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[|Human|] About 3 months ago I started having for the first time in my life anxiety attacks. My symptoms were shortness of breath, racing heart and body tingles. The tingles always started in my stomach and worked their way up my body. In a full blown attack I was tingling from my face to my stomach. I lose use of both hands during an attack because they both draw. Fast forward 2 months. On November 10th I woke up with pain in my shoulder blade. 3 weeks later I presented to the ER because the pain / spasms were just unbearable. In the ER last night they did a CT scan which revealed C5, C6 and C7 were bulging. My question is this...is there a correlation between bulging discs and panic attacks? Could the attacks I started having 3 months ago have been due to the discs in my neck?
[|AI|]  DearWelcome to ChatDoctorWe understand your concerns went through your details. Bulging discs do not have correlation with anxiety attacks. But shoulder blade pain has. Panic attacks are always due to an underlying anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorder is fear related. Whenever your body fears, or becoming anxious, body uses a defense mechanism which causes stretching of neck, shoulder and chest muscles, palpitation and heavy breathing to make the body ready for the next eventuality. After this, when the body relaxes, the muscles feel sore, and it starts paining. This is a natural procedure. Understanding the fight or flight syn Chat Doctor.  If you still need my assistance in this regard, please use this link. http://goo.gl/aYW2pR. Please remember to describe the whole problem with full detail. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.