Link Between P.A's and Temperature Change?

[essexjim]

Hello all

I have been suffering from P.A's every day at work for the last 6 months. I work with lovely people in a stress free environment and I enjoy my job. I'm therefore at a complete loss of why my P.A's always happen at work. I have only ever had two outside of work . Once at a cinema and once in a supermarket.

At work I sit under an air conditioning unit. The air conditioning is faulty and regularly changes the temperature of the office.

So my question is , is there any evidence linking changes in temperaturewith panic attacks?

Thank you all for your help. This is a fantastic website.

[darkangel]

hi and welcome

in my case there is a definite link - heat always makes me feel more panicky and the need to escape

is there anyway you could change where you sit at work and maybe that could help?

darkangel

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[Piglet]

I actually get panicky at either extremes of temp - I don't like to be too cold anymore than I like to be too hot.

A big welcome to the site

Piglet

"Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?" said Piglet.
"Supposing it didn't," said Pooh after careful thought.

[mirry]

If you have a low thyroid then your body temprature will be cooler than other peoples body temprature.
Then if you have a fan pointing at you it will lower your body temprature further.

A low thyroid does give symptoms of panic and anxiety so if you havent been checked then maybe its best to ask your doctor to do that.

mirryx

[mirry]

* TEMPERATURE * [:I]

mirryx

[Reemy]

I know that temperature can definitely be a trigger for me. Although I've always loved the cold, I can't tolerate it well anymore. I'm very hypothyroid, so, as mirry mentioned, that may have something to do with my problem. But, also, when I get a bit of a chill, I sometimes get the shakes and shivers that mimic the ones that I get during a PA, and that seems enough to bring it on sometimes.

[Chopper]

Afternoon Jim,

I've found that my medication (40mg of Citalopram a day) has led to me being unable to control my body temperature, one minute I'm shivering, the next far too hot, I just can't seem to regulate my temperature.

When it does balance itself I'm OK, but when the hot/cold sweats hit I do become more anxious and aggitated. I think it's more than a coincidence.


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[Hexia]

I'll just echo what Piglet said. To hot or too cold is no good for me.

"You can't yell loud enough to make me shut up."

[buttercup123]

My panics come on in the wind, it makes my ears ache and then the panic starts, had one today and it was horrible, then when I got home and it was nice and warm inside, that made my earache/panic worse!

Jo x

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[net]

if i'm in a room thats too hot i get panicky cos i feel claustrophobic.

prozac makes temperature high

netty


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