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Posted by Spriggy on March 26, 2005, at 19:11:18
Here is the worst part of having anxiety for me; how do I know if something is REALLY wrong or I am just wigging out from anxiety?Like right now.
I've had a good morning, felt fine. I'm sitting here watching a movie and WHAM.. I start feeling like my throat is starting to shut. LIke I can't get enough air. Then I start to feel like I can't swallow, then I focus on the swallowing thing and it gets worse. Then my thoughts race thinking I am having an allergic reaction or sudden asthma onset (yes, I know ridiculous), or maybe I am allergic to the Lamictal and I really am going to suffocate,e tc..
So I sit here trying to decide if I am either dying, having an allergic reaction, or just having anxiety hit me out of nowhere.
I start to think that if I am wrong and it's not just anxiety, I will end up dead on the floor.
OR, it is just anxiety and if I go to the hospital for treatment not knowing it's just anxiety, they will think I'm just a nut case again.
And here we go down this road for hours and hours and hours.
I hate this lump in the throat feeling. No matter how much water I drink or how much I swallow it won't disappear.And like a big, huge hypochondriac dork, I will sit here with an inhaler that doesn't even belong to me so I can use it in case I really do stop breathing.
I would likely even purchase an epipen for $100 if I could just to ease my crazy, racing mind.
it's ridiculous. I know.. trust me. I'm sick of myself.
Posted by Spriggy on March 26, 2005, at 21:00:50
In reply to Is this just anxiety or an allergic reaction?, posted by Spriggy on March 26, 2005, at 19:11:18
I am pretty much feeling like a big, huge dork.Because of the fluid in my ears, my dr. prescribed some medicine for me. Come to find out, it's loaded with pseudophedrine (sp?) which makes me having HUGE anxiety issues and panic attacks.
I didn't realize when I swallowed those two pills what was in them. That is what did it to me. My husband figured it out after calling the pharmacist to see what was in the pills.
Spriggy shall survive. LOL
Posted by Phillipa on March 26, 2005, at 21:06:42
In reply to reaction to sudafed., posted by Spriggy on March 26, 2005, at 21:00:50
Sudafed will do it. Fondly, Phillipa
Posted by partlycloudy on March 27, 2005, at 6:15:18
In reply to reaction to sudafed., posted by Spriggy on March 26, 2005, at 21:00:50
It's happened to me, too. Don't feel badly!
Posted by anastasia56 on March 27, 2005, at 16:53:32
In reply to Re: reaction to sudafed., posted by partlycloudy on March 27, 2005, at 6:15:18
you and i sound like we could have our own little 'panic attack' party. i am a lot like you judging from your previous posts. in fact, i already have an epipen so i guess i have you beat. the whole 'lump in throat' and 'throat closing' suffocating thing is always first on my list for panicking. my therapist says this is a common problem for people that have been beaten as a child...maybe because beatings sometimes include hands around the throat?
just my little easter addition to your day.
ana
Posted by jerrympls on March 29, 2005, at 21:28:50
In reply to Re: reaction to sudafed., posted by anastasia56 on March 27, 2005, at 16:53:32
Sudafed make me VERY VERY VERY irriatable almost to the point of outward aggression. Scares me - but I have terrible sinus congestion headaches.
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