SHORTNESS OF BREATH, WAKE UP GASPING FOR AIR, LIGHTHEADED AL

nez1981 · Newbie Joined: 15 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

MY PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO. IT FIRST STARTED AFTER I HAD ATE PIZZA ONE NIGHT AND GOT SICK AFTERWARDS. SO I HAD TO THROW UP, AFTER I DID I HAD THIS STRANGE TINGLING, WOOSHING, LIKE WATER RUNNING IN MY HEAD FEELING ON THE SIDES OF MY HEAD NEAR MY EYES. I THREW MY HEAD BACK TO MAKE IT STOP AND THAT ONLY MADE THE WHOLE ROOM FEEL LIKE IT WAS MOVING, I FELT LIKE THE GROUND WASNT UNDER ME . SOON AFTER I SAT DOWN I COULDNT BREATH, I FELT LIKE I WAS CHOKING, MY CHEST AND NECK WENT NUMB, THEN MY FACE , NECK, HEAD WERE ALL TINGLING, MY LEGS AND ARMS GOT REALLY HEAVY I FELT LIKE I WAS HAVING A HEART ATTACK. I WENT TO THE ER AND THEY SAID I HAD A PANIC ATTACK. 2 HOURS AFTER LEAVING THE SYMPTOMS HAPPENED AGAIN FOR NO REASON. I WENT BACK TO ER AND THEY SAID THE SAME THING NO TESTS WERE DONE. SO I WENT HOME AND EVERYDAY AFTER THAT 24 HOURS A DAY I FEEL LIKE I AM CHOKING, I HAVE SHORTNESS OF BREATH, CHEST PAIN, UPPER BACK PAIN, I AM ALWAYS DIZZY, LIGHT HEADED, TIRED, WAKE UP GASPING FOR AIR, I ALWAYS FEEL LIKE MY HEART IS GOING TO STOP, MY BLOOD PRESSURE GETS LOW. I WENT BACK TO THE ER AND THEY DID AN EKG AND CHEST X-RAY AND SAID IT WAS NORMAL. RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN HAVING VERY BAD HEADACHS. THE DIZZINESS HAS GOT WORSE I FEEL LIKE I AM GOING TO PASS OUT I CAN NOT FUNCTION NORMAL ANYMORE I NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME . I HAVE A 1 YEAR OLD SON AND I CAN NOT PLAY WITH HIM OR TAKE CARE OF HIM LIKE I USE TO ,I CANT BE THERE FOR MY HUSBAN I AM ALWAYS TIRED AND ITS MAKING ME VERY IRRIATABLE. I HAVE NOTHING IN MY LIFE TO MAKE ME HAVE PANIC ATTACKS AND I CAN NOT BE PANICING 24 HOURS A DAY THERE HAS TO BE SOMEONE OR SOMEWHERE I CAN GO TO FIGURE OUT WHATS WRONG WITH ME .

51170 · Newbie Joined: 30 May 2008 Posts: 1

These symptoms also happened to my Ex Husband. He was recently diagnosed with MS and this was what they called an exaserbation/relapse. You may request an MRI to look for lesions on your brain. Best of luck to you.

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Hi nez1981, hope you are feeling better, it does sound like panic attacks I have been living with tose symptoms for 6 years, you learn to control most of them with time. Stress is a major factor to this. Your son adding responsibilty on you could bring it on. try to keep your mind occupied by doing physical things .
Relaxing and taking it easy makes it worse as you more time to think about how you are feeling try not think about yourself and occupy your mind with anything physical even something simple like gardening if possible.
Yoga meditation helps, so does exercise. try stay away from anti-depressents. Remember panic attacks cant kill you.
The dizziness and some of the other symptoms are caused by you tensing your shoulder/neck muscles for too long.
There is no cure just believe you will be ok and now you are not alone in this many people suffer from this and look to God for Strength.

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I suffer from the same thing, I had some hard choices to make in my life and everyday i would spaze out for no reasson. Not thinking about anything just relaxing then wham heart racing, breathing heavy numbness in hands and feet and sometimes my face.

For sure I thought heart attacks which made my attacks worse
My doctor told me if i was having some many heart attacks i would be dead.....

Second he said the numbness is from breating to fast....

I cant tell you how misrable this makes me, my doc also said it could be a combination or stress and depresion, i was depressed befor, but dont take those kinda meds anymore now i take an adavan if i spaz out

The one thing i cant figure out is waking up at night brethless, like someone was choking me full of anxiety. Perhaps il try the ssri's again, anyways im n doc but for sure your having a panic attack. hope this help.... try to lots of reading up on the issue
cheers

Jodi.S · Newbie Joined: 30 Aug 2008 Posts: 1

that's a tough one. I have a similar problem. I find if I search hard enough I could find some syndrome to fit my symptoms so I try and just deal with the symptoms of the problem. If you're like me you aren't panicking until you have an unusual or disturbing sensation so the term panic doesn't explain what is causing you to panic. I found a book called hope and help for your nerves very helpful. It's by claire weekes. I actualy found out about it on a similar forum. I used to be in a state like you described 1/2 the day after my daughter was born. I took paxil and it made it worse. Then I came off it which was really hard. Then i was using the suggestions in the book and finaly I can say I have a real attack like once every 5 Months. I expect I'll get even better. I may have some deep seeded problem like mitral valve prolapse syndrome or something chronic and deadly but so far no one had found much except minor mitral valve prolapse, nothing in terms of a syndrome. Truthfuly the medical community is not much more advanced then it was during the days giving out snake oil when it comes to these
types of prblems and they probably won't be in my lifetime, so if there' a something they're mssing I certainly won't find it so I may as well keep up my health the best i can and hope the odds are In My favor of a long healthy life on spite of my panic. If we still lived in the jungle being chased by tigers and such my quick adrenalin would probably come in handy but now it's just a nucance at best.
I hope you get this book and find some peace and don't worry your son is just happy to be in your company, that's all he needs.
Best of luck and god bless.

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I am awaken at night gasping for air. The first time it scared me now I am just like oH NO NOT AGAIN! I just called the dr and I am going to see him Monday. I take in such deep breaths that after I catch my breath I belch and have such an acid taste and burning sensation in my chest. It is getting to the point I do not even want to go to sleep at night.

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