a nap. My triggers are getting lost driving at night and time/bills stress.. I start thinking about due dates and deadlines and committments and panicking about how I'm going to get it all done and then I sometimes go into full on anxiety attack. FUn stuff makes me feel looney .

I don't hallucinate when I'm anxious, but I did see moving shadows/flitting ghosts like Tracy K. when I was pregnant. I've just started seeing them again.

When I first read "Do you hallucinate?" I thought to myself "no", but after you explain I can relate to a lot of that. I get pretty jumpy too.

I don't have anxiety issues, at least I don't think I do.... :)

There are times when I catch movement out of the corner of my eye(s) turn to look and there is nothing there.

If you are having hallucinations after a panic attack - ask the doctor if there is something that you can do - not a medicine to take cause we know you don't like popping pills! :) to help calm down after an anxiety attack....like breathing exercises, etc.

No.

I get really light headed. I could see how one would though...my breathing gets messed up. Which can make me dizzy and sometimes question WHAT I am seeing....Or the tunnel vision the light headed feeling can give you.

Thankfully it does not happen often.

I do know what you mean. I have horrible night driving problems, with panic attacks. Last night, I had to pull over. This was with taking 1 1/2 mg. of ativan. I don't know what I'm going to do. I see my dr. next week.

I've seen things from the corners of my eyes before. I also become hyper aware of everything. Hate this.

No. Mostly I get very sweaty palms and I become hyper aware. My heart beats really fast and I feel like I just downed quadruple shot of espresso. My triggers are driving- although I have improved sooo much! I used to have a hard time on the freeway and now it is not an issue unless the kids are all being loud and it is rush hour, that is when I turn into a mega beast because I get very stressed. I am slowly getting better with driving downtown, but there are so many one-way streets and trains and pedestrians, so I get a bit panicky. Night driving sets me off too. Or night driving in a snow storm, yikes! I have a hard time with heights, too. I hate driving on tall hills or up the mountain.
I used to hyperventilate and or cry when I had a panic attack, but that has not happened in about 10 years. But I DO have sweaty palms just typing this since I am thinking of all the driving situations that stress me out!!!