Can a person die from a panic attack ?

Question

My X-Gril Friend stopped breathing once from a panic attack she was shaking then stopped, my mother said she is dead, I started Expired Air Resuscitation cause she was not breathing then after the 3rd breath she started breathing again on her own and the shaking returned. The ambulnce came and took her to hospital gave her traquizers and she recovered the next day.

Answer 1

I have gotten anxiety attacks and no one has ever told me you can die. It will make you feel like you're going to die but it is just your body's nervous system telling your brain that. It certainly isn't good for your health probably because it puts you under stress so much and that is never good. If she gets anxiety so bad that it interferes with her daily activities she might need medication to alleviate the problem. If she stopped breathing that sounds like something else is wrong with her such as her heart. I have never experienced that and neither have my friends who have had anxiety attacks before.

Answer 2

Heart attack... the sudden rush of adrenaline could have jolted something.

Ask a doctor for some more reasons why that happened. She probably has some sort of condition.

Maybe some kind of therapy could help stop the panic attacks.

Those aren't fun at all.

Answer 3

I would think so

Answer 4

I think if an attack is serious enough...it's possible. Especially if it shuts down the ability to breathe, etc. Good thing you were there when she needed you.

Answer 5

it could have set her heart into an arrhythmia which means  abnormal electrical activity in the heart. The heart beat may be too fast or too slow, and may be regular or irregular..Whch mean yes u can die

Answer 6

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Answer 7

yes you can  

Answer 8

I suffered from panic attacks for years and I would always ask my doctors if it was possible to die from them and they all said absolutely not!  It's your body's natural "fight or flight" reaction to something it perceives as a danger

Answer 9

no till date there had been no such consequences

due to panic attack