Driving along the M60, Jo Britton was hit by a sudden feeling of intense fear. Her hands were shaking. She couldn’t breathe. Her heart was beating so fast she thought it was going to stop.
What Jo was experiencing was a panic attack. But the random wave of anxiety was just the first in a string of unpleasant symptoms – ones that would leave doctors baffled and throw her life into turmoil.
“I managed to get to the next exit and came off the motorway,” the 50-year-old, from Middleton, told the Manchester Evening News. “From that point on, I was terrifying of being on the motorway and driving was a big part of my corporate job. I’d never been anxious like that or had a panic attack before.”
