Panic Attacks And Anxiety Posted: 03-10-07 14:53pm
i have just started getting panic attacks
a month ago, off work now having to have
numerous tests, heart one as been getting
pains and tightness in my chest (i have
high cholesterol and my bp has been
raised) my liver function test is also
normal, i dont drink or smoke now have to
have a liver scan to see why my liver is
inflammed. feel totally unwell, sleeping
a lot have put weight on, had my thyroid
and diabetes checked. in the family there
is diabetes history. my brother suffers
with panic attacks too. my late mum was a
very anxious lady who also suffered with
them and alcoholism, my bro seems to think
we could have inherited this problem. i
have a good job, can be stressful, good
marriage and dont understand all of a
sudden. obviously i am anxious about
these tests i am having no but putting the
abnormal results down to anxiety. i dont
eat fatty food so presuming my cholesterol
is also inherited 7.8 at the mo cant take
statins until i get my liver check,
presuming it is a fatty liver as i am a
little overweight, anyone else had this
problem after having panic attacks.
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ocdengineer
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Not As a Result Posted: 03-11-07 18:06pm
It sounds like you have an anxiety
disorder, so I would suggest you go find a
specialist in anxiety disorders. There
are many things that can help. Exercise
and healthy eating habits help a lot. I
take Xanax and that has helped me a lot.
I also meditate daily and also quit
drinking and smoking. Caffeine should be
eliminated from your diet. That is a huge
factor for anxiety disorders, but the
first thing you need to do is find an
anxiety disorder specialist and get a
proper diagnosis.
Good luck,
OE
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Stan
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Posted: 03-11-07 20:29pm
Good thing you mentioned the liver, I know
exactly what this is because the same
thing happened to me and it has absolutely
nothing to do with anxiety. You have low
blood sugar. An inflamed liver is one of
the first serious signs of it, along with
panic attacks and is in fact the first
thing my doctor found wrong with me after
test after test after test. Everything
else you mention ties in with it, the
family history, alcoholism, it's really a
classic case and you're lucky you posted
everything up there the way you did
because I'm 100% sure this is what you
have. Normally the person is fine all
their life and then one day bam they wake
up in a state of panic for no reason or it
suddenly comes on in the night or during
the day but seems to have little if any
connection to anything stress related.
You need to get a glucose tolerance test
to be certain, but the way to do it is
thus. Go to your doctor and tell them you
seem to feel different depending on what
you eat, don't mention hypoglycemia at
all. If they suggest the glucose
tolerance test, take it, if they don't and
say not to worry about it, find another
doctor immediately. Trust me on this
and don't mess around, if you don't fix
this you'll just keep getting worse.
Anti-anxiety medication can help, but all
it will do is mask the symptoms, not
correct the root problem. If you let it
go and just take the medicine to eliminate
the symptoms, other symptoms will sink in,
perhaps delusions, fainting, twitching,
blurred vision and so forth. It's a very,
very serious condition. If you have any
questions PM me, it is treated through
diet and a drug called diazoxide. Or just
one or the other.
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joan hamilton
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Posted: 03-12-07 04:10am
thanks for that it did cross my mind but
doc did request a glucose blood test which
was normal could this be masking it my
brother injects three times a day. i do
notice certain foods send me to sleep,
e.g. sugary cereals, chocolate etc, i work
for a surgeon so may ask his help when i
get back to work, thanks again
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ocdengineer
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Hypoglycemia Posted: 03-12-07 08:17am
Find an anxiety doctor. It seems like
anxiety runs in your family. I ran down
the hypolycemia trail and found that it
didn't fix the problem at all, so if the
BGT turned out negative, trust the test
and find an anxiety disorder specialist.
Later,
OE
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Stan
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Posted: 03-12-07 10:25am
A regular glucose test is
not enough. Your liver is
affected, which has absolutely nothing at
all to do with anxiety. Trust me, this is
sugar. In some cases no, but the symptoms
you describe there are too clear cut. You
need to have a glucose tolerance test,
which will show how your body reacts to
high doses of glucose (100g for the test)
over a period of usually five or six
hours. Just testing your fasting level or
one during the day will show nothing
because it can jump up and down with
varying intensity. This is not the proper
test. Furthermore, be careful of how your
doctor reads the results because they
frequently do it incorrectly. If you were
experiencing just anxiety, then maybe, but
you're lucky because of the liver thing,
this clearly points to a physical problem
that's giving you mental symptoms, that's
it. Anxiety will not cause a swollen
liver. So what did you mean could this
(what?) be masking it? I'm confused on
that statement.
