cdove1138
09-06-08, 09:31
Apologies for posting in the introduce forum as well. I saw that one first.
Well, I guess google drew me to this place after an episode that I had today. First let me give you a history of related things. I used to be a heavy drinker but have recently quit drinking completely because of many reasons, mainly because I'm getting older and want to preserve my life from here on out. About two years ago, I would occasionally have this really bad tightening of my chest that would last for about 10 minutes or so and then pass. I would say this happened about 3 times by itself. I never really seeked medical help because other than the pain, I didnt have any other symptoms. Then, around the same time period, I would wake up in the middle of the night and feel as if I was out of it, not in control of my body, or just a general spacy feeling. Thats the best I can do to descibe it. These episodes led me to the doctor where I described both of those things. After blood tests and an xray of my chest, the best he could determine was that I was allergic to something. I came to the conclusion myself that it was probably my pillows because they were extremely old and were never washed. They also rarely had pillow cases on them. Now, I keep everything I sleep with either washed or new and that has cut down on the majority of symptoms. Well, I would guess about a year ago I experienced what I would consider a panic attack. I was running a musical (im a sound engineer), and all of a sudden I felt like I was going to be sick and needed to sit down. I felt a sense of dread and was sweating a little bit as well. It was very shocking to me and that probably added to it. Nothing had really happened since then until tonight. I was playing poker in a local casino and all of a sudden I started yawning a lot. This led to the feeling of not getting enough air in my lungs. I started sweating in my palms and brow a little bit. I had to get up to go the bathroom and felt slightly unbalanced. I had been drinking caffeinated drinks all afternoon and was exposed to cigarette smoke. I also had a sandwhich that made me burp quite a bit. Those are the only factors that I can think of that might have led to this. I eventually just got a bottle of water and drove home. The episode probably lasted 15 minutes total. Also, 3 weeks ago I made a cross country drive to where I am now in order to work. It took me about 3 days to get here. While here, I began to have diarrhea consistantly...then a major episode that lasted about 4 hours one night where I couldnt get off the toilet. A doctors visit revealed no bugs or worms or anything and only an over abundance of naturally occuring bacteria (im not sure what he called it) I was prescribed two hardcore antibiotics (metro-something or other and cipro) and now I am pretty normal in the bathroom regard. Anyway...I'm just trying to piece this puzzle together and sorry for rambling. I do have fears of deadly illness and the unknown after death, which I think about all of the time. I just want to try my best to avoid whatever it is that makes me panic. I honestly dont feel like my life is stressful, but maybe Im just in denial. Thanks for any feedback you can give me.
Chad
Well, I guess google drew me to this place after an episode that I had today. First let me give you a history of related things. I used to be a heavy drinker but have recently quit drinking completely because of many reasons, mainly because I'm getting older and want to preserve my life from here on out. About two years ago, I would occasionally have this really bad tightening of my chest that would last for about 10 minutes or so and then pass. I would say this happened about 3 times by itself. I never really seeked medical help because other than the pain, I didnt have any other symptoms. Then, around the same time period, I would wake up in the middle of the night and feel as if I was out of it, not in control of my body, or just a general spacy feeling. Thats the best I can do to descibe it. These episodes led me to the doctor where I described both of those things. After blood tests and an xray of my chest, the best he could determine was that I was allergic to something. I came to the conclusion myself that it was probably my pillows because they were extremely old and were never washed. They also rarely had pillow cases on them. Now, I keep everything I sleep with either washed or new and that has cut down on the majority of symptoms. Well, I would guess about a year ago I experienced what I would consider a panic attack. I was running a musical (im a sound engineer), and all of a sudden I felt like I was going to be sick and needed to sit down. I felt a sense of dread and was sweating a little bit as well. It was very shocking to me and that probably added to it. Nothing had really happened since then until tonight. I was playing poker in a local casino and all of a sudden I started yawning a lot. This led to the feeling of not getting enough air in my lungs. I started sweating in my palms and brow a little bit. I had to get up to go the bathroom and felt slightly unbalanced. I had been drinking caffeinated drinks all afternoon and was exposed to cigarette smoke. I also had a sandwhich that made me burp quite a bit. Those are the only factors that I can think of that might have led to this. I eventually just got a bottle of water and drove home. The episode probably lasted 15 minutes total. Also, 3 weeks ago I made a cross country drive to where I am now in order to work. It took me about 3 days to get here. While here, I began to have diarrhea consistantly...then a major episode that lasted about 4 hours one night where I couldnt get off the toilet. A doctors visit revealed no bugs or worms or anything and only an over abundance of naturally occuring bacteria (im not sure what he called it) I was prescribed two hardcore antibiotics (metro-something or other and cipro) and now I am pretty normal in the bathroom regard. Anyway...I'm just trying to piece this puzzle together and sorry for rambling. I do have fears of deadly illness and the unknown after death, which I think about all of the time. I just want to try my best to avoid whatever it is that makes me panic. I honestly dont feel like my life is stressful, but maybe Im just in denial. Thanks for any feedback you can give me.
Chad