Feeling a difererent symptom
Hello!I just had a weird symptom.I was just standing at my kitchen counter and got a slight dizzy feeling and now I feel kinda spacey,foggy.It's scarring me because usually when I have anxiety especially in the mornings it's more just like an adrenalin rush.Someone please respond so that I don't worry until I get myself into a panick.I'm just not real used to this symptom.I've seemed to be able to handle the panick lately.I've had fewer episodes so I'm like "what's going on?"I know big mistake to say to myself!Any support would help.Thank you guys!
fear not,
don't panic.
i had the exact same thing happen to me when the panic attacks started for me.
in my case it was work related. i had a bad day, and when leaving work i began to feel dizzy. prior to that, i had been having chest tightness in december, and headaches on the rt side of my head behind my eye in january.
so, i got in my truck, decided to skip my workout, and go home. i got home, and as soon as i started talking about it to my wife, i suddenly became very aware of how bad i felt.
BAM!
welcome to my 1st panic attack and my current battles. My mind began to race, "why am i feeling this way? what is wrong with me?" and all of this increased heart rate, until i was practically curled in a ball in the bathtub trying to stop shaking.
and i have also noted on this forum that i literally have experienced EVERY symptom of anxiety as mine (at its worst stages) likes to "roll" around my body.
so don't worry, fear not. just remember to breathe, and r-e-l-a-x. breathe. pray.
this too shall pass
don't panic.
i had the exact same thing happen to me when the panic attacks started for me.
in my case it was work related. i had a bad day, and when leaving work i began to feel dizzy. prior to that, i had been having chest tightness in december, and headaches on the rt side of my head behind my eye in january.
so, i got in my truck, decided to skip my workout, and go home. i got home, and as soon as i started talking about it to my wife, i suddenly became very aware of how bad i felt.
BAM!
welcome to my 1st panic attack and my current battles. My mind began to race, "why am i feeling this way? what is wrong with me?" and all of this increased heart rate, until i was practically curled in a ball in the bathtub trying to stop shaking.
and i have also noted on this forum that i literally have experienced EVERY symptom of anxiety as mine (at its worst stages) likes to "roll" around my body.
so don't worry, fear not. just remember to breathe, and r-e-l-a-x. breathe. pray.
this too shall pass
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yes, Fear not, i have experienced dizzy-like, unsteady, ungrounded head chronically for months now, and i have been told and pretty much learned for myself that it is anxiety. i get it even when i am not in a "panic" - i think it is an overload of stress related hormones. also, have you been thru the program?
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Fear Not,
Hey girl...FEAR NOT! Yes, this is very normal. As I have mentioned before, you and I have had very similar circumstances. Nothing strange is happening to you, and you are not getting worse. This is most likely nothing to do with a physical ailment. (Unless you just haven't eaten or something.)
This happens to me. Usually I just feel that "rush" of the adrenaline flowing through my body...then heat and tingling and have a hard time breathing. If I get really panicky I will get dizzy and spacey. Occasionally that symptom comes first.
I have read many books by different authors. It is not uncommon to experience different anxiety symptoms that you don't normally experience. It is also common to have a few symptoms you haven't had before when you are recovering. Don't worry. I know it is uncomfortable, but start right now looking at those symptoms the same way you started looking at your other ones.
One book I read said that it is normal through recovery to have "limited symptom" attacks for a while. (where you will have an attack, but maybe not get all the symptoms you normally do.) Also, normal to experience a few symptoms you don't normally.
It's just anxiety, it's no big deal. You are making HUGE progress, just keep going, and learning.
Hey girl...FEAR NOT!
Yes, this is very normal. As I have mentioned before, you and I have had very similar circumstances. Nothing strange is happening to you, and you are not getting worse. This is most likely nothing to do with a physical ailment. (Unless you just haven't eaten or something.)This happens to me. Usually I just feel that "rush" of the adrenaline flowing through my body...then heat and tingling and have a hard time breathing. If I get really panicky I will get dizzy and spacey. Occasionally that symptom comes first.
I have read many books by different authors. It is not uncommon to experience different anxiety symptoms that you don't normally experience. It is also common to have a few symptoms you haven't had before when you are recovering. Don't worry. I know it is uncomfortable, but start right now looking at those symptoms the same way you started looking at your other ones.
One book I read said that it is normal through recovery to have "limited symptom" attacks for a while. (where you will have an attack, but maybe not get all the symptoms you normally do.) Also, normal to experience a few symptoms you don't normally.
It's just anxiety, it's no big deal. You are making HUGE progress, just keep going, and learning.
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Very true, FrancesL.
I'm right at the core or tail end of all of this (very close to recovery) and I'm experiencing new stuff that didn't bother me before. It can be quite irritating, but when I treat it like all the rest, it doesn't have the power over me that it wants.
good point!
It's good to know that just because it's new stuff or even an increase in strength, it doesn't mean it's getting worse; it's actually better! the paradox of the mind...
I'm right at the core or tail end of all of this (very close to recovery) and I'm experiencing new stuff that didn't bother me before. It can be quite irritating, but when I treat it like all the rest, it doesn't have the power over me that it wants.
good point!
It's good to know that just because it's new stuff or even an increase in strength, it doesn't mean it's getting worse; it's actually better! the paradox of the mind...
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FrancesL,Thank you for all the encouragement lately!You seem like such a nice person.Yes I've been pushing right through this anxiety after years of letting it pull me down.I will keep on moving forward.I just get frustrated when you have those little symptoms that just seem to come out of nowhere.I've got to get better at not letting those get to me.You give great support!Thank you!!