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How likely is it that a person who is experiencing a panic attack will have an actual heart attack?

August 28th, 2008

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And, how many people who have an actual panic attack and subsequently have a heart attack die?

Panic Attacks FAQ     6 Comments

6 Responses to “How likely is it that a person who is experiencing a panic attack will have an actual heart attack?”

  1. awesomebuka Says:
    August 29th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    Extremely unlikely. They are in no way related.

  2. average_guy_1271970 Says:
    August 31st, 2008 at 6:57 pm

    They aren’t related. I had panic attacks several years ago, and went to the doctor and hadn an EKG and all that stuff. There wasn’t anything wrong with my heart.

  3. vladplazmius Says:
    September 2nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm

    The real issue is the ongoing level of stress. Stress is very damaging to the body. One panic attack is not likely to cause a heart attack but an ongoing series of panic attacks indicates a greater problem and greater stress. And the greater the ongoing stress the more likely that an actual heart attack will happen.

  4. Betsy Ross Says:
    September 5th, 2008 at 6:16 am

    Highly unlikely. The only cardiac event you might expect out of a panic attack is an arrythmia (heart beating out of rhythym), and even that is pretty rare unless you’ve had problems with that before. In a panic attack you essentially think your body into behaving as if it’s having a heart attack or an asthma attack, but that doesn’t cause one.

  5. donna555pink Says:
    September 8th, 2008 at 2:37 am

    I don’t know about heart attacks, but I used to get panic attacks a lot.

    One day I was having one in my bedroom and the next thing I knew I had 2 EMTs in my room. Evidently I had had a seizure. I don’t remember any of it, but the bump on the head afterwards. They did a lot of follow up tests and found nothing wrong with me physically. I went and got some counseling to figure out why I was having panic attacks in the first place. Mainly stress and stuff. I worked on ways to calm down my stress. I have not had one in a long time now. Knock on wood.

  6. Pooh-Z Says:
    September 10th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

    A panic attack will not cause a heart attack…the two are not related. However, you need to find a way to relax that works for you…your body needs it.