Anxiety attacks last, at most, 30 minutes.
https://www.calmer-you.com/12-signs-of-an-anxiety-attack-and-6-effective-ways-to-cope-with-it/
This guy needs to get over his issue. He wasn’t having an anxiety attack this many hours later and she saw that.
Reinstate the doctor. Both of you are out to lunch.
where did you get your medical degree? obviously the kid had some sort an issue
You might have a point if you had any idea what you were talking about.
You don't.
Agreed. He needed to listen to the ER doctor and move on to get another kind of help. Maybe a rational emotive therapist can help him. He could try listening to recorded soothing sounds, quitting marijuana, avoiding stimulants, quitting marijuana, getting some exercise, getting more sleep, etc. And maybe quitting marijuana would help. ;-)
Heh. Fun thread. Kooks...woodwork. ;-)
Not true at all. They can last several hours to days in extreme cases; I know because it has happened to me many times. When I had my first I was kept under observation for two days in an Army hospital with pulse rate going to 220 bpm and blood pressure extremely high. I actually blacked out multiple times. I learned tricks to prevent them in my 20s, so they are rare today, but every once in great while I still get them, usually triggered by lack of sleep, stress, or sensitivity to food or medications. Taking prednisone or MAOI triggered the worst ones I've ever had that literally lasted several days. During bad attacks these days I get pulse rate pushing 140-160, and BP as high as 180/120 (normally 120/70)-- much less serious than the ones I had in my 20s. Point is-- these can cause physical symptoms sufficient to send you to the ER. .
Precisely
I spent the better part of 6 months in complete fear and terror over my anxiety issues. Anxiety can cripple you to the point where you are afraid you are going to drop dead at any moment.