anxiety attack anyone else?

about 6 months ago I started have these weird symptoms ....shaky hands, knees and legs weak, sweating ( not hot flash LOL) I thought I was having low blood sugar so during one of the attacks I asked my husband to take my blood sugar ( he is diabetic) my sugar was normal.

So I asked pain Dr. about and he said he thought I was having anxiety attacks, but I should ask my therapist.

My therapist said it was true, but I argued I was not thinking of anything upsetting when it happens.

She said my body was anxious about being in pain, she asked was I taking my pain medicine as prescribed ( tramadol) I admitted I only took it when I was in pain.

Her advice was not to wait until I was in pain take it like regular medication as prescribed...I have to admit when I did that my attacks slowed down. Now I only get them during flares or when I am having really bad day.

I had never heard of these kind of anxiety or panic attacks before has anyone else experienced these too?

Many of us do suffer from anxiety. I am so much better then I use to be. There are so many ways you can learn to keep it under controlled. It doesn't happen over night, with practice. It's best if you can keep it under controlled with natural remedies. So many of the anxiety meds are addictive.

When I first read your post I thought you might want to check out reactive hypoglycemic reaction. Sometimes you will get those symptoms you described. It doesn't always show low blood sugar. I can tell when I have this because I associate it with a meal or something I have eaten. I sometimes just want to lay down. It's probably anxiety as you said, but it doesn't hurt to check it out. It's found in fibromites.

You don't have to consciously be thinking of anything to have an anxiety attack. Sometimes something going on in your body can trigger it - like pain or other health issues. I had trouble with them when I had an undiagnosed inner ear problem. When I was finally diagnosed, my ENT told me that it was very common, and he would probably have them too if he had vertigo.

Sometimes, anxiety is the first symptom I'm aware of when I'm having an asthma attack. I'll start to feel really anxious (with some of the symptoms you mentioned) before I actually have "true" asthma symptoms.

I, personally, don't have them with pain, but I can see how pain would trigger anxiety in your brain before your thoughts even catch up.

The trick is learning to manage the anxiety once you do become aware of it. For me, just knowing that it was triggered by a reaction to a physical condition helped. Also, there are tons of good books/cd's out there to help with the emotional side of it. I like the anti-anxiety program by Lucinda Bassett and books based on the theories of Albert Ellis.

Post Edited (AustenFan) : 3/3/2014 6:05:01 AM (GMT-7)

Thanks for all your ideas...all this is new to me..I really helps me to realize I am not the only one having these weird symptoms ..no one in my family has fibro thanks again

I have had anxiety and panic attacks for about 15 years. The pain does bring them on for me sometimes. Other times they hit out of no where. It's miserable to be in pain and having anxiety attacks on top of it. Hope you find relief soon. There is a program called attacking anxiety and depression. It's by Lucinda Bassitt. It's wonderful. Didn't make the attacks go away but helped me to cope. I have had it for about 10 years and go back and redo the course at least once a year. I actually just started the program again today. Wishing u the best.