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13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Stress from panic attack

This has happened to me many times in my life so this is no surprise. Last weekend, my wife and I were driving to see my mother on the Interstate and I have this habit of talking to fast and not breathing correctly. Basically I was laughing and talking and then all of a sudden I had a small anxiety/panic attack.

So now it's over a week later and I am experiencing the residual effects of the attack: Depression, anxiety, doubts about feeling better, wondering if it will get worse, scared of having another one, and the pressure on my head when I am either thinking too much or become stressed. It's always been weird when I experience the after effects of panic and this one is giving me some trouble.

Does anyone else have the after effects of panic similar to what I have described?

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Stress from panic attack

Everyone,

Thanks for all the replies and shared stories. I had a better day today. I really did not have any serious depression or anxiety today. I know that just posting here is always a big help, and receiving input from everyone helps even more.

I was really getting into the negative thought pattern yesterday. The voice inside my head kept wondering if I was getting worse or better. Even last Saturday, I was in my kitchen and started to think that I felt bad like I used to. I used to have these depression episodes where I was not just thinking about being depressed, but I actually felt it 24-7 for a period of time. That is not what happens to me now and has not happened for a while.

I really started to get a handle on it when I switched jobs 2 years ago - a job I now no longer work at- but changing jobs help none-the-less. The job I have now requires me to be in a vehicle for much of the day as I go inspect houses. I know when I get into a negative thought pattern that I have to put the STOP sign up. Today my STOp sign was music. I listened to more music that talk radio today. Sometimes a change helps.

So I am happy that I had a positive day and am about to get on the bike. And even though I felt bad yesterday for a while, when I came home, I had my best shoulder workout in a few weeks.

And Red, I really do not know what a normal life is either. I do know that my life is never boring. A while back, when I was looking for my soulmate, I sometimes wondered if I could handle a relationship, as I felt like such a mess all the time. That all ended when I met my wife.

I hope you made the tea party. Try some chamomile. :-)

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Panic and confusion

I made a post last night but it seems to have disappeared. So I will make it again.

Last week, I was driving back to my office, during a thunderstorm, and a commercial was on the radio that kept saying "kitchen." I then got confused as to what our kitchen looked like and was confusing it with the kitchen from when I was a teen. I was nearly panicking and wanted to pull over, but I did not as the traffic was busy. So, I calmed myself as much as possible, but it really scared me that I got confused. I supposed there have been moments like this for me before, but this was really uncomfortable. I did have a lot going on: Working all day, 95 degree heat, thunderstorm, traffic and an annoying commercial.

Has anything like this happened to any of you before?

David

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Panic and confusion

I've had the forgetting word ones and also the forgetting why I went into a room. They are both weird. This latest one just kind of came out of nowhere. But I am glad I was able to calm myself without having a full panic attack. I often hate radio commercials, they get so repetitive. I listen to a lot of am talk so a lot of the commercials are geared toward the target audiences, few of which are me. LOL

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Stress from panic attack

Getting back to what I originally posted (I am amazed that it was about 3 weeks ago that I posted this), I am still having after effects of the panic attack I mentioned here and the confusing moment I had last week where I could not remember what our kitchen looked like and could only remember the kitchen from when I was a teen. I eventually remembered, but it was a very scary moment to be driving in a thunderstorm and to not be able to remember something.

This brings me to this week. I have been having lightheaded feelings. I will be nearly fine one moment and then I get this feeling like I am somewhere else or just totally lost. Not sure if this is out of body experience, but it's really weird. I need to find my core center again. I tried doing my relaxation program a few days ago, but I really felt lost and it did not help at all.

I am starting to wonder whether I need something new to help, like maybe new meds. I will probably call my therapist to see what she recommends.

Anyone else ever get the light headed feeling or a zoning out feeling. It's a cross between depersonalization and derealization. I really hate it.

David

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Stress from panic attack

Ashley,

I do think a possible trigger is stress and lack of relaxation. I guess they go hand-in-hand. I let myself get into these situations where I stress myself too often over silly little things (Work, anxieties, etc. I have experienced depersonalization many times over the years and this feels like it, but it's a bit different. It also involves rituals/OCD. I get myself into these frames of mind and have to fight my way out of it. A big part of it is losing hold of my core/center of concentration which helps one relax.

I also have to wonder if I might need a change of meds. I have been taking amytrypuline/perphenazine forever. I got off prozac in 2003 and have been taking 5-HTP in its place.

I also must hadd that I work in 90 degree heat here in Florida, and it can drain me after a long day. I don't know how much this might be playing in the area of the lightheaded feelings. I have been drinking plenty of water.

David

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Stress from panic attack

Thanks, Anerol.

I am going to make an appointment with my MD this week some time. Since I now have awesome benefits, why not.

I know it sounds strange to those who never experience panic, but the attack I had more than 3 weeks ago and the panic attack I had last week are still affecting me. The axniety, fear of another attack, depression and the derealization or depersonalization. They go together very poorly.

I have this pressure on my head. I know what I need is a few days off to regain balance to my core. My workouts the last 3 days helped. I am at an all-time high as far as muscularity. I know the anxiousness can actually help with exercise. But I also know it's important to do the relaxing things like yoga.

I am also not sure if the pressure on my head (temples) is because of blood pressure. I have never had a problem with high blood pressure, but I should get it checked. I also need to get blood work done.

Thanks to everyone's input.

David

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Depression

Been dealing with a wave of depression this week that makes me feel closed in. It revolves around anxiety. I had a nice 3-day weekend last weekend. Did some nice things with my wife. It was really my only extended break this summer as my vacation days do not come until August 28. Then the reality set in that work was not far off (This past monday). I hate sunday night depressions. They really start sunday afternoon

The depression I have felt this week is sort of like what I used to get in the 1980's following a panic attack. But I have not had any recent really bad panic attacks. Recent meaning a few weeks. My past real panic attack was when I could not remember something and got confused during a thunderstorm while driving my truck at work.

This depression also includes OCD and what may have set it off was that I felt rather good about 2 days ago and then suddently I had a flashback moment in my truck to my fear of dying. Not dying that second, but the fact that we're mortals and it will happen. That thought has followed me around a lot. I know it follows everyone in some way.

I also know that I work outside and the heat has been in the mid-'90's all week and pretty much for the last 6 weeks. I know that can all drag one down.

What I laid out here is my classic symptoms, but the closed in feeling is what is bothering me. I do know that it can work as a protection against anxiety, it just really stinks that a protection can make you depressed.

Anyway, just had a great arm workout for the last hour and a half.

Thanks to all who view, read and/or post :-)

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Depression

As happens many times after I post my troubles here I started feeling a bit better yesterday. It is so great to have a forum like this, which is why I have come here for several years.

I think it being Friday (yesterday) and that I actually took 1 1/2 valium 1 in the am and a 1/2 later in the day and the fact that I made a sale Friday. They expect 2 sales a month from termite inspectors, entirely a weird story, but it really gave me a boost. I had been in a sales slump since the end of May. I also have a possible sale that might be signed Monday from the same person and it would be my largest sale ever. That means more commision.

Getting back to the valium/diazepam, this med really helps put a stop sign to the depression/anxiety. I know it does not fix everything, but it does help you take a step back and clear your head. I normally take mostly natural things like 5-HTP, chamomile tea, Gaba, valerian, magnesium and Bach Rescue Remedy, but every so often the valium really helps.

The dying thing has been with me since childhood and I have talked about it with my therapist. I used to be a fraid to go to sleep when I was little because I thought I was not going to wake up. My parents (who are both deceased) probably should have taken me to a therapist when I was that young. I remember my Father telling me this some time ago.

But right now I am doing pretty good. Just finished my second workout of the day. My wife and I went food shopping at Whole Foods today.

I know Monday starts another work week and with it may come some feelings of dissociation, but I will not let it beat me.

David

13 years ago 0 +0 / -0 195

Depression

Sweatbee,

Thanks for the advice about my job. I will do some research on that. I do not like using pesticide, but the great thing about my job is that I don't work with any. I do inspect houses for termite activity, but I never do any chemical treatments. It's really the same as being in my own house -just about every house is treated for termites or insects in some manner. I do have to go under houses sometimes where chemicals have been sprayed usually years earlier.

Outside of the association my job has with chemicals, I live a very healthy life and take supplements and eat all kinds of good food, including only organic vegetables, that help rid my body of any harmful toxic substances. Taking probiotics, apple cider vinegar and Vitamin C help the body defend against any free radicals.

On the subject of happiness with my job: I like the job but I have a long history of hating working or going to school and being away from home where I feel the most safe. Some of the fear revolves around having anxiety/panic away from home. When I was a little boy, my mother had to come to school with me for a period of time and help me settle down before she would leave (it was probably about 10-15 minutes or longer). I had a severe anxiety even then about leaving home. I know this ties in somehow in the present day with my anxieties.

Thanks,

David

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