Hi, my name id Deb and I have suffered from panic/anxiety attacks for over 30 yrs. At the time I didn't know that gluten was the cause of my problems. Panic is very scary. The first horrible attack I remember (not the first ones, but the worst probably) was a day I had to take my 2 month old daughter to the doctor for plugged tear ducts. They wanted to surgically
open her tear ducts and she had gotten a bug and was running a fever. They still wanted to do the surgery and I had a appt with our doctor. I didn't want her to have the surgery, especially when she wasn't feeling well. When I got to the doc office, I could not
open the doors of the car. I just could not make myself get out of that car and take her inside. I cried and cried. Finally I left and drove to where my father and husband worked, still in tears. I scared my dad so bad he called my mom in tears, told her I thought I was going crazy, and I did. If I recall, I finally settled down, and took my daughter to the doctor and explained the situation. By the way, she never had the surgery, the ducts
open themselves in time.
I remember another attack years later at a meeting for my son with the school principal, a social worker, and the teacher. I was sitting there and suddenly felt as though I was floating around the room, seeing everyone from high above them.
Panic/anxiety is a nasty thing to suffer through, even though we all know we aren't dying, sometimes it feels like we are. People can't understand unless they live through it too.
I am now again on Celexa for panic/anxiety. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia and osteo arthritis, then put on Flexeril, Meloxicam, and a daily aspirin. I got very sick, probably from the Meloxicam, which threw me into pani again, after 30 years. I don't know which comes first, the tummy upset or the panic, maybe both hit at once, yet I found I can't deal with it. I have to work full time and I can't be panicking all the time.
It's always good to share and help others to understand they are never alone!