Something scary

[Adamj]

the last couple days I’ve been stressed because of that stress test yesterday even had a panic attack anyway back to today i was just sitting at my desk I could feel the stress and anxiety building more and more today like the brain fog came back I couldn’t think straight well I was sitting there and I started feeling like this surge of something come over me mostly my right side scared me put me into a panic I went to check my pulse and I felt I couldn’t feel it then I stood up and I could feel it racing so I came down stairs and sat and I guess I was in a panic because I kept feeling this surge travel down my arms I don’t know if it was adrenaline or cortisol or what it’s a very scary feeling my body then got tense felt like I wasn’t breathing my muscles started twitching i got hot and cold I kept getting these surges come over me I didn’t know what to do I took my pulse oxygen and my oxygen was 98-99 and my pulse was like 115 though at the height it was 155. An hour later I feel like I’m starting to come out of it. Really thought I was gonna call 911 but my mom was like you’re not gonna die and I don’t think you need to go to the hospital shes like you look and sound like all your recent panic attacks. I remember getting surges but I don’t remember them feeling like that. Anyone else deal with the surges in one side of your body or something like that or feel the stress and anxiety building throughout the day?

[Adamj]

I also always seem to say out loud I don’t want to die am I dying because I’m so freaked out

[Hidden in reply to Adamj]

Hi Adam! No, you aren't dying. You are going to be okay. Breathe with your diaphragm. In slowly and out slowly. I'm working my way through a PTSD workbook I recently purchased. There are so many helpful tips, exercises, etc. in it. It's a New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook called "The PTSD Workbook Third Edition: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms". Have you heard of it? I highly recommend it!

[AnxiousSilver]

Did you ever go to your PCP to get checked out?

[Adamj in reply to AnxiousSilver]

Checked for what? I’ve had EKGs done blood work done

[AnxiousSilver in reply to Adamj]

I was just curious if you went to your PCP, and if your tests came out OK.

You mentioned that you were doing that in this thread here -> healthunlocked.com/anxiety-...