Hello. My name is Scott, and I have a few (ha!) things on my mind. I started having what seems to be anxiety attacks again about a month ago, and I hadnt had them in years. Now, though, they are back and I have them several times a day. The ER had put me on metoprolol 50mg twice daily because my bp was 180/131 one day, and after an aspirin at the er it went down to 140/86. The metoprolol has seemed to have dulled the anxiety, but it wont go away (if thats what it is?) and my heart rate stays at 70-90. Im 32, 255lbs 6ft 5. Ive already been on (as best I can!) a low-sodium diet now for about a month since this began, and my smoking has lowered from a pack a day to a pack every 3-4 days. As for the anxiety, I have no way to explain it, other than getting terrified when the panic attack itself happens. I just smoked my first cigarette of the day, and put it out half way through because I started feeling panic symptoms. What should I do about all of this? Its driving me crazy. I want to go back to being the super-mello easy going guy I was the day before this started....