Accupuncture

[sunset555]

I am currently very, very wound up with a lots of panic and a lot of anxiety. As a result of this I find that over the last couple of days, my breathing is very high up in my chest, almost in my throat, I feel stressed out and have had a bath, drank chamomile tea, tried to sleep, taken some Bach rescue remedy (bottle dropper) herbal remedy for stress, and NOTHING is working. Also tried to deep breath through abdominal breathing techniques - still nothing.

Have been suffering on and off with panic attacks and anxiety over the last 9 years or so, it is pretty bad at the moment, as there is a lot going on in my life (but a lot of very good and positive things) which still makes me so anxious and almost so hyper that I just cannot sit down for more than a couple of minutes, have to keep busy.

I have also had a few eposodes of rapid heartbeat at night in bed, sometimes waking me, very fast heartbeat and so frightening. I went to the hospital last week and had an ecg, blood tests and chest exray, and am currently waiting on a 24 hour holter monitor to which I have to wear next week for a day to see if they can trace anything. The cardiologist thinks it may be tachycardia, which may also be alcohol induced as I had a few beers on both the nights in question and a few cigerettes, even though I gave them up two years ago, I still have the odd one at the weekends if I drink alcohol, but will not know till the results. My ecg was normal at 59 bpm, and my blood test showed that my cholesterol was slightly raised, so I am working on that.

So the question is really would "Accupuncture" be any good for me at the moment, would it benefit me at all, and lessen any of the syptoms I am experiencing????????????

Please help with any comments .......... I am going out of my mind.

Sunset

[JSGeare]

There might be some relief from accup -but maybe it will also fall into the category of "stuff you try." Why not try a consult with a psychiatrist? Generally, the anxiety is not "about" tricks and techniques, but rather, a very thorough review of what has been happening in your life over the long term -in an effort to tie down the factors which brought you to where you are. Please consider it.

[sunset555]

Hi JSGeare,

Thank you for your comment. I have seen a couple of therapists over the last four years and have only very recently began to go back to see a therapist again, I saw her for a couple of months last year and stopped going in October, but this time I am going to stick at it. I need to do this for me and for my family. I will be seeing her for  an hour once a week, which I hope will prove beneficial. I am just  a bit all over the place at the moment, and feel like completely freaking out, I am usually a lot more in control of my life but this anxiety unfortunately seems to be rearing it's ugly head again on me, and sometimes I just feel very helpless - right now I feel very alone, and helpless and afraid, even though I am surrounded by my family, partner, children and friends, none of them understands what anxiety is cause they are all in control of their lives, and I feel like my life is on hold. I cannot even breath properly this evening, it is terrible I feel like crying!

Sunset