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Posted 5/22/2017 10:46 PM (GMT 0)
Why does this happen to me? If I don't eat regularly I start to feel strange, like a full blown panic attack. My stomach knots up. I Then start to feel so bad I have to force myself to eat protein because that usually helps. It doesn't always happen, there are times I can go along time between meals.
Posted 5/22/2017 11:58 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Deb! I was just wondering about you the other day. smile

I am not sure why this is...but I am the same way. At times I can function fine 'on empty' until it's time to eat...

...and other times huger can shut me down!

There are probably a lot of factors, but the important thing is just to monitor your body's signals, and take care of it at the first sign of an issue.

How have you been otherwise? Well I hope!

S.C.
Posted 5/23/2017 1:11 AM (GMT 0)
Hi S.C. I have been very busy moving my son into a group home, as you know he is handicapped and this is very hard for me as I have cared for him for 32 years. He is very happy at his new home, but I'm having trouble adjusting. My anxiety has peaked today for the first time in awhile.
Posted 5/23/2017 3:58 AM (GMT 0)
I had this for years. If I eat just at the correct time and the correct amounts..... perhaps I will be ok. For me it got worse until I could not swallow. Turned out I had GERD. I never had the classic symptoms of acid reflux, no heartburn. Well I did have some gas. From my understanding is that the brain can confuse nerves in your chest as they are in close proximity to each other. Gerd can irritate the vagus nerve and cause symptoms too. Not saying this is your cause but just one I am familiar with. I got better. For some reason I started to get worse again. I think this is why I constantly feel out of breath at the moment. I am going on some proton pump inhibitors for a few weeks to see if it helps or not.
Posted 5/23/2017 4:32 AM (GMT 0)
D.,

That is quite an adjustment...peace be yours mamma!

I had a friend with the exact same situation...and once she got used to her son being at the care facility...she and he both did so well...

...she with her increased freedom, and he with his world opening up to socialization and a stimulating environment.

Give it some time...

Hugs my friend,

S.C.
Posted 5/23/2017 4:25 PM (GMT 0)
S.C, do you think the adjustment with my son is why my anxiety is worse?
Posted 5/23/2017 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
Of course...this is a HUGE change, and even positive differences can be a trigger!

Our minds/bodies don't always distinguish between the type of emotions we are feeling...and you are surely all over the spectrum lately...

...so all of your feelings are being interpreted as stimulating ones I am sure...even if they include happy, hopeful expressions of the new situation.

Give it some time...it will settle.😙

S.C.
Posted 5/23/2017 7:35 PM (GMT 0)
While I was having severe anxiety, I found that when I got hungry - my stomach was so used to being "upset" and nauseated, that when I had hunger pains, they turned into a panic attack. No joke!

Once I got the panic under control, now my stomach can "growl" like normal when hungry and I don't experience any panic onset.

I don't eat well enough. I don't eat during the day for the most part and I push my body past the point of hunger too much. Getting adequate food intake I understand can help the anxiety a lot. Make sure you don't make my mistake and that you're getting adequate food intake per day!
Posted 5/24/2017 6:51 AM (GMT 0)
This happens to me way to often as well. As a matter of fact I am doing it to myself as we speak. Part of the reason I decided to jump on here and do some reading. I have yet to find a way to change it. As like Anxious Scientist said, I push myself way past the hunger points way to often and definitely do not eat well throughout the day/night especially while I am working or need to make a drive anywhere. Mostly out of the fear of it making me have to go to the potty. Even though I know that I will typically feel better once I can convince myself to eat or maintain some sort of eating routine. Which is way harder than you would think. I have such a great fear of getting sick that anything that even resembles that possibility puts my nerves on edge. Hope you can find a way to work through it and get to being better. Lord knows I am still working on it and its a daily struggle. Does not take much to set me back. But getting on here from time to time has helped.
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