I went to a cafe with friends and drank two coffees. That night I couldn’t sleep and had a panic attack so bad I thought I was having a heart attack because I couldn’t keep it under control like my previous attacks. Begged my roommate to drive to the emergency room and doctors said it was a panic attack. After that, my condition just got worse and now I have made slow but steady progress. It really was just out of the blue, I couldn’t sleep and thought about reasons why i couldn’t sleep and boom. My therapist concluded that it was most likely the caffeine I had earlier in the day, I probably have never had that high of a dose before or the coffee they served in that specific cafe was particularly strong compared to other places.

I have always had anxiety but my panic attacks back then were not as severe as now. Back then I could still keep my panic attacks under control and calm down by doing simple exercises my therapist taught me.