pie
04-05-09, 02:36
Hi,
Im new to this site as of 10 minutes ago! i had been in the midst of a panic attack and was desperately trying to think of a way to distract myself so as i could forget the feeling of impending death from oxygen deprivation!!...it has passed to some extent, its so good to no there are other people going thru the same thng and there is a place to come to wen u need to talk etc...i dont feel i can call anyone i know despite the overwhelming urge to do so, so i glad i found this place.
I began getting panic attacks a year ago, i had a major attack (i think my first one) since then i have been getting them regularily but never to that extreme, half of me thinks that the attacks i have had since then have been a fear of having the same attack that i had the very first time. Things have been getting progressively worse.
Only in the last few months have attacks been affecting the activities i used to take for granted, like driving and wierdly sleeping! I dunno if anyone has experienced this but just as i fall asleep i seem to bring on the sensation of being unable to breath heart racing, dizzy spells.etc..i put it down to my breathing naturally slowing down as i begin to slip in to sleep and then i freak out and make the whole situation worse! This is starting to happen every nite now and as u can appreciate it is ruining my life!!! a few weeks ago i brought it up with my new gp nervously, for the first time ever and asked her to check my iron levels because that may be the cause. She sed she wud get back to me if bloods came back fine.....but typically no call!! Dont want to go back again cos i dont want her to think im a hypocondriac (even tho this feels more real to me than any illnes i have ever experienced) Anyway to wind this up, i feel very alone and scared and hope that this site can become some sort of support;:)
Sorry for the rant, Pie..
Im new to this site as of 10 minutes ago! i had been in the midst of a panic attack and was desperately trying to think of a way to distract myself so as i could forget the feeling of impending death from oxygen deprivation!!...it has passed to some extent, its so good to no there are other people going thru the same thng and there is a place to come to wen u need to talk etc...i dont feel i can call anyone i know despite the overwhelming urge to do so, so i glad i found this place.
I began getting panic attacks a year ago, i had a major attack (i think my first one) since then i have been getting them regularily but never to that extreme, half of me thinks that the attacks i have had since then have been a fear of having the same attack that i had the very first time. Things have been getting progressively worse.
Only in the last few months have attacks been affecting the activities i used to take for granted, like driving and wierdly sleeping! I dunno if anyone has experienced this but just as i fall asleep i seem to bring on the sensation of being unable to breath heart racing, dizzy spells.etc..i put it down to my breathing naturally slowing down as i begin to slip in to sleep and then i freak out and make the whole situation worse! This is starting to happen every nite now and as u can appreciate it is ruining my life!!! a few weeks ago i brought it up with my new gp nervously, for the first time ever and asked her to check my iron levels because that may be the cause. She sed she wud get back to me if bloods came back fine.....but typically no call!! Dont want to go back again cos i dont want her to think im a hypocondriac (even tho this feels more real to me than any illnes i have ever experienced) Anyway to wind this up, i feel very alone and scared and hope that this site can become some sort of support;:)
Sorry for the rant, Pie..