Do panic attacks burn calories

[WeShouldOpenABar]

They get your heart rate up and afterwards I crave sugar...

I've been thinking about locking myself in a cupboard for ten minutes a day so I can eat what I want

[Goingalonenow]

[roundturnandtwohalfhitches]

No. They make you fat. As far as I can remember the cortisol you release make you think you need to replenish energy and that's why you're hungry- not that you've used many calories. Therefore you eat sugar and it gets stored as fat. I think the cortisol helps you store it as well. It's something like so probably someone more sciencey will come along and explain it.

[ShirleyPhallus]

Yes they do

But you joking about them is pretty distasteful to those of us who actually experience them

[TwitterQueen1]

Generally a real panic attack will make you feel like you are going mad, that you might be dying, that you are abnormal, that you will never, ever be normal, that you wish the world would stop, that you want to curl up into a little ball and die.... and more.

HTH

[GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat]

Oh Hilarious!!!

[SerenDippyEggs]

Knobhead

[WeShouldOpenABar]

Em I do suffer from them so I reserve the right to joke about them.

I was downing sugar after one and it was a random thought. Good to hear they make you fat I'll just add it to the list of how they fuck me over.

[WeShouldOpenABar]

Sorry I really was just reaching for a way to feel better about them it was a funny thought to me but I'm not actually fully out of it so it might not be later

[Firstbornunicorn]

As a sufferer, I think this is a pretty funny thought.
Keeping a sense of humour about the scary things our brains and bodies can do is just another way to cope.
Don't worry, OP. I get it.

[SuperLoudPoppingAction]

I get anxious a lot due to autism.
Since my partner moved in with me I've been a lot less anxious.
I've put on a stone...

[WeShouldOpenABar]

Thank you @Firstbornunicorn I didn't mean to upset anyone

[ColouringPencils]

I thought it was funny too.

But also, (not being funny) have you ever tried giving up sugar? I feel much less panicky and on much more even keel without sugar, caffeine and alcohol. I am pretty sure every panic attack I've had has been caused by some combination of the above. I'm back on all 3 at the moment, but try to be sensible, think I will try giving up sugar again soon.

So, if you gave up sugar it might make you skinny and less panicky?

[WeShouldOpenABar]

@ColouringPencils this actually started with a cup of coffee, have been off caffeine for a while so it hit extra hard, I've never noticed sugar causing them but the day after drinking can hit hard sometimes ( giving up coffee was hard I'm not ready to make the alcohol free leap)

[ColouringPencils]

Yeah at some point I realised that if I am hungover, have had little sleep, drink loads of coffee and eat loads of sugar, I am just going to give myself a panic attack. It's like I can feel it all coursing through my veins. Actually, once I had realised that, the panic attacks kind of eased off. I do probably drink less, but I also remind myself if I feel panicky the next day, that I am not dying, this is just part of my hangover. Hang-xiety, I like to call it. Then you can get through the day.

If you have not tried giving up sugar, I would recommend it. It's really hard at first and a pain in the arse as sugar is in so much stuff, which is why I am having to build myself up to it again, but honestly I have never felt so level and steady. It is quite transformative. I can't remember why I started eating sugar again now, but wish I hadn't (You can still drink a little bit too, I think coffee might be out though)

[ColouringPencils]

Also I remember being decaf and then drinking a single cup of coffee, I could feel the palpitations. Horrible! I am fully caffeinated again at the moment, so don't really notice a cup of coffee, but I know it is not good for me really.

[ginandnappies]

I thought it was funny. I'm suffering terribly just now and any light that's shed on them is a good thing!

[serbska]

Glucose is released from the cortisol and Adrenalin flood, which makes you feel hungry and you want sugar to replenish. It’s gonna make you fat not thin!

[DollyWilde]

Hey, the thought of burning calories is often what gets me to blood donation appointments when I cba...

Interesting thought though, I've never considered it for my panic attacks!

[Harleypuppy]

They make me feel sick. But because I was so depressed and anxious during the time I had panic attacks I ate so much I put on so much weight I'm now 5 stone overweight. So in the long run no, they don't burn enough calories to be thin.

[beeefcake]

If they did then I would be a size 8

[beeefcake]

Apparently farting burns calories though?!?!

[Harleypuppy]

Beefcake

[didyouseetheflaresinthesky]

If they did I'd be slim and shapely. Alas...

[ColouringPencils]

Hope you're feeling better now, @WeShouldOpenABar, panic attacks suck . New diet idea: we should all give up panic, anxiety and worry and we'll look fabulous

[WeShouldOpenABar]

@ColouringPencils , thanks for asking,, no not great tbh I don't seem to have fully 'come down' its lingering a bit, but you asking has genuinely helped so sincerely thank you.