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Among other symptoms, a panic attack gives us a sense of impending doom, or a feeing that something dire is about to happen and we can’t do anything to stop it.

Dr. Dean Giannone reviewed this

27 year experience in Internal Medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Head, Brain

Is Symptom of

Anxiety disorder
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Heart attack
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Pulmonary embolism
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Epilepsy (temporal lobe)
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Severe allergic reaction (anaphylactic shock)
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What is the definition or description of: Sense of impending doom?

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Is "a sense of impending doom" a symptom that something could be wrong? am taking bupropian and tysabri (natalizumab). Should I see a dr?

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Heart palpitation , shortness of breath , sense of impending doom , lightheadedness, after getting sexually excited or trying to reach orgasm , what could be the cause ?

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Ekg was clear: heart palps waking me, can't sleep, chest pain, SOB, general fatigue and aches, sense of impending doom. Whatbis the next step to take?

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I am 26, I woke up this morning with a sense of impending doom, The sense got worst and Feels like my heart is ponding in my chest, my hands are shaking, I am dizzy,my mouth is watery ( like before you vomit) and I have a tightness in my chest.

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Hi, I was recently out running and I noticed that my heart skipped a beat on two or three occasions. I felt faint the other day and I have feeling of an impending sense of doom. Had bloods last year all normal. Could this be anxiety or somethig else?

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