Re: Help required please.
Hi Ben, first off when I was reading your post, before I got to the end part I wondered if you had ADHD too. I suffer from mind chatter and mine is because of OCD, I will replay the same thing over in my mind until I can fall asleep. There are nights when my brain would not shut off no matter wat I did and I would stay awake all night with this. Since I am medication phobic I had to learn relaxation techniques. I learned to give myself 10 minutes everynight to let my mind just go as fast as it wanted to and then I would count to 100. It sounds easy but it isnt. When the thoughts start really racing try and count to 100, every time a new thought comes in start the counting over, it takes a while but once you can get the thoughts tapered down your mind can relax. As for the swallowing, it is a nervous habit. Mine was different I thought my throat was always closing so I would cough to make sure it wasnt. I have had the dizziness too, that was the worst for me. Mine was a feeling of leaning to one side all the time. I really had to learn to overcome the fear with this one. I had to make my mind and heart belive together that there wasnt anything wrong with me and fight through it. After a while the fear went away and so did the dizziness. I do agree that you need to slow down and relax sometimes. Being on edge all the time wrecks havoc with your body and makes it hard to fight against the symptoms. Even 10 minutes a day can help. If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know. You can do this.
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