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Panic Attacks, split second unreal feeling
Hi everyone,
I hope you are all getting on ok.
I just wanted to ask you all something.
With Panic/Anxiety/etc i get these moments that last for literally a secong or two where there is an intense build up of something in my body where i feel like im going to have a sudden death where my reath goes out of sync for literally one second and i feel such disattachment and i pull my self together after two or three seconds its gone, somethimes a heart flutter will occur. I have these at times but over the last week i must have had over 100. Is this a form of panic or something really wrong in my body, im worried that this could be a build up to a sudden death.
The reason why I am worried about this is because i read that panic attacks are usually quite lenghly and have a habbit of coming in waves during a two hour period... I do have these too but only a handful every month.
Basically what im trying to establish is.. can you have moments created bt health anxiety (of the upmost extreme) that last for seconds then go away,,, if not then I dont know what is happening to me.
Thanks in advanve for any thoughts
I hope you are all getting on ok.
I just wanted to ask you all something.
With Panic/Anxiety/etc i get these moments that last for literally a secong or two where there is an intense build up of something in my body where i feel like im going to have a sudden death where my reath goes out of sync for literally one second and i feel such disattachment and i pull my self together after two or three seconds its gone, somethimes a heart flutter will occur. I have these at times but over the last week i must have had over 100. Is this a form of panic or something really wrong in my body, im worried that this could be a build up to a sudden death.
The reason why I am worried about this is because i read that panic attacks are usually quite lenghly and have a habbit of coming in waves during a two hour period... I do have these too but only a handful every month.
Basically what im trying to establish is.. can you have moments created bt health anxiety (of the upmost extreme) that last for seconds then go away,,, if not then I dont know what is happening to me.
Thanks in advanve for any thoughts
I am new to this forum but have been dealing with anxiety for 10 years. Do any of you believe, as I do, that most of this is due to improper breathing?
I went to a cardiologist and got a work-up and everything tested out ok. I had very similar moments of "detachment" so to speak. I was told that this feeling is very common. I know how hard it is, but I think some people learn to let these things roll off and others dont.
First and formost, have you been to a doctor to rule out all heart related difficulties? That is where you should start. If your beat is out of whack there are meds that can help with that. Most likely, it is all related to anxiety and it will not hurt you. I do get those skipped beat feelings and I feel like I have to take a breath. I find I get more of them when I am more stressed out.
You know, I wasn't sure about the panic/anxiety thing either; but I get the same feelings. I just had lunch with friends, and while lunching with them I felt undetached, very strange. It was like I couldn't look at them in the eyes for a long period of time because it would make my eyes blurry-very STRANGE. Anyway, I got real depressed during the lunch, but they couldn't tell. I acted like everything was okay, when in fact my mind was racing, I was having bouts of anxiety on and off. It's crazy how that works. And heart flutters....ugh, we don't even want to go there, they are awful. I have been having a good couple of weeks, but it is like I am bracing myself for that one really bad "thump" that will have me down in the dumps, and have me feeling like I am going to die any second.
This really is a horrible, HORRIBLE condition to have, but I have learned to self talk and keep saying that it's not going to hurt me, and try to switch my mind to positive things. It's MUCH easier said than done.
I have health aniety really bad too. It has gotten better, but everytime I hear of something or read about something I am afraid I am going to get it. I am preparing to have surgery in the next month and I am really anxious about that, and we have been having kids getting staph infections lately, but it's been at their schools. Well of course I start having irrational thoughts about getting an infection after surgery. It's crazy, I mean I torment myself 95% of the time.
Be glad you never started on any medications because I soooooooooo want to get off mine, but I have to wait for my Dr.'s approval and then I have to be weened off.
I'll be praying for all of us!!!!
This really is a horrible, HORRIBLE condition to have, but I have learned to self talk and keep saying that it's not going to hurt me, and try to switch my mind to positive things. It's MUCH easier said than done.
I have health aniety really bad too. It has gotten better, but everytime I hear of something or read about something I am afraid I am going to get it. I am preparing to have surgery in the next month and I am really anxious about that, and we have been having kids getting staph infections lately, but it's been at their schools. Well of course I start having irrational thoughts about getting an infection after surgery. It's crazy, I mean I torment myself 95% of the time.
Be glad you never started on any medications because I soooooooooo want to get off mine, but I have to wait for my Dr.'s approval and then I have to be weened off.
I'll be praying for all of us!!!!
What it sounds like to me is what everyone who has a panic attack has. It's called fight or flight syndrome. It's our bodys way of reacting when your brain thinks you are in danger. Your adreniline surges, your heart beats really fast, and your body prepares for trauma (even though there isn't any) A lot of weird things happen when you get this, including a ton of non life threatening symptoms that we react to with fear and that causes the panic attack. The best and simplest way to describe it is say you are driving down the road and you drop something on the floor of your car, you reach down to pick it up and when you look back at the road the car in front of you has come to a complete stop. That feeling of hot/cold flash, is fight or flight. It's natural and happens to everyone, unforunately we who suffer panic have it when there is no real danger, it's our heads tricking us into thinking there is so our body just responds.
I know what you mean. I have to deal with it on my own too!! I have tried so many antidepressents and have horrible side effects. Burning feeling in my head, like it was on fire. My anxiety would be worse. I said forget this. The only thing that I do take is xanax .25 on a as needed basis. I will only take it if I am really having a bad day. I am with you on feeling like a zombie on AD's. My anxiety has been pretty good compared to how bad is was in 2004 when it started. Mine started with the heart flutters and I thought for sure I was going to die. I went to the doctors and had an ekg and all was normal. Lately I have been getting 1-2 episodes every couple of days. Yesturday was bad. I had some people over for Halloween and kids running all over my house and my anxiety was high and along came the flutters. Sometimes they do just happen out of the blue.
My anxiety is health related too. I have thought I have had every disease in the medical field. My doctor is cool though. He kind of laughs but he understands that I have health anxiety and puts up with me. You can try to get help with a psychiatrist and just tell them from the moment that you get there NO DRUGS!!!! Good luck to you.
My anxiety is health related too. I have thought I have had every disease in the medical field. My doctor is cool though. He kind of laughs but he understands that I have health anxiety and puts up with me. You can try to get help with a psychiatrist and just tell them from the moment that you get there NO DRUGS!!!! Good luck to you.
I am dealing with it on my own for a year. My anxiety is 100% health related. I dont worry too much bout work, money, relationships etc. I`m thinking about getting help but i dont want to take drugs coz they make you feel like a zombie so ive heard.
Why oh why does my heart keep fluttering!!!!
Why oh why does my heart keep fluttering!!!!
when my anxiety first started that is how they were for me. They were very scary. The feeling was just how you described. Just know that they will not hurt you. Jon Do you take anything for anxiety or are you just dealing with them on you own?
Yes thats how my panic attack happened a surge of adrenalin than gone. i have never had one that lasted longer that say 2 minuts
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