Hello Friend
I see you are in Sales - it's a job n a half to do sometimes, especially if you are 'cold selling' I hope you take regular rests and holidays from it all, as I think that what you experienced was over exsersion ..... doing too much, thinking too much etc, and your body was warning you to slow down a bit and stand back and let others take the lead for a bit ... the body will remind you that it needs rest, we arn't Superman / woman ... and we cannot save the planet in 1 day ...
You are also diabetic, so you also have to make sure you get the sugar levels correct too ....
Take a rest ... I know that life sometimes doesn't allow you too, but just take it easier.
Good luck my friend, and make sure you put yer slippers on and put yer feet up.

Angie ( The Ginger 1)

I am a fairly fit guy, 29 I cycle and play hockey. One day out at a friend's cabin, I felt my heart palpitate, then I felt lightheaded like the ground was moving up and down. I thought I was having a heart attack or a stroke. I sat down and tried to calm down, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought I was going to die. I jumped in my car and started driving home. That's when my hands, then arms then legs started tingling, and they eventually went numb. I was seriously getting ready to die in my car, just like you. I decided to drive to a hospital in the next town. They admitted me into emergency and checked my temperature, blood sugar, blood pressure and did an EKG. They said everything checked out. I asked about the tingling limbs, and the doctor called it " paraesthesia", meaning my body was in shock and was pulling all the blood out of my limbs to protect my heart and brain; a normal natural response to danger. I described my symptoms in detail and they said it was almost certainly a panic attack. They advised me to go see my doctor, which I did. My doctor ran a blood test to check my thyroid, but was almost certain it's stress related anxiety. I will be starting counselling treatment very soon, but the information has already helped me understand what's happening. Please don't let this take over your life: go see your doctor and ask about anxiety.

HI both

Hope you feel better soon, anxiety can be sensed in different ways, I couldn't go out the house for days, and I hyperventalated quite a lot, couldn't stop crying over nothing ..... it was stress as my job was getting difficult, and I had an un-supportive boss (she was nasty) .... I also had the tingling feeling and I felt as if I were dying .... but I eventually controlled the breathing, and I started calming down....
I found out that if I made time - about half n hour a day, where I'd just lay on the floor - loads of pillows etc, and listened to some good music, a slow rythm, a bit of Lionel Richie for example, made my heart rate slow down, now when I feel that things are getting on top of me - i go to my special place with the music...
Try it ... you've nothing to lose.... if you have kids .... then try and offload them for a bit ... they won't hate you for it. Housework can wait, dust will always be there, the laundry can wait 5 minutes, and work - well, you are entitled to holiday leave ....
Good luck again friends - and take it easy.

Angie