Anxiety / panic attacks

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Does anyone else here get them a lot? I've been getting a few of them more recently, which is strange because I'm on 1mg of Clonazepam (.5 in the morning and .5 at night). It feels like my heart is beating out of control, like double beats, I get sick, sweaty, clammy feeling but I can breath fine and have no issues remembering things, so it rules out a stroke or a heart attack. It's just a pain in the butt

Does anyone else here get them like I described them? Like tonight I had one, I was in bed reading a magazine (it was thundering, terrified of thunderstorms so I turned off my electronics as a safety precaution), dozed off and when the thunder ended, I went to let the dog out and I think I got up too fast. My heart was going like 130-140 with double beats if that makes any sense. I took a lorazepam and my heart rate within a half hour went down to about 70ish. I've been to the ER quite a few times over the past few years and to the doctors as well, with EKG tests and they've all come back showing that I'm perfectly healthy (I can loose some weight, but my blood pressure is usually in the "great" area, as in it's what a fit person would have). I'm just getting sick of this anxiety when I'm in an anxiety free zone with my interests.

Anyone know of any solutions to really make the anxiety go away? I'm getting tired of it at this point when I shouldn't be stressed and worrying about everything.

You say you know what your heart rate is when you're panicking; this tells me that you CHECK your heart rate when you're panicking. I don't think you should do that. I think doing that makes panic attacks worse.

I used to check my heart rate during panic attacks, because I was really worried about my heart and having a heart attack. It always made the attacks worse. I don't do it anymore. I don't worry as much about my heart anymore, either. I think those facts are related.

First response tactics are critical. Do calming things immediately, as soon as you recognize an attack coming on.

Burying myself in pillows or heavy blankets calms me, when that's an option.
Snuggling with my dog calms me, too, when he's with me.
Juggling calms me.
Walks calm me.
Hugging calms me.

Talking doesn't calm me at all, and sometimes makes an attack last longer.

I've had entire years before without any severe panic attacks, and I've had months with multiple, bad attacks a day, so that I was in an almost constant state of panic.

I just take it one attack at a time.