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I had a really bad week last week and I'm trying to "let it go" and tell myself it was just anxiety, I got through it, and stop thinking about it.

But I had the strangest reaction that I was SURE meant I needed to go to the hospital. I didn't go and it went away of course. But still I'm sort of haunted by it and wondering if anyone else has had this before.

Last week I went 2-3 days with very little sleep and very little food or drink. I just had myself really wound up.

I got up at 5am that morning on Thursday and walked and walked trying to calm down. I got back home and laid in bed trying to calm down and couldn't. I think I was sort of "running from" the panic attack in a way. I should have just told myself to go ahead and have it 3 days earlier. LOL

All the sudden my body started shaking all over. then it was like I was heaving. . .I even almost yelled out almost like when you throw up sometimes it makes you make a noise. But I wasn't throwing up. I went to the bathroom and sat there for a minute thinking I was going to . . . maybe it was dry heaving since my body was just worn out and there was no food in my stomach anyway.

Has anyone experienced this? I remember many many years ago when I first started having panic attacks, I would sometimes throw up. But that's been like 15 years ago.

Anyway I just need to know if this is something that others sometimes get or if I was just very close to complete disaster. LOL

It's anxiety. Last month I couldn't sleep I had insomnia for almost two weeks at the same time my hear rate was beating 120 beats per min and wouldn't calm down even w/my anxiety pills. The exact same thing happened to me my whole body would start shaking (I also wasn't eating the thought of food turned my stomach I lost 12 lbs in one month) at first I thought wow is this an earthquake? We've had some really small ones recently that you could barley feel so I thought maybe it was that then the shaking got worse and I realised it was me shaking, I also started gagging (which I haven't done since I was a kid with my anxiety) and had the dry heaves. It finally started going away little by little once my doctor put me on a heart pill for two weeks (so I could work on my anxiety w/out my heart racing) and I took melatonin to help me sleep for 2 nights. I'm finally back to sleeping 6 hours a night and those symptoms have gone away. I think it's a combination of anxiety, lack of sleep and food. Hang in there.

Thanks. OK. . . I need to just put it behind me. I took Melatonin for a few nights too. I love Melatonin. Now I'm back to sleeping plenty. In fact the night before last I slept like 10 hours!! I guess I needed it.

I'm trying to decide if I need to go to the doctor. I have a fear of meds, but I'm sort of tired of thinking about my anxiety all the time. My counselor said that part of my problem is my obsessive thinking. I can't seem to stop thinking about the anxiety. It gets a life of its own. It started out with me worrying about some stuff that was going on. Then it turned into me worrying about the worrying!

I just know that for me the regular SSRI's don't feel right. They make me feel like I want to crawl out of my skin.

I tried the birth control pills which helped for awhile but then they made me major fatigued which made me worry i was getting depressed.

I'm not sure if I want to go to a psychiatrist and see if there are meds other than Zoloft, etc for me to take, or try a doctor that specializes in hormones. I'm 42 and I know I need some adjusting in that area just based on some funny things my body does every month that I'm not on the pill.

Hello faith,
I have several experances like that, both on and off medication. I was wondering if you had gone through week 3 of the program. If you have you might want to go back and refresh your memory. I would however check in with you dr just to be on the safe side. I still have these episodes and im using distraction to help me with them. Im the same age as you but im not currently on medications.