Meltdown
31-01-14, 22:01
After 9 blissfull months of near total normality, had a bad day today!
I spent about an hour running the kids around on the verge of a major panic attack with my heart trying to jump out of my chest! It was turning back-sumersaults and seemed to be missing about every 4th beat!
What was different about today? Well, I missed lunch!
I had various sugary snacks throughout the afternoon (biscuits, chocolate) - but nothing you could call a proper meal! Then about 7PM, I had a proper meal, and within 20 minutes, I felt OK, and have done since!
Now the question is - is panic linked to high or low blood sugar levels? I'm afraid I rubbished a similar post a while ago suggesting this, saying that hunger/peaks in blood sugar gave feelings that felt like panic, so the mind tended to associate the two...
But after today's experience, I am seriously beginning to wonder whether there is a connection? This is not the first time I have expericed PA when very tired or hungry! What is the opinion here? is there a connection?
I spent about an hour running the kids around on the verge of a major panic attack with my heart trying to jump out of my chest! It was turning back-sumersaults and seemed to be missing about every 4th beat!
What was different about today? Well, I missed lunch!
I had various sugary snacks throughout the afternoon (biscuits, chocolate) - but nothing you could call a proper meal! Then about 7PM, I had a proper meal, and within 20 minutes, I felt OK, and have done since!
Now the question is - is panic linked to high or low blood sugar levels? I'm afraid I rubbished a similar post a while ago suggesting this, saying that hunger/peaks in blood sugar gave feelings that felt like panic, so the mind tended to associate the two...
But after today's experience, I am seriously beginning to wonder whether there is a connection? This is not the first time I have expericed PA when very tired or hungry! What is the opinion here? is there a connection?