I had an anxiety attack last night which
consisted of shortness of breath, nausea,
dizziness, racing heart, disorientation
and feeling like I was about to die.
I'm having the shortness of breath,
dizziness and disorientation again now.
Wondering if anyone ever finds that
reading and speaking gets a little
difficult during their anxiety attacks?
The fact that it's harder to communicate
during anxiety attacks worries me.
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Daynette
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 11
Posted: 05-04-05 12:43pm
It sounds like a typical anxiety attack to
me. An important thing to try to do is
figure out what gives you the attack.
This is going to require you to be honest
with yourself, even if it's not what you
want to think about. Another important
thing to do is assess whether you are in
immediate danger. If you are not, you may
be able to talk yourself down from your
high anxiety level.
Good luck.
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adambaum
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Home- Peoria, IL
Posted: 05-20-05 18:48pm
Sibatyra,
try deep breathes when the attack starts
to come on.
Also try to pay attention to how long the
worst part of the attack lasts, typically
10 seconds. You can take anything for 10
seconds, you can do it! Knowing that you
will be ok in just a couple of minutes
will help keep the anxiety from
manifesting.
Anxiety does cause the mind to be
confused. When your body gets the high
dosage of andrelayne the body goes into
"fight or flight mode" which inturn
shutsdown parts of the body that are not
needed (digestive system, hair doesnt
grow, the sophisticated portion of the
brain(speech))
try not to worry, it is not going to kill
you and there is no permanent damage to
your body due to anxiety.
