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Originally Posted by yougetthesmiles Anxiety attacks? I have been hesitant to ask this question, for 1 I don't want you all to think I'm a whack job! Cause I'm not lol But I do have issues with panic attacks, they started about 2 and a half years ago, after I was bitten by the Doberman we had adopted. He tore my bottom lip in half right in front of my 2 smaller children. I had to have apx 22 stitches in my mouth. Thats how I come to love the Yorkie breed! For one I opted not to have a bigger dog, (yes I have a Husky and she is bigger, but I have had her since she was a pup, I think that helps, but you still never know what a dog can do.) I started having bad nightmares about the attack and I used the Yorkie to help me deal with them and ease the pain, I was so gong hoe on getting one, thats all I could think about! I drank, ate and slept Yorkies!!!!
So I have these attacks and I feel like a big truck is sitting on my chest and my heart will race so fast! I get numbness in my hands, I will get very cold and start to shake and have really bad dry mouth. At first I thought I was having a heart attack and actually wound up in the hospital, only to find out I was fine and i was dealing with anxiety.
I'm not on any medication but I have thought about counceling. I guess I don't trust doctors and medication scares me with all the side effects. So here I'am to deal with all this. I was doing so well until Kloey left me and they all came back. I mostly get them in the evening when it starts getting dark. My head will just run wild and it wont shut up. OK now you all probably think I'm a whack job!
I'm not, I'm really normal lol I just have this issue and I don't know how to deal with it. Until you have these attacks, it's hard to explain. I could sure use some advice, if anyone else has delt with this, I sure would like to know I'm not alone. |
I had them when I was 29 and it wasn't very pleasant. Doctor put me on meds which my husband had a fit about because they were addicting. I also developed symptoms to every illness you could think of. Finally Doctor was going to put me in the hospital and do all kinds of tests but added that it probably wouldn't show anything because basically he believed it was in my head. I thought about it for a couple of weeks and finally decided that if my brain could tell me I was a whack job, it could also tell me I was fine and there was nothing wrong with me. I worked on thinking positive and sure enough, I started feeling better and the anxiety attacks stopped. I might add that during the times that I couldn't get to sleep because my head wouldn't shut up, I would watch TV or listen to the radio and concentrate on what they were saying and soon I'd be off to sleep. Much of the problems associated with anxiety attacks can be related to lack of good night's sleep. And the easiest pill to swallow is laughter. Laugh a lot, watch silly movies and laugh, play, what ever it takes to lift your spirits. Hope this helps. Been there, done that. And just an added note, expect similar experiences with menopause. Just remember to laugh, it's always the best medicine.