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Adrenalin rushes, how to control them

I seem to be getting free floating anxiety attacks, last night I was just chatting with my husband when I noticed the butterflies in my belly for no reason, then I started with palps etc... I could literally feel the adrenalin buzzing round me.  It was quite scary.  

This morning I got it also, my baby son was having a tantrum and I got the butterflies, I felt so wound up, then another attack came on.

This evening I was encouraging my son to crawl as he is just learning, and I started feeling sickly, getting palps again, tightness in my belly, then butterflies etc... then I could feel the adrenalin buzz again!

I am not thinking about anything at the time, they just come on and they occur more than once a day.  I can't control it.  My pulse rate goes nuts, it goes nuts anyway with mild exertion but I did wonder if it goes nuts on exertion because I am scared to exert myself.  Can subconscious thought cause it?  

I know that some days I am fine, then the thought of going up the stairs because of my chronic fatigue and how mild exertion exhausts me, it leads me to psych myself up to walk up the stairs.  If I am standing for a long time while I wait for hubby to lock the doors etc... I can feel it rising, and by the time I'm upstairs and in bed I have palps, strong ones.  It then takes hours to calm down again.

I am not on anxiety meds as the side effects made my other physical symptoms with the supposed CFS worse, I have enquired about hypnotherapy.  But are there any tips on keeping the free floating attacks from coming on?

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I would like to share my experience as well. I had my worst panic attack when I was about 32 years old, right after my parents passed away and some other work stress and lifestyle change. Thinking about that, I had made myself so miserable and depressed that I developed Panic Disorder. It was the worst phase of my life. Thought that was the end of my life. I went to doctors, emergency, psychiatrist, psychologist, you just name it. It took me many years to realise that the only way to recover is to be positive and relax. I know saying this is easier than actually doing it. Time frame to recover is not fixed but focus on the following things here will definitely help you. This is something that is not incurable. With proper steps to nurture yourself is important to the road for recovery.
1. Get massage or do exercise, yoga
2. Do meditation and affirmation
3. Get healthy food
4. Think positively and amicably
5. Do your normal chores with love
6. Do relaxation and deep breathing
7. Just do what you feel right and don't feel obliged or restricted.
8. Sleep well

All these for the sake for putting your anxiety at bay. You might think that your don't actually have anxiety but its all in the subconscious mind.
Learn how to control adrenaline rush by doing tensing muscles and deep breathing and another important thing to remember that this phenomena is not going to kill you. Let the adrenaline go thru your body willingly like a friend but just ignore it and do your deep breathing and relax and listen to meditation soothing music or affirmation. Do not worry if it comes again, Just welcome it and do your breathing and relaxation again. Pamper yourself. It will soon diminish its effect on you in time. I am 51 years old now and since I had PD when I was 32 the relapse happen sometime but I am able to tame it down with the events listed above. So don't worry it will be bearable and sometimes cured altogether without realising it. Its not a one thing that can cure everybody by following the steps but more like acquiring individual skill to know how to do it. Just keep practising and you will know at your own pace and the balance to the solution. Good luck. Remember , this is not life threatening but unpleasant feeling what we call panic attack. Good luck
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If you have your heart tested then that is fine. The physical effects of excess adrenaline include racing heart, missed beats, feeling light headed, sometimes feeling dizzy, sudden exhaustion and so on. It is horrible and I too have been through feeling like it is killing me.
However, I am teaching myself that the biggest hurdle is the fear I have of losing control, or of it getting worse, or of not being able to cope with it. I am a school teacher. It is so hard some days. But I am increasingly using meditation to help me and it can make a big difference. I use anxiety relief tracks that I download from SoundsTrue.com. Some are self hypnosis style. They have helped me a lot. Sometimes I am really bad and I feel like they aren't working but they do in the end. I agree with someone above who suggested regular massages, if you can get them. They do help heaps also.
It is hard work, I agree. This site http://www.mindspot.org.au/ is an Australian site I used. I registered then they advised me when I could join a course. I completed the course and it gave me lots of tips, hints and stratagies which can help me. Sometimes I have to use quite a lot to get through. Other times it is just a question of not giving up hope and believing that I can be OK.
My problem is menopause and hormone imbalance on top of a life time of pushing myself too hard, an abusive parent and genetics for anxiety from both sides of the family. My uncle had what you have (I am guessing) from World War 2. He was in the battle for Milne Bay. They used to call it shell shock but now they call it post traumatic stress disorder. He lived until he was 83 but was a young man when it happened.
I wish you all the best.
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I would like to share my experience as well. I had my worst panic attack when I was about 32 years old, right after my parents passed away and some other work stress and lifestyle change. Thinking about that, I had made myself so miserable and depressed that I developed Panic Disorder. It was the worst phase of my life. Thought that was the end of my life. I went to doctors, emergency, psychiatrist, psychologist, you just name it. It took me many years to realise that the only way to recover is to be positive and relax. I know saying this is easier than actually doing it. Time frame to recover is not fixed but focus on the following things here will definitely help you. This is something that is not incurable. With proper steps to nurture yourself is important to the road for recovery.
1. Get massage or do exercise, yoga
2. Do meditation and affirmation
3. Get healthy food
4. Think positively and amicably
5. Do your normal chores with love
6. Do relaxation and deep breathing
7. Just do what you feel right and don't feel obliged or restricted.
8. Sleep well

All these for the sake for putting your anxiety at bay. You might think that your don't actually have anxiety but its all in the subconscious mind.
Learn how to control adrenaline rush by doing tensing muscles and deep breathing and another important thing to remember that this phenomena is not going to kill you. Let the adrenaline go thru your body willingly like a friend but just ignore it and do your deep breathing and relax and listen to meditation soothing music or affirmation. Do not worry if it comes again, Just welcome it and do your breathing and relaxation again. Pamper yourself. It will soon diminish its effect on you in time. I am 51 years old now and since I had PD when I was 32 the relapse happen sometime but I am able to tame it down with the events listed above. So don't worry it will be bearable and sometimes cured altogether without realising it. Its not a one thing that can cure everybody by following the steps but more like acquiring individual skill to know how to do it. Just keep practising and you will know at your own pace and the balance to the solution. Good luck. Remember , this is not life threatening but unpleasant feeling what we call panic attack. Good luck
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@scfk64 - 07/09/2017 - Thank you for your sharing and I'm very sorry about the sad incidents you had to go through. I'm a 33 year old man and I did not realize I was experiencing a true panic attack when I was suddenly waken up in the middle of the night, 06/25/2017, with body shaking, sweating, chill, fear and a stream of weird thoughts. Before this terrible night, I had experienced stomach problems especially with indigestion but I never thought there was a connection between the anxiety and the stomach. Many times right after eating, I suddenly had the weakness in the legs, indigestion, papiltation, lightheadedness, and strange feelings being sucked into me which made me very close to passing out. The severe leg weakness out of blue hit me on 06/21/2017. It was so bad that it woke me up at night and at the same time came the fears. I wish I had realized that I was being hit by anxiety disorders earlier, then I could have been able to deal with it better because I've been through much stressful and challenging stages in my life but how come I didn't have panic attacks or anxiety disorders? I have no idea. Now, tracing back to last 6 weeks when I was diagnosed with acid reflux, I was given Omeprazole. And when I was on this medicine, I experienced my first anxiety moments and I did not realize that these minor anxiety attacks already turned into a cycle because they usually came around 6 or 6.30 pm. Yesterday and the day before that, the anxiety came back with adrenaline surge around this time causing me indigestion. I guess the side effect of Omeprazole somehow pushed my already-existed but still under-control anxiety and OCD off the limit.
@scfk64 - Consequently, I ended up becoming a 'VIP' of the clinic for the stomach problems but the doctors did not know what really happened and did not listen to me although I told them about the anxiety I was having while I was taking Omeprazole. On 06/7/2017, I ended in up in the ER because the panic disorder, they found nothing wrong with the leg weakness and the heart. I had an endoscopy and the result was fine. I had an MRI and was checked by a neurologist and everything was normal. Again, if I had known the anxiety played a huge part in all of these, I could have handled it better but I let it slip through into my mind and made me believe I was having worse health problems which turned anxiety into anxiety disorder. I've been practising diagphram deep breath and learning to remove any negative thoughts when they try to slip in my head. I will try to get a massage as scfk64 suggested, it sounds like a good way to add in body relaxing. Scfk64, you said you sought for help from a psychologist, and psychiatrist; did that help at all? I heard that in case of anxiety disorder, the only recovery is in yourself because medicine is just temporary and therapists can only help you find the cause but its totally on you to recover yourself. I will do what you recommended and will see how long it will take me to put this anxiety disorder as well as its other bad effects under control. Thank you, scfk64
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Exactly all the above symtoms, adrenaline rushes mainly when just waking up or in the middle,of the night. I think this is due to cortisol levels when we sleep and wake up. Our dopamine and serotonin levels are low then too. Sometimes it's the adreniline rush that comes first then the mental feeling of being doomed. other times I'm thinking of the stress first then I'm hit with a rush. Either way its pretty simeltenuous and before I can get time to think to get a handle on it. They come in what I can only describe as waves crashing on a beach one after another and can last sometimes Up to a couple hours. It's like a hot poker being pushed into your stomach then burning up your body. I too am not sure if its a malfunctioning adrenal or piturity gland. The thing is with me I've undergone extreme life stresses and traumas lasting over 4 months recently so I believe it is stress related. However now during less stressful days i can still experience them. My gf is trying to get me to the doctor but since I believe they are stress related I'm not sure a dr could help unless I'm given diazapam,or some similar med. really I need to deal with the roots of the stress in my opinion. She has also suggested meditation but I'm too busy for it and find it hard to wind down and compartmentalise the issues im dealing with. I'm am interested to read these comments and see that its quite common. Hope everyone feels better soon
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If you're having excess adrenaline, please check your homocysteine and B12 levels. Next, your D3 levels. If all normal, a 5 hour oral glucose test with insulin levels. If your sugar levels are fluctuating a lot, then look at a low-carb lifestyle or if that does not work, possibly keto.
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If any of you are  hypermobile check out research on hypermobility and anxiety.
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Are you hypermobile? If so check out research on hypermobility and anxiety.
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here is what happens to me...
I will get this butterfly feeling in my stomach...then it feels like it gets rushed to my head.......it cam happen to me at any time...me standing trying to walk...me sitting playing a game on the laptop.....me walking down the street....when we are driving I see a semi truck....just random times.....
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Joy, thank you So Much for all your wonderful advice! I  plan on implementing some of these right away.
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Dotfran, you are so very welcome. I wish there were better answers for us that suffer so muchBut maybe this will help. I'm not sure if I mentioned this earlier or not but there is an exercise (the "kidney exercise") from http://www.universal-tao.com/article/smile.htmlthat helps me get the adrenaline DOWN fast. It just might be the best answer to all this. I've seen it done in some yoga classes too but a little different. Yoga, we sit and hold onto our knees arms width  then lean back, roubding your back, head down while breathing out through the solar plexes (its like a vacume of sucking the air out of that area, I hope I explained that  right). You can feel it leaving but don't rush it too fast, ok? Now lean forward, head up while slowly breathing in. Then repeat. Its like your solar plexus is squeezing out that adrenaline. Your back is rounded, your head is down, exhaling as your solar plexus is pushing towards your spine, squeezing all that adrenaline OUT!!!! BUT don't forget to go forward next, as you slowly inhale. It relieves those horrible, horrible surges!! Sometimes I forget to do it because I'm so panicky. All these years, all the therapy, pills, meditation, explaining to doctors, anxiety support groups, diet, vitamins, massage,  aggravation, stress, panic, etc, etc, etc.....this has been the only true adrenaline relief I have ever received. BUT to keep the stress level down, these other things are SUPER beneficial!!

I hope that helps. And I hope I explained it good enough so you all  can do it with ease and get rid of that adrenaline!!!

Good luck and may God bless,
Joy

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YES!!!! I started having anxiety attacks about 7 years ago. never had one before. I ended up in ER 4 times, was wrongfully medicated, had to go on a 72 hour watch at the hospital because of suicidal thoughts. I was on meds for along time, and did pretty good. My husband of 40 years decided to leave me (because of my anxiety) and I'm now worse than ever. It just hits me out of the blue. Fear, butterflies. I'm seeing a therapist and she's helping me to control my thoughts to offset this. Don't know if it's gonna work or not. I'm really struggling to have some kind of hope.
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I was born with a condition called Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. My 17stage Hydroxy Progesterone level is 10,500 when when the normal levels are around 300. This causes an out of control adrenalin rush that is pretty much constant. I'm glad that I found this community because other than taking Prednisone which has no effect on decreasing my adrenal induced anxiety. I've talked to my Endocrinologist about this issue and he hasn't been very helpful. I welcome any help I can get.  
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Magnesium is the key...check it out on Dr. Carolyn Dean's website. It has truly helped me after all these years! There are all kinds of magnesium, so the type and amount is the key to ridding yourself of these adrenaline symptoms; adrenaline rushing, palps and anxiety, etc,  She explains in detail how this all works. Too much calcium is an excitatory mineral which causes us to be in a state of panic all the time without having panicky thoughts. Our diets and supplements are full of calcium. Magnesium on the other hand is a relaxant and we may only get 200 mg. a day, if we're lucky, which is too low. So many (may be all of us) people are depleted of magnesium because of the lack of it in our soil And the DV% is being studied again because a long time ago our soil had plenty of magnesium so our supplements didn't need more than 200 mg. Nevertheless, that is one of the main reasons why so many people are suffering with all these  symptoms. Check it out, you will be so glad you did!

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I've been suffering with anxiety attacks for about 3 years now. The first time I ever had one was quite late at night. I had a pounding headache, but didn't have any paracetamol, so rather stupidly took a muscle relaxant. I then panicked and woke my parents up insisting I was having some severe reaction to the tablets and that I needed to go to hospital. My mum managed to calm me down, but the heart palps where so strong I honestly thought I was having a heart attack or something.

I didn't have another panic attack until about 6 months later when I was on holiday. Again it happens quite late at night, around 11pm - midnight. I was under quite a lot of stress at the time (problems at work, sick relative, relationship problems), but there was no real cause of my anxiety.  Over the next 6 weeks, the frequency of the attacks increased greatly, until I was having one every day. I started thinking they were down to food, and refused to eat anything with olive oil, raspberries or strawberries for fear that it would cause an attack.

My attacks usually start as chills and butterflies / weird sensations in my stomach, almost like hunger pangs, followed by a rush of adrenaline that would hit my head (like the panic you feel when you think you've lost your wallet), like my head is crawling with insects. Then I get heart palpitations and my mouth goes really dry and I start to shake uncontrollably. Sometimes, the shakes are so bad that my hands vibrate on the inside and my fingers get stuck in a bent position from the tension. During one attack I actually went very faint, banged my head and lost all feeling in my hands and feet. It was after this that I decided to see a doctor, who prescribed me with a muscle relaxant to help with the shakes, and an antidepressant. It was a very mild antidepressant, and I only took 1/4 tablet, but after taking it I had the worst panic attack of my life so refused to ever take them again. My dad tried to talk with me during the day, and I was unable to reply. I was slurring my words and felt like I was trapped inside my own body. I have since read that sometimes anxiety can be caused by serotonin levels being too high. Your body produces adrenaline to counteract the serotonin, but then these levels get so high your body has to do something to expel it. Antidepressants work by increasing serotonin levels, so if it's true panic attacks can be caused by these being too high, then that explains why I reacted so badly.

Weirdly, as winter approached, the number of attacks I was having reduced and I think between December 2012 and April 2013 I only had about 3 panic attacks. Then summer arrived, and the attacks came back. Again, they mainly happened at night and I would then take ages to settle back to sleep. Sometimes I would only get 2 hours sleep, and I was so tired at work the following day that I would feel even more stressed, which in turn made the panic attacks stronger. It got to a point where they became so bad that I was signed off work by the doctor for a month and then was only allowed to work part time for another month, before returning full time. I was prescribed nortrolin, and found that it did actually help a little. Then I went on holiday for 4 weeks, and during the whole time I didn't have a single attack, so stopped my meds. Over last winter I suffered just one panic attack, which was mid-December, and I didn't have another one until this May. After that one, I didn't have another one until thursday last week, but in the past week I've already had 3.

I really do not understand what causes my panic though. I live in a mountain village in Switzerland and we have a lot of thunderstorms in the summer. I'm very sensitive to pressure changes (I can tell when it's going to snow in winter for example) and I find that when there is a storm brewing my anxiety gets worse. This may explain why my panic attacks occur in summer. I've also heard that when the Foehn winds blow (evil winds), anxiety can be worse. In fact, there was an article by an American guy who had lived all over the world, but since living in Switzerland, he'd developed severe anxiety and depression. He started seeing a therapist, who noticed that every time the Foehn winds blew, all her foreign clients would call her having a melt down. Apparently it's caused by the increase in positive ions in the air (much the same as when there is a thunderstorm) and this effects your serotonin and adrenaline. Much like with most things surrounding anxiety and panic attacks, there isn't much scientific research to back any of this up. It would be really lovely to have some kind of answer as to what is causing my anxiety though. Perhaps then I can actually learn how to manage it.
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Hi,
I have had this most all my life and I'm 60 years old. It started in my teens. Soooo...I have had A LOT of experiences with this problem of adrenaline/palpitations/stress/nerves. BIG TIME! Hospitals, doctors, therapists, support groups, pills, vitamins, yoga, books, advise....etc...etc....etc... Sooooo....some work, some don't but there are times when those things that didn't work that they do now. Go figure. I call myself a Panic/Adrenaline Attack Expert.

The irony of all the advise is that is just what it is, advise...no patent answers. Some hings help some people and for a while others, then different situations come and it all comes rushing back. So how do we handle it?

First and far most, it's true to rule out any SERIOUS physical problems, which I doubt very much that most of you have. I didn't either. Many times symptoms make us feel sick but we're not. Those palpitations are telling us something. I'm here to help you with this.

I have learned that I am also a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). Also,  that most people with anxiety disorders ACTUALLY have thin skin on their internal organs, that includes the brain, heart and nerves so they lack protection and react more easily, that includes adrenaline. It has been proven through different types of test the experts have used to see if there is a difference in the brain in people that don't have these disorders and ones that do. This was one of their findings. But they just don't have enough research on the subject yet to give GREAT answers.

In my experience, there is not just one step and it's gone for good. If you are susceptible to this condition, you will probably need to learn ways to deal with it.  I have found that relaxation tapes really work. Espcecially Dr. Emmette Millers tape. There are CERTAIN types of yoga that are extremely helpful for adrenaline rushes. The sound "Haaaaa" while leaning forward in a seated position holding onto your knees, head upward and concaving your upper stomach helps stop the adrenaline. Do this about 3 times and then relax. It is very powerful so go at it slowly and easily. Another thing, do not feel bad if you have to take medication. It's sad when people avoid it because of the social sigma. Go EASY with yourself when it comes to allowing what you need and not allowing what you don't need. Being reasonable is the first step if taking medication. Many times, taking an anxiety medication for a short time is all you might need but the other person might need to take it all their life because of their sensitivities. Another thing is to listen to your body...if it get anxious in certain situations BACK OFF! Don't avoid, but back down. Sometimes we push our fragile selves too far and then we pay for it later. Our bodies speak to us but we always seem to have the final word. Not always a good idea. We need to listen to our bodies too. Most people don't realize that we were created to have an adrenaline rush in the morning to help get us up. Well with people that are sensitive to that, it's overload...FIRST THING!....so take it easy getting up so you don't feel that rush in the morning. The other thing is that this adrenaline rush happens even in GREAT EVENTS like anything that is exciting, parties, Christmas, weddings, even sex or just something that touches your heart, can cause a rush/palpitation/panic! People don't usually realize that it's the excitement (good or bad) that causes the rush. So become aware and back off some and figure out what to do when it happens. I have learned to back off, BUT NOT RUN! If you run then we start to avoiding eventually become agoraphobic, which I have been that too. Many times, just thinking highly of something can set it off....so be aware of your thinking. Write down your thoughts... in a journal if possible... and see what you can change to keep yourself  calmer....journaling is great! Meditation does help too....it's just that it takes so much time, devotion and is extremely disciplined. It's good but I think doing EASY (real) Hatha Yoga (not this Abbs Yoga or Hot yoga....not good for adrenaline rushes) is the best. Also, taking long walks at a good clip, eating less salt and keeping the weight down all helps distress your body.

Don't put yourself down if you are taking medication either. That can cause more panic. Get plenty of sleep too.

I have found that magnesium glycinate chelate has helped me ALOT! And I take regular vitamins too.  But this has calmed the adrenaline down a LOT!

There are several other things that we can do to help ourselves with this condition. Six Healing Sounds by Dr.Tao is a great adrenaline/stress reliever.  

Another thing....try is to keep your atmosphere calm. Calm music, lit candles, nice scents, comfortable clothes....easy foods on the digestion....it really pays off. If you have a paying job, it would be after work that this would be a good time for you to do these things. If you have kids or a demanding mate, make plans that you have this time to YOU NO MATTER WHAT!!!!  It's the difference between having this and not having this and you'll be a better person for them too. And pressures, turn them into small challenges instead of GREAT BIG STRESSES. It will be worth it.

Stay away from the news....it's all bad.....that is one of the things they tell us in our anxiety support group to do. If it's bad enough, YOU WILL HEAR about it. Scary or loud movies/music might be fun SOMETIMES but many times they can produce anxiety that we don't even realize, and that leads to adrenaline rush again and panicking in a movie theatre is no fun!

Massage therapy is VERY helpful! Find a therapist that can work that stress down and not over do it or under do it! Massage clinics are a good start. They know their therapists and can help you pick one that is best suited for your situation. it might cost at first but again, it's worth being without the adrenaline rush/ palpitations/anxiety/ panic......right?

I hope that has helped. If you have any questions I would be glad to try to  help.

Joy
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Yes, I have it sometimes...Specially when I am going to sleep and thoughts racing in my head thats the time the symptoms kicks in...but when I tried to divert my thoughts to something positive...I can still feel the symptoms you've mentioned...But somehow I can control them..Its just so uncomfortable.
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Yes i had mint/electric static in had once. i think it was to my hypthalamus (the home of the nerves).. was weird.. um try to see if your vitamin deficient in any vitamin... i have possible nerve damage..
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I have quite the opposite problem and probably shudnt be posting here, I CANT spark adrenaline, because I don't feel fear, or rage, or unhappiness, or any emotion that might activate, the adrenal gland, I CANT GET ANGRY, I sometimes feel in my left shoulder to neck area a powerful electric shock. I try getting mad and my brain shuts down. What is happening?
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I have quite the opposite problem and probably shudnt be posting here, I CANT spark adrenaline, because I don't feel fear, or rage, or unhappiness, or any emotion that might activate, the adrenal gland, I CANT GET ANGRY, I sometimes feel in my left shoulder to neck area a powerful electric shock. I try getting mad and my brain shuts down. What is happening?
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I also have anxiety disorder, have a lot of fear..I fear for my own feelings and sensations...the worst part is I cant get rid of any song playing in my mind continuuiously.....I feel like i hve gone crazy...how to practise acceptance
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I'm too suffering for extreme anxiety panic disorder, I have continuous fear of my sensations and feelings and even looking at anything it creates fear evry now n then i cant even concentrate anywhere, trapped in a cycle of fear...I know its anxiety,,but how to come out of it.. I was on med last year, now dont wnt to get on meds, any help can i get frm you please.
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I have a strange chronic condition called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome a collagen disorder that makes us very flexible, but affects all connective tissues inside and out. we get a lot of joint pain as they aren't supported. approx 80% of us have an associated condition called Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome or POTS. what you have described sounds an awful lot like POTS. we experience fatigue, uncontrollable sweating, fast heartbeat, light headedness etc...,especially when we stand up or have to stand still for any length of time. You really should see a cardiologist, anything to do with your heart really should be dealt with. I hope you find some answers, and don't let them label you as a nut case or drug seeker. there is obviously something wrong and your symptoms should be waving big red flags to any doctor. x best of luck hun x
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I had my first such attach when I was 13 things have become a lot worse I am 25 now I have skip beats adrenaline rushes the cardiologist says he cant give me beteblocker bcause I am hypothyroid with low hrt rate I am on xanax it has also stopped working now they put me on ecitalopram prozac zoloft but I cant take them they make my palps worse recently my endo ordered the 24 hour urine test but I am having severe agorphobia panic disorder that I cant get up of my bed any way thnx for your post it does help alot and plz do reply if any of u had the 24 hour cathecolamine test plus which of the ssris are the best for skip beats
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Hello to all!
     I have been dealing with anxiety/panic disorder since 1999. I have been off and on meds, through therapy, and researching a lot on this disorder. What I have found that helps me the most is firstly getting in to see a psychiatrist and therapist to find the root of the problem. Keeping a journal of when you have these attacks and what is happening right before they happen, including what your thinking when they happen. Give this to your doctor and therapist and they can help you find the root cause of the attacks.
     Now, dealing with the attacks themselves. I find that daily exercise works well. Just a 30 minute walk will help more than you know. It doesn't have to be fast or overly strenuous. When the attack hits, tell yourself that it is just a panic attack and that it's going to go away like they always do. Then focus on your breathing. I like having a clock around that "ticks". I breathe in to a count of 5 , and then out to a count of five. Just focus on filling your lungs as full as they can get, and then emptying them completely. Try laying down and putting something over your belly button, like a book. Focus your breathing so that the book is the only thing that moves. The point of this is to focus your brain on something other than the panic.
     I have these attacks on a daily basis. Using these simple techniques helps me to get over the attack quickly and move on with my life. I control them now, they don't control me. I really hope that this helps. Good luck and God Bless.
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