Keener

Hi

I am 28 years old and I was diagnosed with PCOS 11 years ago when I was a Jr. in high school. I have battled anxiety/panic attacks off and on since 4th grade and very recently (ie, the past 6 months) I have begun to feel a panicky feeling without anything setting it off. The way I describe the feeling is that it feels as though I am suddenly falling off a building or as if someone just jumped out of a dark alley and scared me. It only lasts about 30 seconds, but it feels like the very first few seconds after you get scared suddenly. Like a falling sensation or a cold rush all through my chest that spreads through the rest of my body in the following seconds. The feeling itself makes me feel scared sometimes because it is so sudden, and I think this makes my heart rate increase a little bit. I don't sweat or anything, but I do feel slightly dizzy immediately afterward on some occasions. Some of these "feelings" are more intense than others.
I explained it to my gyno and she said that it could be hormonal and that I should note when I am having it most often. (It comes and goes in waves).
I have now realized that it happens most frequently in the week leading to my period. My PCOS symptoms have also been increasing (weight gain, my period is now even more infrequent and only lasts about a day) and I am wondering if anyone else here has experienced this feeling and if it has anything to do with PCOS specifically. I am convinced that it's hormonal, but is it actually a PCOS symptom?
Please let me know if anyone has experienced anything like this and if you did anything to ease it.

thanks!!