Am I Having Panic Attacks Or Something Simlar? Posted: 05-03-05 11:21am
Hi, i'm 25yrs old and this has been going
on for 7weeks now started off as tho my
heart had stopped, ache'ing body, tired
all the time, no energy and dioreha, I
have a constant niggling in my chest ,
chest rumbling,chest pains sometimes feels
like i'm not breathing properly, now
having sweats,vision is blurred sometimes,
and weird feelings in my head , when I
feel weird sometimes my heartbeat still
seems normal. Been into hospital had
loads of ecg's, bloodtests and a echo of
the heart, x-ray, also had a treadmill
test, my heart rate was 77bpm b4 the test,
now it seems around 60bpmis 60bpm low? ,
all tests have come back fine, went to the
doctors and he has said it could be some
kind of stress/ panic attack so he gave me
fluoxetine to take, after taking for only
5days I still feel that same, what do you
think? As its really starting to get on
my nerves, am I suffering from some form
of attack?
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Daynette
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Joined: 02 May 2005 Posts: 11
Posted: 05-04-05 12:41pm
Give it some time to take effect. Most
anti-anxiety drugs take about a month for
you to notice the difference, and
sometimes the change is so subtle that you
all of a sudden notice that you haven't
had an anxiety attack in a few days.
Good luck.
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acid
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Am I Having Panic Attacks Or Something Simlar? Posted: 05-04-05 15:04pm
Thanks for the reply, I hope it gets
better soon, only thing is I think i'm
starting to get paranoid, my left leg
feels tingly sometimes and my toes are
really white on both feet, anyone else had
problems like this?
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Hypochondriac1028
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Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 313 Location: Ohio
Posted: 05-06-05 23:21pm
Ya exactly man, beilive me its anxiety.
Just dont let yourself turn into a
hypochondriac. Try cognitve behavoral
theropy now before you get worse
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terrie777
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Posted: 05-07-05 23:17pm
Absolutely you are not alone I to have
these feelings and im on medication and
getting better sometimes I have bad days
sometimes I have good days just hang in
there and now that you are not alone
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acid
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Posted: 05-20-05 16:09pm
Well still taking the medication every
day, dont feel any differnt yet, had to
bad attacks in the last 2weeks so ended up
going to hospital again, felt like my
heart had stopped ,all tests came back
fine so it must be anxiety/panic attacks
that i'm suffering from what do you guys
think?
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adambaum
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Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Home- Peoria, IL
Posted: 05-20-05 17:46pm
Yes sir, that my friend is classic
anxiety. All those strange symptoms are
within the anxiety symptom pool.
I believe the medication you have been
given is one that will take 6-8 weeks to
kick in, (it really does). Did you get
any medication for the immediate attacks
that you are having? Ex: ativan? Xanax?
I take ativan (a.K.A. Lorazepam) when I
am having bad days and it takes away the
symptoms.
The medication will get you to a stable
position then you are going to have to
build the foundation under that, what I
mean is counseling or lifestyle changes,
this will help you deal with the source of
the problem. Then you can get off the
meds..
Good luck, if you have more problems that
you think I can help you with please email
me.
God bless.
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cat1111
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Panic Attacks Posted: 05-23-05 11:20am
Acid,are u not sleeping well.Do u fell
like u have to run to the nearest exit
when this happens.When u say your head
fells funny in what way?Do u hear a
ticking noise,do u fell light headed
because your heart is racing so fast u
have to sit down?I did suffer from panic
attacks and I thought I was dieing then I
read a book and it confrimed it so I went
to a councellor and I haven t had one for
1 month now.
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acid
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Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 15 Location: UK
Posted: 05-23-05 13:53pm
My heart isnt allways racing, sometimes it
feels like pressure in my chest and my
pulse feels like it skips a beat, I feel
light headed/dizzy alot of the time,
sometimes makes me feel sick, noticed in
last few days , one pupil is sometimes
bigger than the other, and I dont sleep
very well, allways tossing and turning,
sometimes wake up about 5 times a night,
stomach and chest allways rumbling,
sometimes feel shaky, hate being on my
own, loosing weight pretty quik too, lost
about 3 stone in 8weeks as i'm off my
food, but also the pills from the doscs
says u may lose a bit of weight.
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cat1111
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Posted: 05-24-05 04:53am
It doesn t sound like u had a full blown
panic attack.Because if u did ,your
heartbeat would increase,(
palpatations)from i.E
worry,fear,anxious,being
misunderstood,fear of havin another attack
etc.Then well I worried I was havin a
heart attack ,so what happens is u
increase the adreninal levels into your
bloodstream which decreases your oxygen
levels resulting in felling light headed
,dizzy,thinking your going to callapes
which can result in, being afraid to be
alone?.Then your chess can feel tight and
u feel u cant breath properly.Then u can
take too many breaths which makes u feel
more dizzy -blured vision etc.Then u panic
am I havin a heart attack? ,am I going to
die?,faint?,lose control?Then this is when
I have a fullblown attack and it can last
up to 5 min and after u are so tired u
need to lie down.There is a book called
when panic attacks in easons which is very
good and helped me alot and comes with a
cd to teach u how to stop the cycle.
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acid
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Posted: 05-26-05 11:29am
I'm finding it really hard to get thru
life every day, allways dizzy and chest
hurts 24hrs a day plus other symptoms, can
anxiety really make me feel like this????
As I have never actually been diagnosed,
the docs and hospital presume I have
anxiety because all my tests have come
back fine. And has anyone else had any
luck taking fluoxetine, the docs said it
would help and it isnt yet.
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adambaum
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Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Home- Peoria, IL
Posted: 05-26-05 12:46pm
Acid it is anxiety, you need to try and
find out what is making you anxious, are
you stressed out about anything, any
recent emotional trauma? Sometimes its
purely subconscious and you should see a
counselor that deals with anxiety.
I have had all of your symptoms and a
counselor helped me surface a lot of
things I wouldnt have noticed without her
and now I am a lot better.
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acid
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Posted: 05-26-05 13:55pm
I cant think of anything thats stressing
me out or anything, nothing in my life has
changed in the last 8 weeks since this
started, guess thats what makes it hard
when u cant find the problem. :( so it
must be subconscious thoughts r something,
got to take these tqablets for another
month then go back to the doctors to see
if I feel any better.
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adambaum
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Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Home- Peoria, IL
Posted: 05-27-05 15:07pm
Acid, fyi fluoxetine is prozac, im sure
you already new that,
did the Dr. Give you anything in the mean
time (until the prozac starts kicking in)
how are you doing on a day to day basis?
Any attacks or just the regular
aggravating symptoms.
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jurplesman
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Joined: 24 Jul 2004 Posts: 139 Location: Sydney Australia
Posted: 05-28-05 00:44am
Hello acid,
you have been given many possibilities
that could have caused you to have anxiety
attacks. The usual advice is to try this
or that drug and to discuss your
'psychological' problems with a
counsellor.
This is the typical mainstream medical and
psychological advice, that seem to think
that anxiety attacks can only be treated
by drugs and/or talk therapy.
The reality is that mainstream medicine
has no understanding as to what causes
anxiety attacks. Most experts seem to
agree that drugs do not cure anxiety
attacks, they simply mask symptoms. Drugs
are seen as panaceas. Thus they are a
palliative treatment, suppressing symptoms
without curing the underlying biochemical
abnormality.
In desperation psychological oriented
counsellor - and we have plenty of them
here - believe that these attacks must be
due to 'psychological experiences'. These
are hidden is a mythical 'subconscious'
mind only to be dug up by clever
psychotherapists, and presto we are
cured!! Again this type of treatment is
palliative because it looks at the
symptoms of anxiety attacks as the causes
of anxiety attacks.
The truth is that anxiety attacks are
caused by an overproduction of adrenaline
- a stress hormone - in response to energy
starvation in the brain. The brain needs
a steady supply of energy to manufacture
feel-good neurotransmitters such as
serotonin. Without that energy the brain
cannot produce serotonin, that can make
you feel relaxed. When the brain is
starved of energy it triggers the release
of stress hormones - such as adrenaline -
to raise blood sugar levels so as to feed
the brain again. But these stress
hormones - produced internally regardless
of environmental cues - are also
responsible for anxiety attacks, panic
attacks, insomnia. Compulsive behaviour,
impulsivity, anger attacks and mood swings
and other symptoms of ‘mental’
illnesses.
The non-drug treatment for this condition
is going on a hypoglycemic diet. Thus
having anxiety attacks is due to
nutritional disorder!!
The underlying biochemical abnormality can
be medically tested by a special test
described at our web site as:
Well been on this fluoxetine {prozac] for
a while now, I still feel like I cant
breath now and then, but family and
friends say I look alot better, only bad
thing is, it still freaks me out now and
then and the tablets seem to be giving me
alot of gas/wind that hurts my chest, so
they gave me some tablets to calm the acid
down in my stomach, seems to be working,
i'll keep u updated on how everything goes
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tram
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Thanks Posted: 07-18-05 22:36pm
Just wanted to thank you guys for writing
out some of your comments. I have been
recently diagnosed with panic disorder and
this has really helped me. I've been on
paxil for three days and am seeing some
improvements.
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