neelam30
24-03-09, 09:54
Hi there guys
I have been checking out the website for a few weeks now and finally decided to post my particular problem…I hope you can help! For about a year I have been having on/off a tight heavy feeling on my throat and chest, like I have a cold and need to clear the irritation in my lower neck/throat. I have been checking my peak flow to eliminate asthma, and it is fine, so I have concluded it is anxiety; just mild, not interfering in my life much etc. I get hungry really fast, cause I eat very little, and I think that my mind is confusing that hunger feeling with difficulty breathing – does that make sense?
However last week, I was really hungry and ate my dinner quite fast, and suddenly I just felt like I couldn’t breath, like if I ate anymore I would suffocate (and no, its not cause I had a massive dinner and was stuffed!). Now this does happen sometimes, and I think it may be some sort of indigestion thing, and its never caused me more than mild discomfort. So I stopped eating, and took a few deep breathes. But suddenly my heart felt like it dropped (I know sounds dumb!) it was racing but only for about 5 seconds. I felt intensely dizzy. Then I needed the loo, and was trembling and my teeth were chattering. This lasted 10 seconds, but repeated twice again, and the shaking lasted about an hour.
I went to my brother who is a doctor, who said it was a panic attack, brought on by my endless anxiety about everything. I know it has all the classic symptoms of the sympathetic nervous system fight/flight reaction. So I decided not to focus on it.
For the next week I had the usual constricted feeling in throat/neck/ribs but kept it under control.
Last night I was watching tv and suddenly out of nowhere I had shallow breathing, like I couldn’t keep up with my breath. My heart dipped again, and I could feel my legs shaking. I thought I would faint. I did some deep breathes thru stomach, and after one more episode (5 secs, nowhere near as bad as last time) it was better, but my stomach started rumbling, so I don’t know if it was hunger again?
The thing that scares me is the breathing thing. A few nights ago I found that everytime I was dropping off to sleep it would feel like my heart dipped and my breathing stopped for a moment, I also get this in sleep paralysis sometimes (but that’s always been there). I don’t know whether this is blood sugar/hunger issue as I don’t really eat properly- but yesterday I had done.
Please could you give me some advice; I am so scared of this happening again. I am off on holiday in a month but cannot even look forward to that now.
Any thoughts? Is this anxiety?
Thanks in advance.
I have been checking out the website for a few weeks now and finally decided to post my particular problem…I hope you can help! For about a year I have been having on/off a tight heavy feeling on my throat and chest, like I have a cold and need to clear the irritation in my lower neck/throat. I have been checking my peak flow to eliminate asthma, and it is fine, so I have concluded it is anxiety; just mild, not interfering in my life much etc. I get hungry really fast, cause I eat very little, and I think that my mind is confusing that hunger feeling with difficulty breathing – does that make sense?
However last week, I was really hungry and ate my dinner quite fast, and suddenly I just felt like I couldn’t breath, like if I ate anymore I would suffocate (and no, its not cause I had a massive dinner and was stuffed!). Now this does happen sometimes, and I think it may be some sort of indigestion thing, and its never caused me more than mild discomfort. So I stopped eating, and took a few deep breathes. But suddenly my heart felt like it dropped (I know sounds dumb!) it was racing but only for about 5 seconds. I felt intensely dizzy. Then I needed the loo, and was trembling and my teeth were chattering. This lasted 10 seconds, but repeated twice again, and the shaking lasted about an hour.
I went to my brother who is a doctor, who said it was a panic attack, brought on by my endless anxiety about everything. I know it has all the classic symptoms of the sympathetic nervous system fight/flight reaction. So I decided not to focus on it.
For the next week I had the usual constricted feeling in throat/neck/ribs but kept it under control.
Last night I was watching tv and suddenly out of nowhere I had shallow breathing, like I couldn’t keep up with my breath. My heart dipped again, and I could feel my legs shaking. I thought I would faint. I did some deep breathes thru stomach, and after one more episode (5 secs, nowhere near as bad as last time) it was better, but my stomach started rumbling, so I don’t know if it was hunger again?
The thing that scares me is the breathing thing. A few nights ago I found that everytime I was dropping off to sleep it would feel like my heart dipped and my breathing stopped for a moment, I also get this in sleep paralysis sometimes (but that’s always been there). I don’t know whether this is blood sugar/hunger issue as I don’t really eat properly- but yesterday I had done.
Please could you give me some advice; I am so scared of this happening again. I am off on holiday in a month but cannot even look forward to that now.
Any thoughts? Is this anxiety?
Thanks in advance.