maxine2k6
15-03-06, 09:14
I have sat reading days of posts from people with health anxiety this morning. I understand every word that every body has said, because I have all those feelings, so I am posting this because it may help some people, even if it only helps one I will be happy. I had a bad experience last week, thought I was having a stroke. I always need to understand what is happening to me, so I went on the internet and did some research. I had been hyperventilating so much that as I tried to speak my words stuck with my breath. I found some real interesting stuff.
I printed a form out with a checklist, this is the list, chest pain, feeling tense, blurred vision, dizzy spells, feeling confused, faster/deeper breathing, short of breath, tight feelings in chest, bloated feelings in stomach, tingling fingers, unable to breath deeply (an important one that because we believe by deep breathing we will relax, its slower breathing that helps not deep, if you hyperventilate. stiff fingers/arms, tight feeling around mouth, cold hands/feet, heart racing (palpatations) feelings of anxiety. When we hyperventilate we tend to talk faster, trying to breath to fast at the same time. We sigh, yawn and clear our throats all the time, we have irritable coughs due to our mouths been permanently open all the time swallowing air.
To recognise if you are over breathing are you frequently yawning and sighing? feeling breathless after little exercise or talking? can you co-ordinate breathing and talking. do have pins and needles in hands/arms and around mouth. palpatations? feeling exhausted and unable to cope with no apparent reason.? muscular achse tension in neck and around collar bone area? and light headedness.
I printed this stuff out and when I feel the slightest sensation I read my list and write down my sensations this breaks down the fear a level and makes me understand that nothing is happening bad.
I hope this will reassure someone even just for a few days to give some reprieve from the suffering.
I notice alot of people feel that they are week. We are all strong to cope with what we cope with. We do cope even though it feels like we don't.
Maxine
I printed a form out with a checklist, this is the list, chest pain, feeling tense, blurred vision, dizzy spells, feeling confused, faster/deeper breathing, short of breath, tight feelings in chest, bloated feelings in stomach, tingling fingers, unable to breath deeply (an important one that because we believe by deep breathing we will relax, its slower breathing that helps not deep, if you hyperventilate. stiff fingers/arms, tight feeling around mouth, cold hands/feet, heart racing (palpatations) feelings of anxiety. When we hyperventilate we tend to talk faster, trying to breath to fast at the same time. We sigh, yawn and clear our throats all the time, we have irritable coughs due to our mouths been permanently open all the time swallowing air.
To recognise if you are over breathing are you frequently yawning and sighing? feeling breathless after little exercise or talking? can you co-ordinate breathing and talking. do have pins and needles in hands/arms and around mouth. palpatations? feeling exhausted and unable to cope with no apparent reason.? muscular achse tension in neck and around collar bone area? and light headedness.
I printed this stuff out and when I feel the slightest sensation I read my list and write down my sensations this breaks down the fear a level and makes me understand that nothing is happening bad.
I hope this will reassure someone even just for a few days to give some reprieve from the suffering.
I notice alot of people feel that they are week. We are all strong to cope with what we cope with. We do cope even though it feels like we don't.
Maxine