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Impending doom panic attack

bigred170
bigred170

well I had my first panic attack in a long time earlier tonight. And it was as horrible as I remember. 


I didn’t cry tho. I thought I was dying. And I kept pacing and this rush just came over my body. Hot and then really cold. Feelings of impending doom. Derealization. In the back of my mind I knew what this was. This feeling was all too familiar. But it didn’t stop me from freaking out.


I tried to go and hug my boyfriend who was playing some computer game. But he didn’t seem to help. So my go to solution is call my mom until she answers. And I needed something to pull me back to reality. 


It was just the scariest feeling! The impending doom, but I kno I’ve felt this before and it’s not a good feeling. 


I guess right now I’m just trying to recover from the stress my body went through and I’m confused as to why this happened. And I don’t want it to happen again :(


i had a bad headache so I took 2 excedrin and then I fell asleep in the living room. I woke up maybe an hour to an hour and a half later. I was all clammy like I was sweating in my sleep. I got up and went into the kitchen and took my Prozac, poured a cup of iced tea, and grabbed a few cookies. I even went to the bathroom. Then I came in and layed in bed. It was like as soon as I layed in bed - I felt the panic and impending doom. 


I guess I’m just a little shaken up. 


Thanks for anyone who read this. 



arfie
arfie
Hello Big Red. Welcome to the forum.

So. . . How you doing this morning? Any calmer? Did making this post help any?
bigred170
bigred170
Thanks for responding! I’m calm and I’m at work but I’m freaking out today. I keep crying and remembering that doom feeling. I felt like I was in an altered state of mind. And all I did was go to the gym, take 2 excedrin, and fall asleep watching tv.

I feel like I’m in derealization because of anxiety. I hate this feeling. :(
Emerald0743
Emerald0743
excedrin has a lot of caffeine. I had a similar experience when I was trying to avoid caffeine I was having bad panic attacks. I had a nasty headache and took some excedrin about 30 minutes later I was freaking out I told my mom and she said excedrin has caffine and I read the bottle and realized how much caffeine I just took then I told myself it was just the caffeine and was able to calm down now I always read labels because caffeine is a trigger for me
bigred170
bigred170
Im done with excedrin after this! I’ve never had caffeine send me into a panic attack like that. I once had a something kind of similar happen after drinking a vault and eating sour patch kids. I got really shaky and scared. I never drank vault again. I’m just gonna have to take Advil for migraines now!
Emerald0743
Emerald0743
I dont have problems with caffeine unless my anxiety is high if my anxiety is high it triggers panic attacks. I was doing really bad in 2011 got better drank caffeine again with no side effects this year my anxiety is super high so I cut caffeine out again. a Monster did it to me the first time which was how I found out my anxiety dosent mix with caffeine
Bella_Lee
Bella_Lee
Hi @bigred170 so sorry to hear how you are feeling. Best to follow your instinct and stay clear of Excedrin for now. Hope you feel better.
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