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Bad panic attack
Ok this was a strange happening for me last night. I have been taking lexapro for a month now. I just started feeling better within these past few days, sleeping at night and all that. Well let me start by saying I hate throwing up, I may even be phobic about it but anyways I got the worst feeling like I was going to get sick that I have ever had. I got reallly dizzy (like I have never been before) I started to sweat (not like I usually would but I felt like I lost a cup of water in about 2 minutes). See my stomache felt fine it didnt hurt or anything and I just sat there feeling horrible. Well a few minutes later I felt kind of like after a panic attack kind of subsides, kind of like you just ran a marathon.. I took half a xanax (which I havent done for 2 weeks now) and I just went right to bed, slept all the way through and woke up one time. That was wonderful being able to almost sleep a night through! Looking back was that maybe just a bad a bad panic attack? I didnt get sick and I feel fine today. It was just really scary.
i have been getting all kinds of symtoms headache numb hands and feet. dizzy can eat keep throwing up my whole body feels like its been hit by a trian strange thoughts like im going crazy. had a bunch of test mri ct scan blood draw everything came back normal cant stop thinking about this what should i do. doctors gave me nortriptyline they think i have anexity disorder. im scared to take med in fear i will go crazy someone help.
Ok not like it matters but I just woke up and felt very similar, although I didnt reach that point like I did last time. I checked my heart rate like I used to always do and my heart was pounding pretty hard. I recall dreaming (this time it actually was about throwing up, well not all about that but did have some details that included it) and as I woke up I just felt a bit anxious and nauseous. I never mentioned in the above post but I went to sleep and woke up aout 45 minutes later with the same thing. I was just so freaked out about what was going on I didnt really notice any other symptoms. This happens pretty often to me, I wake up anxious and have to get some water calm down for a bit and then go back to bed... I am just trying to understand what is going on with me so I can try and make it better thats all... Not really obsessing over this event anymore!
Yeah I just dont know how to let it go and forget about it. Even if I feel better about the situation, I still think about it, you know what I mean?
Most things are only out of our control if we allow them to be.
If you are thinking about it "multiple times a day," you've lost control.
Get it back!
Peace
Greenlydia
If you are thinking about it "multiple times a day," you've lost control.
Get it back!
Peace
Greenlydia
Your right I feel that I have gotten much better with my fear lately, but for the past few months I think about it multiple times a day. Thats not normal... I am just trying to accept it, it usually doesnt happen that often and if it does then its out of my control. I just keep on trying to tell myself that!
Dizziness and sweating can certainly be symptoms of a panic attack, but you say you aren't "sure" if it WAS a panic attack. If you had had a real panic attack, there would be absolutely NO doubt in your mind!
You say you've had panic attacks before with the racing heart, the difficulty breathing and "all this other stuff." You did not have "all this other stuff" the night of the vomit attack. No panic symptoms=no panic attack.
I understand the difficulty in letting stuff go, but in this case, I think you are blowing this way out of proportion and becoming a tad obsessed about it. If you feel OK now, you really must find a way to put this behind you.
Perhaps seeing a therapist regarding your emetaphobia would help.(Sorry if I spelled that wrong.......it's the fear of throwing up)
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Greenlydia
You say you've had panic attacks before with the racing heart, the difficulty breathing and "all this other stuff." You did not have "all this other stuff" the night of the vomit attack. No panic symptoms=no panic attack.
I understand the difficulty in letting stuff go, but in this case, I think you are blowing this way out of proportion and becoming a tad obsessed about it. If you feel OK now, you really must find a way to put this behind you.
Perhaps seeing a therapist regarding your emetaphobia would help.(Sorry if I spelled that wrong.......it's the fear of throwing up)
Peace
Greenlydia
Yeah it is hard to say I am not sure if it was a panic attack because when I was getting them they usually came along with a racing heart and I had a hard time breathing and all this other stuff. I usually wouldnt get THAT nauseated. I dont know I have a hard time letting things like this go... I thought that dizzyness and sweating and all that good be part of panic attacks?
This is kind of a tough call. You felt like you were going to throw up, which you think you may have a phobia about, but your stomach felt fine, then you got dizzy and sweaty. Aside from the fact you found these sudden symptoms "scary," you didn't mention anything about actual "panic" symptoms. Therefore, in my humble opinion, you did not have a panic attack.
Please remember we are NOT doctors here, so this is nothing more than my opinion. I think you ate or drank something which did not sit well, you felt some nausea, which kick started your fear of vomiting, which then set off the dizziness and sweating. After taking the Xanax, you fell asleep and woke up feeling fine.
I think since you woke up feeling fine and apparently these feelings have not returned, you should just put it down to "one of those things" and let it go. If this were to keep happening, then a consult with a doctor would be in order. Otherwise, the more you ruminate on what happened and worry about it, the bigger and scarier it's going to get.
Peace
Greenlydia
Please remember we are NOT doctors here, so this is nothing more than my opinion. I think you ate or drank something which did not sit well, you felt some nausea, which kick started your fear of vomiting, which then set off the dizziness and sweating. After taking the Xanax, you fell asleep and woke up feeling fine.
I think since you woke up feeling fine and apparently these feelings have not returned, you should just put it down to "one of those things" and let it go. If this were to keep happening, then a consult with a doctor would be in order. Otherwise, the more you ruminate on what happened and worry about it, the bigger and scarier it's going to get.
Peace
Greenlydia
So crazy you just posted this! Last night for me as well I thought I was getting the flu! So of course I don't want the flu so I got really bad anxiety..which I've suffered for with about a year now. I was on Zoloft 100 mg to control my anxiety and panic attack and Xanax .25 when I needed them. The zoloft made my symptoms worse for the first week when I started it for the first time, and I was depressed and did not have an appetite, but after about the first 3 weeks the zoloft worked for me and it was like I was cured!! Now my anxiety is back because in March I lost my job and didn't have health insurance so I didn't continue the zoloft and have been off since June. Now here in October my anxiety is starting to shoot right back! Back to what I was telling you about last night. My heart rate was so so fast and uncomfortable last night I thought I was going to throw up..but I didn't, BUT I started feeling like I had acid in my throat, it burned and was very uncomfortable! I finally around 2 a.m took a xanax .25 I have some of those left over thank goodness, cuz I didn't need them anymore after the zoloft started working! But my heart rate never slowed down after I took it. I think I just fell asleep from exhastion. All so very scary when it happens! But I've also not had a full out panic attack just anxiety and felt compeletly worn out after as if I had had one, cuz I know exactly how that can make you feel like you ran a marathon. But hang in there your med will start working it just may take 2-3 weeks for it to take away most of your symtoms!
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