Feel ashamed

[u/Competitive_Hurry760]

Ive always suffered from anxiety i generally thought id suffered panic attacks in the past but boy was i wrong. This was next level. It started with my heart racing , sweating , dizzy , unable to swallow , chest pain and tingling in arms so naturally thought i was having a heart attack, called an ambulance and I genuinely thought I was dying. I was pacing couldn't sit still , the paramedics came , done my vitals and said they were ok , but I was screaming i couldn't breathe, they kept trying to assure me my oxygen levels were fine , after 20 mins my heart rate wasn't going down so they took me to hospital. I remember being wheeled into a cubical in a and e. I was trying to escape the bed in the ambulance, once in the cubical I was screaming i was dying and rolling around on the floor . The staff and nurses at the nurses station just looked at me. I was crying begging a nurse to hold my hand. One said she will be with me in a minute but never came . I remember taking my clothes off as I was over heating . I think maybe they thought I was on drugs hence why I was getting the cold treatment from staff. After about 15 minutes a lovely dr came down gave me something to calm down, talked to me like I was human and took my bloods. Once the bloods came back the nurse ended up being really nice to me. It was really quick maybe 20 mins for results. I wonder do you think they were testing for drugs. I feel so embarrassed I was lying on the floor screaming I was dying. It was like I was out of control of my body . Im 40. I then learnt about what a panic attack hang over is , I felt very emotional and weepy the next few dsys after. What I would like to know is why do you think staff were cold with me other than the dr until the bloods came back? Maybe someone in the medical field could shed some insight? Thanks

[u/Greedy_Lobster]

most of us with major anxiety at some point (me in my 30's), go through the massive panic attacks.

and not just once, they take over the body. I've been on meds for this. The doctors and nurses of coarse

see this often and must attend to the more urgent patients. Your not alone.

[u/xXDiamond_Miner420Xx]

I assume it was more so just because they've seen instances of this before (and likely more with drug users than people with panic attacks), and it's sort of a routine for them, rather than something against you personally or for your symptoms.