I started dating my first boyfriend, who
i've known since highschool, liked a lot
for several months now, and trust
greatly.
However, since i've started dating him my
system's been feeling really screwed up.
Most of the time i'm really happy/bubbly
[i've been a lot happier this last week
than I normally am in two or three
months,] but every now and then I suddenly
start to feel like i'm panicking, and then
I feel my blood pressure goes up really
high, and then it drops way below normal
in about ten or twenty seconds and take
about two hours before it goes back to
normal. I had one day where I had to
leave school early, and when I got home I
ended up going straight to bed and slept
for almost eleven hours.
I know any time in the past when i've been
really happy I have had similar problems,
but usually the happiness is short-lived
[a beautiful spring morning, for example.]
since we started going out I experience
the panic and blood pressure thing about
once a day, and instead of going back to a
neutral state I go right back to being
really happy again.
Normally i'm very neutral, so i'm
wondering if it's just that my body/mind
is getting used to actually being happy,
but i'm also wondering if maybe i'm simply
having some kind of biochemical
intolerance or anxiety issue, since it's
happened in the past. I'm planning on
getting in to see the doctor soon
regarding birth control, but i'm not sure
if I should bring this up as well, or if I
should wait until my yearly physical exam
at the end of november to see if I stop
having this problem.
Any feedback would be very much
appreciated.
