Posted by artemiss on September 17, 2004, at 16:27:37
In reply to Re: you all are all wonderful!great advice to link:), posted by linkadge on September 16, 2004, at 18:37:25
Hey Linkadge,
I too suffer from alot of anxiety and fear. Alot of my anxiety results in strong physical symptoms like shaking alot, dizziness, nausea, hot and cold flashes, tremors, which leads to intense fear and paranoia. This may be an ignorant question since you have obviously tried alot of things, but do you consume any caffeine? Caffeine can induce panic attacks and anxiety, even in small amounts to those who are prone to panic attacks and anxiety disorders.
I noticed that pretty much all of my severe panic attacks happened after I consumed caffeine, usually several hours after, sometimes more than 12 hours afterwards, even after only one cup of tea. I stopped drinking coffee and coke years ago since I always got a big panic attack soon after those, but I've recently had to cut all caffeine out because I would get a panic attack after only one cup of tea. I still feel anxious and nervous, but it hasn't been as bad as with the caffeine and I don't get panic attacks. I am currently on Effexor and Ativan.
Chocolate doesn't bother me, but I don't eat alot of it.
Just a thought......
> Too much dopamine and i feel that the problem is much more complex than it really is. The SSRI's are the only things that stop me from freaking out as soon as I look at the problem and help me to temper my "interpretation" of the difficulty of the problem.
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> In other words, I think I may have some limbic ADHD, where my emotions simply shut off my ability to recieve incoming info.
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> I need some way to shut off that FEAR. I'm not dumb but I think my amygdala is in overdrive. How do I shut off the amygdala ?
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