Posted by dancingstar on October 29, 2004, at 2:08:18
In reply to Re: I know I keep plugging at this but... » dancingstar, posted by corafree on October 28, 2004, at 21:14:39
Hi Corafree,
I wish that I could help you, but I'm honestly not familiar with any of the things that you have mentioned in the list.
There are only two kinds of panic attacks that I have ever had, and one of them was last Saturday. I knew it was part of the withdrawal process, but it still surprised me when it happened. I had to go to a formal event in the evening, and feeling incredibly pale and looking kind of chalky after everything I'd been going through lately, I decided to go to the Mystic Tan place and get a fake suntan (the kind that is like a shower or a car wash.) It's just aloe vera that is sprayed all over your body for about ten seconds, but I couldn't breathe and started gulping and gasping for air.
Now, if I had never done this fake-tan thing before, that would be one thing, but I've done it a good 15 - 20 times with no problem at all. This time I really freaked myself out.
The other is merely stage fright...and I've managed to work through that by teaching cardio kickbox classes at local gyms.Also in the last few weeks I have awakened in the morning with very profound, often sad dreams with vivid memories of some of the more unpleasant times in my life.
I guess all this rambling is by way of an attempt to grapple for an answer and as I write this, two of them come to mind: The first one is that you are possibly really afraid of something that is happening in your life or that something will happen or that you will lose control of something or your ability to handle something. If this rings true for you, please know that you only think that you can't handle it, but that you really can. You will find all the answers that you need to help you because most of them are inside of you, waiting for you to tap into them. If you know that you can do anything, you can handle anything that comes your way, it gives you a tremendous amount of confidence and in many ways gives you the strength to just "let it be."
The other is that you are experiencing a physiological reaction to some metabolic change. If that's even remotely possible, I would have a complete blood panel done by a trustworthy internist or maybe even an endocrinologist, to make sure that your hormone levels are in sync.
Boy, I'll bet you're sorry that you asked, huh?
I'm sorry that I don't know more about the meds that mentioned, but you know I'm not a medical person. I hope you have a good night and wake up with a peaceful morning :-)....
I'll look into the mail thing tomorrow, k?p.s.
The reason that I don't go for the fix of taking something for the anxiety is because I see that as covering the problem rather than solving it and in the process, possibly creating either a bigger problem or more problems.
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