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I am on week two. I notice they talk about odd things they went threw.

I just spent another night in an er waiting room. This time another waiting room besides my hometown.

I feel more relaxed at the er than before. So maybe that is a good sign. I wasn't out of breath and sick to my stomach.

Another EKG though. More blood tests. Everything normal.

There are feelings in mt body though that I cannot explain.

How did you explain some of your feelings to a dr?

One of my problems is I get a feeling as though my arms are real heavy all of a sudden. That scares me. It makes me feel as though something is wrong with my brain or something.

I can look at something then look down and look back again and it just looks hazy and just different.

Is that bewilderment?

Beth when the panic attacks first started on me I was only 17. They got worse and worse after I got married. For the first year my husband ran me to the er numerous times because of that same strange feeling. I would feel like I was disoriented, like my eyes were seeing everything distorted. Sometimes I would get so bad that I would get tunnel vision where it seemed like I was looking through a tunnel where I couldn't see to the left or right. My arms would get this numb feeling and feel very heavy. I would get that tingly/asleep type feeling as well. I would even get that feeling in my head. At one point I got so bad that even my husbands eyes would freak me out. Over time when I was able to get some control back in my life as far as the anxiety/panic, that pretty much stopped within a short time later. I don't have that problem now with the anxiety and I sure pray I never do again. Its very scary to go through that. I assure you its anxiety and your inner negative self scaring you. Just recently I have started standing up to the anxiety and will talk to myself lol yes I now talk to the anxiety attacks. I have even made myself laugh which helped to stop the anxiety from escalating more. One thing I have started saying when I feel the anxiety attack coming on is say "okay hurry up and get it over with, I can't stop you, you have been bugging me for years so just go ahead make my day and hurry up with it." lol I have come up with many other phrases and the funnier I make them up the quicker and faster the anxiety goes away. Hang in there, anxiety can be cruel and scary but if you take the reins back and stop letting it control you (its hard and I am still working on this) you can start feeling more positive with the negative getting further and further away.

God bless and hugs,
Susan

Thankyou for telling me about your situation. I am sorry you had to go threw all that but am happy that you have overcome it.

I am getting ready to start week 3 so maybe this will be the week I stand up to anxiety as well. I hope so.