Feeling anxious 24/7

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Hi mylotters, Lately I've been having a lot of panic/anxiety attacks and I'm not sure why? I'm not expecting anyone to know that answer because I can't find out why myself. It started in August of this year where I had an episode when I was on holidays from work for two weeks. I would like to include that I work nightshifts full time and have been for the last solid four years. I haven't had any other shifts that I have been working so nothing has changed for that amount of time. Back to this panic attack: I was on the four day of my two weeks holidays and my son was not back to school yet as he was still on summer vacation from school. So four days into my holidays I began a day schedule of getting up making coffee and doing some cleaning. I ate breakfast, then suddenly felt sick with nausea. I had the urge to bring up. So I went to use the bathroom and when I was in there, I could feel myself meaning skin getting all clammy, and seen the color in my face go to pure white. Not long after that, my lips began going like a bluish color. I came out of the bathroom after throwing up and feeling this horrible moving feeling in my chest like it was going to stop me from breathing and I told my son to call 911~ He asked me if I was joking and I told him no! The feeling subsided then and I told him to wait and call my mom instead so my son and I passed the phone back and fourth to each other and talked to her until I began throwing up again and losing my breath plus having the urge to faint and black out. My mom told me she would come over and my son ended up calling 911 for me. He was so good on the phone and stayed more calm then I was.. (he is really good in panic situations) So anyways, the first responders came then the ambulance. When they saw me they told me to sit down and I was so scared that I was going to pass out but I've proved to myself that I'm not a fainter because if I was then I would have already. So they put oxygen on me and took all my vital stats which were all normal. They took me to the hospital anyway and I found out I have acid reflux and anxiety. The anxiety I already knew about from years prior was back. So I had made an appointment with my doctor. He prescribed me something for the Acid Reflux and something for the anxiety. I had another episode on friday where I was by myself and had to call 911 again because I thought I was having a heart attack again! I knew I wasn't because the last time they checked my heart with an EKG machine and it was fine and normal. So I know it's anxiety! The first responders arrived then the ambulance but by the time they got there, I was a lot more calmer so that's how I know it was an anxiety attack. Today I had another anxiety attack and right now still trying to calm down but it seems to be getting harder and harder for all those symptoms to expire. I haven't dealt with these episodes in a very long time and I can't think of why they are starting up again! It's terrifying and I need help... Do you suffer from anxiety attacks? What brings them on and how do you deal with them?