|
tashlj
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Dec 2006
Posts: 11
Location: uk
|
Sudden Out of the Blue Attacks????
Posted: 02-08-07 10:34am
|
|
|
|
Hi,
im 25yr old female,with two small children
and in a stable relationship!
I have been suffering on and off with
anxiety/panic for some years now but they
seemed to get much worse shortly after the
birth of my first son.
After a whole year of suffering I managed
to make some major changes in my life and
they almost went away and I managed to
become me again!!!
Well soon after I gave birth to my second
summer last year,i have felt very much the
same as I did last time,im constantly
feeling dizzy,out of breath and tired.
I get the odd palpitation which are awful
to say the least.I really think im going
to die when I get them they are that
intense!
Hence I have been to gps on numerous
occassions and everything seems fine,just
having to take propranol once a day to
control panics etc.
When I get a panic attack,they always
occur out of the blue,for no reason at
all,at first I get the tight feeling in my
throat,like someone is chocking me then my
heart strats racing soo fast I think im
having a heart attck.
I cant sit,i pace, my hands go all clamy
and tense.
Its just awful,i have ended up in a&e
with them and do feel a plonker when it
calms down!!!
I have constantly got the fear of it at
the back of my mind,im scared to stay
alone,just incase.
It does control your life,i would just
love to get the old me back again for good
this time!!!!
Xx
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
durangobluz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jun 2006
Posts: 32
|
Posted: 02-16-07 15:31pm
|
|
|
|
|
I feel the same way. I have 2 kids,im 29
and it started for me about a year ago.
My anxiety comes and goes. I thought it
was gone, the last month or so I had no
symptoms. We decided to put our house for
sale and move, so now its back..I get
dizzy, hear palps, chest tightness, and a
headache that I swear has been non stop
for a week. I cant wait for this to end.
Im looking into taking zoloft for the
anxiety....
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
san54
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Dec 2003
Posts: 227
Location: Virginia
|
Out of the Blue Attacks
Posted: 02-16-07 16:08pm
|
|
|
|
|
Try not to dwell on it and stop thinking
that something is going to happen. It
will get better with time. Your mind can
make you physically sick. I used to
worry about everything, had ptsd, panic
attacks, depression. Having a baby is
traumatic on the baby and the chemical
balance or imbalance in your brain. Keep
taking the meds that your doctor gives you
and take a little therapy. It doesn't
hurt. I was in therapy for one year and
on medication. I don't need it anymore
even thought I have ms now. Take things
one day at a time. Just think of the two
little ones that are in your care. Good
luck. 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cece7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 132
|
Posted: 02-19-07 18:54pm
|
|
|
|
|
try cognitive training therapy. I was in a
group that taught us coping skills and
have not had any panic attacks since.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
yokelncfc
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Mar 2007
Posts: 5
Location: York
|
Posted: 03-13-07 06:00am
|
|
|
|
|
Maybe an obvious suggestion, but have you
tried going to yoga? Once you gain many
breathing tecniques, there's a chance you
can talk yourself out of one or stabalise
the panic till you calm down. Once you
stop the breathing and the panic comes
back, you can carry on doing it till it
stops, or someone else talks or distracts
you enough to snap out of it
I appreciate sudden ones are a lot harder.
I was reading a paper at work once and the
sudden sensation was staggering
I just learnt to realise I can cope with
everyday situations but my sometimes my
head can't (like a dream I suppose,
something else in or trying to take
control)
One that worked for me, was to breath out
for the count of 6 and breath in for the
count of 6. It's hard to maintain, but the
breathing and the concentration on
counting takes you out of the panic
situation and onto the breathing exercise.
Stop and the panic may come back. Do it
for 10+ minutes and you may train your
mind to snap out of playing nasty tricks
on you
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
durangobluz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Jun 2006
Posts: 32
|
Posted: 03-17-07 10:00am
|
|
|
|
|
Thanks for the info on the breathing..i
will give that a try...Im definatly going
to look into yoga also. I tried the zoloft
but i couldnt manage through the side
effects...good luck to u all!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 230
|
Posted: 03-20-07 15:31pm
|
|
|
|
|
Cbt is great for panic anxiety and
depression but you have to do the
exercises everyday so it does take a lot
of work and self discipline. I still do
the tea form exercise that I learned in
the book by sam obitz daily and the
thought processes that eliminate panic and
anxiety do become ingrained over time.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cece7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 132
|
Posted: 04-05-07 12:12pm
|
|
|
|
|
Yoga is a great relaxer! I also recommend
the tea form exercise in the book Johnr
recommended by Obitz.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 230
|
Posted: 05-04-07 14:25pm
|
|
|
|
|
Tea forms are great but you do need to do
them everyday if you want them to become
your new way of thinking and get the most
out of them. Human nature makes many stop
doing them when they are feeling better
and that risks the anxiety and panic
catching back up to them later. The brain
is like a muscle that needs to be
exercised to continue to work well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cece7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 132
|
Posted: 05-24-07 15:27pm
|
|
|
|
|
Good analogy about the brain being like a
muscle 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tiza
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Posts: 3
Location: TX
|
Panic Attacks, Maybe Magnesium Will Help
Posted: 06-14-07 12:17pm
|
|
|
|
|
Hello everyone:
I'm new to this board. Just joined
yesterday.
I wanted to say that my husband once had
panic attacks, and I know how terrible
they can be. He hasn't had one in a long
time, though.
Just recently I learned about the
importance of magnesium in helping many of
our ills. I can't speak for everyone, but
for my husband and I, it's helped us so
much in just a matter of a week's time. I
didn't realize how many things magnesium
deficiency can cause, but it controls the
function of 325 or more chemical processes
in your body. For example, calcium won't
work correctly without it. Potassium
won't work without it, and most people are
deficient, or most in the US or deficient
anyway. I'm sure there's some that
aren't. Unfortunately a simple blood test
won't help you much even if it shows
magnesium in your blood because the most
important part of it has to be in your
cells.
I've just ordered a book entitled "The
Magnesium Factor," by Dr. Mildred Seelig.
If you'll go to Amazon and read the
customer reviews, you'll see what I'm
talking about. Also go to mgwater.com
That place has a ton of information about
it, including medical articles and such.
But there's plently of information about
the importance of it. You'll be surprised
because you don't hear much about our
deficiency in it.
We hear stuff all the time about calcium,
and many people have too high calcium,
which can cause sudden heart attacks.
Calcium needs the natural calcium channel
blocker magnesium to work properly after
it's done what it's supposed to do.
Otherwise, it turns into a crystalized
form, which is bad news.
Hope all of you get some help.
Tiza
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 230
|
Posted: 07-13-07 12:57pm
|
|
|
|
|
| cece7
wrote: | | Good analogy about the brain
being like a muscle |
Thanks. Sorry for the late reply but I
have not been receiving my post reply
notifications for the past month or two?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cece7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 132
|
Posted: 08-16-07 16:40pm
|
|
|
|
|
Np problem and if it makes you feel better
sometimes I have noticed I have missed a
few notifications.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 230
|
Posted: 09-20-07 12:47pm
|
|
|
|
|
That does not make me feel any better, but
thanks for letting me know that I'm not
the only one; security in numbers I guess.
Seems to be working now or I may have not
known you replied to me 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cece7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 132
|
Posted: 09-30-07 11:14am
|
|
|
|
|
Hey John I was thinking about you last
night when I awoke in the middle of the
night and was ruminating on everything I
had to do today and could not get back to
sleep. After about a half hour of tossing
and turning I remembered when you told me
that you countered the thoughts that kept
you awake in a tea form and then were able
to get back to sleep. So I got up spent
about ten minutes on my tea forms and fell
back to sleep after a couple of minutes.
Thanks for giving me a new use for them
and I'm glad you are receiving your
notifications again 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 230
|
Posted: 10-08-07 12:10pm
|
|
|
|
|
Always nice to be thought of and I really
like hearing about when my advice was
useful to someone
Hopefully your sleeping problem was a one
night thing and not a recurring problem
but keep doing the tea forms on the
thoughts that are keeping you awake and
you will get through them and back to more
restful sleep.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cece7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 132
|
Posted: 11-30-07 17:14pm
|
|
|
|
|
It lasted a couple of nights but I have
been doing my tea's and I have been
sleeping fine. Thanks again for the
reassurance.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cece7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 132
|
Posted: 05-02-08 19:35pm
|
|
|
|
|
Tashlj are you still posting? How are you
doing now?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
johnR
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 May 2006
Posts: 230
|
Posted: 05-05-08 17:40pm
|
|
|
|
|
| cece7
wrote: | | Tashlj are you still
posting? How are you doing
now? |
Hopefully Tashlj is feeling better and
that's why we have not heard from him/her.
I'm glad your sleep problem was short
lived
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
cece7
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 132
|
Posted: 05-13-08 20:06pm
|
|
|
|
|
I hope you are right, but it would be nice
to hear an update from him don't you
think?
|
|
|
|
|
