New to anxiety and wanting to share my experience

Jason_G — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:28:28 GMT

Hi everyone I thought I would share my experience with you since I had a anxiety attack last week and again today.

A bit of background, the only other time had felt an anxiety attack was 3 years ago before I had one of teeth removed! My breathing picked up, my right hand and then left hand felt really tight and I just felt really bad. The doctor at the time gave me a paper bag to breathe into and a bit of sugar under my tongue which solved the ill feeling and that was that. Two weeks later I caught a plane with my partner and I realised my hands got stiff again and well, I was having a mini attack during take off! I guess I didn't realise but I was probably not in a good state of mind after what had happened at the dentist but i managed to calm myself down and the stiffness subsided.

Now fast forward to last week when I experienced a second anxiety attack. I was sitting around the house and resting since I had ruptured my Achilles several weeks beforehand. Over this resting period I continually checked my fitbit to check my heart rates etc, and started searching stuff online about my injury, where I found other health issues that could come about due to my injury. This seemed to stress me out heaps and last week while I was along and noticed my heart rate elevate after I went to walk a bit, well I guess I panicked which in turn elevated my heart rate even more, and I found myself breathless and running outside of my house with crutches yelling for "help". I was so concerned as I didnt know if I was having a heart attack or what. I got the ambulance on the phone and they came over, and to be safe, I went to hospital where a few tests were run and the Doctor told me what happened was an anxiety attack.

Fast Forward to today! and I was once again sitting at my house reading a book and I got up suddenly hopping about to grab my crutches on the ground, which in turn seemed to elevate my heart rate again and BOOM, I realised I was having another attack which I managed to calm myself down by sitting down and do breathing exercises for a few minutes... Once that subsided I ate a banana real quick and drank like 4 glasses of water and boom, I feeling so bloated and tight around the chest and another attack but this time I called out for help and my neighbor came over and sat with me for about half hour until I felt calm.

Anyway I just wanted to share my experience with you all as I feel really good talking about it, hoping I can overcome this.

New to anxiety and wanting to share my experience

ItHasGotToGetBetter — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:57:21 GMT

I think the same thing is happening to me but my trigger is work related.

it has happened three times in the last three weeks. I make an error on something at work and instead of thinking how do I fix this I get light headed like I’m going to pass out, my heart races and I am breathing so fast but at the same time feel like I can’t breath, I feel a rush of heat and then cold over me. My hands shake and then the tears start

I have recently been diagnosed with Anxiety and OCD but I haven’t told my doctor about these attacks.

are they Anxiety attacks? They aren’t random, they are triggered by the idea that I have made a terrible mistake and the overwhelming fear of how much trouble I will be in and how angry my boss will be.

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New to anxiety and wanting to share my experience

New to anxiety and wanting to share my experience