CathyA
11-6-12, 9:18am
ARGH!!! Sometimes its really hard being me!!!
I am just getting over one of my "episodes". I've had a couple of these in the past few years. I used to think they only occurred when I was working hard outside and sweating. But this morning, everything was fine. I was talking online with DD, and then I was going to go vote. The day was going great.
When all of a sudden, I start trying to remember something. Its a very bizarre feeling...........I'm trying desperately to remember something. I'm almost able to remember it, but not quite. But........I'm not even sure what I'm trying to remember. Then all of a sudden its hard for me to think at all. I can't remember what I was doing. My surroundings seem foreign to me. And then I feel like I'm going to die.
Its sooooooooo frightening. I called DH and he talked to me for awhile, while I breathed into a paper bag (in case I was hyperventilating). :(
After a little while, I began to have a little headache and my hands got very cold (which they do with migraines).
I'm feeling a little better now, but not 100%. Guess I shouldn't go vote yet.........wouldn't want to accidentally vote for the wrong guy! :~)
When I was about 8-9 years old, I had episodes something similar to this......when it would suddenly feel like I was covered in glass and taken out of reality. It was very frightening. These feelings seemed to go away for alot of years after my teens, but have come back recently. Seems like they may have something to do with fluctuating hormones, even at age 62.
I guess the thing about panic attacks is that they make no sense when they happen. You can be totally happy, feeling secure one minute, then BAM.........you're freaking out. I guess it can be something funky going on with your body's chemistry (pH shifts, etc.).....and not just insecurities or some emotional thing.
I suppose I could be having migraine prodromes that trigger panic. I'm sort of a control freak, so maybe these happenings just totally freak me out more, since I'm so out of control with them.
Anyone else experience these? They are AWFUL!!
On a funny note.......when I thought I was dying, all I could think about is "I won't be able to vote!!) :~)
But seriously, these episodes are just very frightening. At first, I was considering calling an ambulance. rrrrr
If I hadn't lived through them before, I probably would have.
I am just getting over one of my "episodes". I've had a couple of these in the past few years. I used to think they only occurred when I was working hard outside and sweating. But this morning, everything was fine. I was talking online with DD, and then I was going to go vote. The day was going great.
When all of a sudden, I start trying to remember something. Its a very bizarre feeling...........I'm trying desperately to remember something. I'm almost able to remember it, but not quite. But........I'm not even sure what I'm trying to remember. Then all of a sudden its hard for me to think at all. I can't remember what I was doing. My surroundings seem foreign to me. And then I feel like I'm going to die.
Its sooooooooo frightening. I called DH and he talked to me for awhile, while I breathed into a paper bag (in case I was hyperventilating). :(
After a little while, I began to have a little headache and my hands got very cold (which they do with migraines).
I'm feeling a little better now, but not 100%. Guess I shouldn't go vote yet.........wouldn't want to accidentally vote for the wrong guy! :~)
When I was about 8-9 years old, I had episodes something similar to this......when it would suddenly feel like I was covered in glass and taken out of reality. It was very frightening. These feelings seemed to go away for alot of years after my teens, but have come back recently. Seems like they may have something to do with fluctuating hormones, even at age 62.
I guess the thing about panic attacks is that they make no sense when they happen. You can be totally happy, feeling secure one minute, then BAM.........you're freaking out. I guess it can be something funky going on with your body's chemistry (pH shifts, etc.).....and not just insecurities or some emotional thing.
I suppose I could be having migraine prodromes that trigger panic. I'm sort of a control freak, so maybe these happenings just totally freak me out more, since I'm so out of control with them.
Anyone else experience these? They are AWFUL!!
On a funny note.......when I thought I was dying, all I could think about is "I won't be able to vote!!) :~)
But seriously, these episodes are just very frightening. At first, I was considering calling an ambulance. rrrrr
If I hadn't lived through them before, I probably would have.