SarahLouise
22-05-06, 11:51
Hi
I just wanted to say hello as I've found reading this forum a massive help since being told by my doctor last week that I've been having panic attacks.
I think my attacks were brought on by a month of so of general worrying about an stiff neck and then a very anxious day before flying home from holiday (I hate flying and there had been a plane crash while I was away!)
I then had a week of tingling arms and legs, upset stomach, not eating or sleeping, fuzzy headaches and 'floaters' in my vision...all of which I connected to my stiff neck and decided I had all kinds of illnesses (MS, all kinds of cancers, brain tumour to name but a few)
I took myself to casualty once and the doctors twice and was fobbed off without a real explaination which meant that I continued to think up my own explainations (all very morbid) and obviously made things worse.
It got to the point where I went back to the doctors and refused to leave without an explaination of why all these things were happening...luckily, I got a good doctor this time and (after noticing my heart rate) he explained all about panic attacks and gave me lots of information to take away.
Now that I understand what's been happening, the tingling and nausea are happening much less but I am still getting the fuzzy head feeling and some 'floaters' a few times a day.
Is this normal, for some of the symptoms to persist when others have gone?
I'm now having physio on my neck but the panic attacks have made it worse so I'm still a bit worried that it might be something serious but am trying hard not to be negative.
I'm not sure whether this will help anyone else but it has really helped just to write it down....as has reading about other peoples experiences and ways of coping.
Thanks to everyone.
Sarah x
I just wanted to say hello as I've found reading this forum a massive help since being told by my doctor last week that I've been having panic attacks.
I think my attacks were brought on by a month of so of general worrying about an stiff neck and then a very anxious day before flying home from holiday (I hate flying and there had been a plane crash while I was away!)
I then had a week of tingling arms and legs, upset stomach, not eating or sleeping, fuzzy headaches and 'floaters' in my vision...all of which I connected to my stiff neck and decided I had all kinds of illnesses (MS, all kinds of cancers, brain tumour to name but a few)
I took myself to casualty once and the doctors twice and was fobbed off without a real explaination which meant that I continued to think up my own explainations (all very morbid) and obviously made things worse.
It got to the point where I went back to the doctors and refused to leave without an explaination of why all these things were happening...luckily, I got a good doctor this time and (after noticing my heart rate) he explained all about panic attacks and gave me lots of information to take away.
Now that I understand what's been happening, the tingling and nausea are happening much less but I am still getting the fuzzy head feeling and some 'floaters' a few times a day.
Is this normal, for some of the symptoms to persist when others have gone?
I'm now having physio on my neck but the panic attacks have made it worse so I'm still a bit worried that it might be something serious but am trying hard not to be negative.
I'm not sure whether this will help anyone else but it has really helped just to write it down....as has reading about other peoples experiences and ways of coping.
Thanks to everyone.
Sarah x