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Hitch in the Heart

summerbabe88
summerbabe88

Today was a bad day. I got my booster shot on Saturday and since then I've been feeling poopy. I had an enormous panic attack today in the middle of teaching! This. Never.Happens. I should have known something was up when I started to disassociate the last 5 minutes of driving to work. When I panicked, I couldn't breath well, sweat a whole lot, and ran out of the room. I thought I had to be taken to the hospital and freaked out. I went to a trusted colleague who has panic attacks as well & she gave me a CBD gummy. It helped and got me through the day. My dad and my fiancee think my horrible panic attack is related to the shot and it's a side effect. I asked the school nurse and she said she never heard of such a thing to be related. My mind is spinning and  the cycle of anticipation has begun. Has anyone else encountered something similar?

summerbabe88
summerbabe88
I saw a post about the booster after posting this...just wanted to share my panic symptoms and see if any one had anything similar happen to them out of no where with anxiety/panic attacks.
LisaLisa
LisaLisa
I had my booster on Friday. Obviously I'm concerned in case there's anything funny with it but I'm sure there isn't.
Just had a sort of panic attack about it, dreaming in fact and just woke up to a wet bed. I'm sure it's fine but you're not the only one worrying about it! We'll both get over it I'm sure.
arfie
arfie
i haven't gone for any of the vaccines, but the covidic chaos is giving me random panic attacks in the most unpredictable of places. is it a new marshal law? what bizarre social dogma has sprung from the chaos this time?

the longer the chaos drags on, the more frequent the panic attacks seem to become. i'm still plying my pre-covid therapy tools, but i often wonder if we will need a new set of therapy tools for this government/internet powered set of anxieties.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Often, when reviewing the surroundings of a 'panic attack', 'de ja vu' reveals a sound, an image, and this helps to figure out exactly what triggers the reaction.

It's easy to aim towards a 'medical event' such as this.
hyperpgal
hyperpgal
I had my booster on Friday---spent all weekend sleeping...no sign of panic or anxiety.
summerbabe88
summerbabe88
Thank you all for the replies! I'm doing okay, but the higher than norm anxiety is still with me. I think Arfie is right about learning a new set of tools for this "new" normal.
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