I have almost no strength in my arm or hands, and I feel like a need to be supported by something (i.e.; leaning).
I also have a pain somewhere in my back, and I feel very much “off in the distance”. I feel like I’m going to drop any second, but I know that I won’t.
It started this evening when I was walking down a dark road to the store. All of a sudden, right in front of me was a huge deer, with red glowing eyes. I got scared. I guess I might have thought it might charge at me. I don’t know. My mind was in a fog. All of a sudden, I began hyperventilating and I couldn’t stop. Then I began shaking and just trembling. Soon after, I was inside the store, and I lost almost all of my upper body strength. I had to lean my upper body on the handle
of the cart for support, and just use my legs to move myself about. I also noticed when I went to pick up a box of disposable plastic food containers, that my hands weren’t opening, and I couldn’t move them, so I used my wrists to pick up the light weight box. When I got home, some of it subsided, but I still feel very distant, and I’m having to type in a strange way because of lack of strength.
I’ve had panic attacks before, many times. However, I normally only get a tight, clamping feeling in my chest and I hyperventilate.
Do these sound like panic symptoms to you?
If not, do you have any idea as to what’s going on?
I feel like there’s something wrong with me.
Sometimes after a frightening event, like after a near-collision in my car, it’s hard to breath for a while and shaking and trembling would be expected. Maybe you just need to sit down with a cup of something warm and relaxing for a while. I think eventually you’ll feel normal again. If you still feel strange after an hour or so, maybe you should call your doctor, if you have one.
Sometimes after a frightening event, like after a near-collision in my car, it’s hard to breath for a while and shaking and trembling would be expected. Maybe you just need to sit down with a cup of something warm and relaxing for a while. I think eventually you’ll feel normal again. If you still feel strange after an hour or so, maybe you should call your doctor, if you have one.
References :
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.
Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI – Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There’s this herb called “St John’s Wort” – it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John’s Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
If you’re unable to take St John’s Wort, you can substitute it with Siberian Ginseng or Licorice Herb.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced… you have that “learned behavior” in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior – Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction… There are several other techniques to help cope them!
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References :
http://PanicAttackResearch.blogspot.com
You can read more about typical symptoms of panic attacks in this article:
http://cureanxietydisorder.com/Symptoms-of-a-Panic-Attack.html
References :
http://cureanxietydisorder.com