Jo3016
03-12-12, 14:30
Hi
I haven't had these for a couple of years and now it is back and I hate it!! I have started working again recently after a 10 year break to have a nd bring up my children. Now that they are all at school, I have a job working with a friend of mine. It is all good and I am really enjoying it. We went out to celebrate our success a couple of weeks ago and I drank far too much. The next day, I got really nasty palpitations because I was dehydrated. I felt better by the evening but the damage had already been done and my mind was set!! Two weeks later and I have palpitations every day - I often wake with a start and my heart starts racing. Then I really focus on it and keep taking my heart rate and panicking and it is a vicious circle. It doesn't race all the time but when it does, it can go up to 110 bpm and I am only sitting down!
I know I have had this before. I recognise all the signs - the obsession with my heart rate, breathing in deeply all the time, clenching my jaw. I feel really jumpy and constantly wired!! And I am so annoyed and disappointed with myself as I am really enjoying my work and don't want this to spoil it!! What can I do?
I haven't had these for a couple of years and now it is back and I hate it!! I have started working again recently after a 10 year break to have a nd bring up my children. Now that they are all at school, I have a job working with a friend of mine. It is all good and I am really enjoying it. We went out to celebrate our success a couple of weeks ago and I drank far too much. The next day, I got really nasty palpitations because I was dehydrated. I felt better by the evening but the damage had already been done and my mind was set!! Two weeks later and I have palpitations every day - I often wake with a start and my heart starts racing. Then I really focus on it and keep taking my heart rate and panicking and it is a vicious circle. It doesn't race all the time but when it does, it can go up to 110 bpm and I am only sitting down!
I know I have had this before. I recognise all the signs - the obsession with my heart rate, breathing in deeply all the time, clenching my jaw. I feel really jumpy and constantly wired!! And I am so annoyed and disappointed with myself as I am really enjoying my work and don't want this to spoil it!! What can I do?