Think I am having a panic attack

[MinnieMe1]

Always anxious. Always

Son has undiagnosed neurological problems. Cant walk or talk but understands EVERYTHING.

I have very bad health anxiety.

I keep walking up with pins and needles in my feet.
I am sat up now restless and hot and breathing quickly.

I cant stop gooling any bodily symptom I have.

I was in 100mg of sertraline and suddenly stopped taking it around 7 weeks ago however felt fine. This last week though I have felt really anxious and now I feel like I am having a panic attack

I have another 9nyear old son who is fine and a 5 year old who cant walk. Lock down is hard and I dont know what to do with my son who cant walk/talk as he gets so board and he cant do school work.like other children.. we just have to work on his fine motor skills and we just play together all day however the days are long

Can i be withdrawing from sertraline 7 weeks down the line?

DS has had seizures in the past and stopped breathing after them and I have had to give him CPR and hes been in resuscitation and a coma after all 3. I'm so scared all the time

I am scared I have something wrong with me as i keep waking up with pins and needles in my feet.

I cant stop sleeping in the day as when I am sleeping I am not worrying. I crave sleep like its some kind of drug yet I am not sleeping now in the night which isn't like me. I could sleep on washing line all day normally and all night as well and I hate waking up in the morning as the worrying starts again.

Sertraline did fuck all and I was on it for months at 10mg that's why I came off

I hate being like this and craving sleep all the time. I have the biggest, daftest sence if humour and can be so creative when i play with my children. I am letting them down though by needing to sleep so much and now these pins and needles

Didn't want to read and run, I don't have much experience with medication OP but in the morning please do request an emergency appointment with your GP. Hope you get some sleep

Also lock down isnt the problem here really. We have a big house and a garden. It is hard having a disabled son who needs constant help but when I am mentally well then the day flys by and we have a ball together all 3 of us until my husband is home. It is when I am feeling like this and all I need to do is sleep and now I am waking up with pins and needles in my feet it's another worry

Typing on here has brought me out of the panic attack. I felt as though it was early days on sertraline again when I was agitated and having side effects - even though I am not on any meds atm. My foot is a little tingly though and I cant stop feeling for lumps on my body.

Anyone that knows me would be shocked to the core to really know me. If my friends and family knew I was say here crying now they would be very surprised as I am external very strong looking and never talk about how I feel

I don’t know about meds I’ve never been on any kind, but pins and needles were always my first symptom of an impending panic attack.

Then I’d feel numb, and because I was feeling numb my breathing would be slowing right down as I concentrated and strained to ‘hear’ my breathing. Vicious circle right there.

You have a lot on your plate sounds like, OP. Judging by so many threads on here, lots of people are experiencing sleep disruptions too like you are.

I hope someone better informed can reassure you tonight

I get pins and needles when very anxious. It could well be the sertraline, how long were you on it? You sound like you're going through a lot of stress which is compounded with lockdown

I am not even worried about coronavirus. Its great being furloughed but I am spoiling it when we could be having so much fun together.

In my mind I am not doing enough with my kids however I got a phone call yesterday from the headteacher congratulating us on all the home learning we have been doing. I was so embarrassed at the phone call as I feel like all I have done is sleep and I havnt been doing near enough home learning!

I was on i for about 3 months. 50mg then 100mg for about three weeks and then i just stopped taking it about 7 weeks ago. I had no symptoms however when I suddenly stopped taking it

I keep feeling really restless and then better. Is this a panic attack? It's like I cant sit still and i am breathing i guess a little more rapid.

Could i be tensing my feet in my sleep and it causing the pins and needles?

OP you sound like you’re doing loads with a heck of a lot in your plate. An emergency appointment with your GP is your first port of call. Different things can cause pins and needles.

In my experience all meds feel like they're doing "fuck all" - until you come off them. You need to ring the doctors, it could totally be down to stopping taking sertraline., or you may need something else to get you through this time.

I get pins and needles and panic attacks. Go to the GP for pins and needles too and the panic. It will reassure you.

I usually wait an hour and by that time most panic attacks are subsiding.

I have a disabled child too. The GP said I was under stress and wasn’t surprised I was having pins and needles. They thoroughly checked me out though, as many simple things can cause this easily rectified. Found nothing. I keep getting them.

Think about your day if you can tomorrow. How can you alternate with your DH so you get a break? Try not to sleep after lunch and then force yourself to stay awake until night? It will help the daytime napping. Any sleeps before lunch try set an alarm for 20 minutes.

You’re having a panic attack and hyperventilating - basically breathing out too much carbon dioxide. It can cause pins and needles as your blood vessels contract

www.healthline.com/health/hyperventilation

Try and lie down and focus on breathing slowly and steadily through your nose. Try to take natural breaths, not really deep ones. You need to breathe from your diaphragm so putting a tissue box or something over that area and making sure it’s rising and falling as you breathe can help. You might feel like you need to yawn - try to swallow instead. Pause between each breath. If you still feel like everything is racing try breathing into a paper bag and rebreathe the air you’ve exhaled.
Call your doctor in the morning and tell them what’s happened, and think again about medication - it can take a while to find the right one for you so be patient and keep in touch with your go.

In the last 12 months I have had a brain scan for spasms in my ear(normal) and loads of blood tests done as I was having pain in my side. ( all normal) so this is reassuring about my health.
I have also been to the breast clinic 5 times this year and have a scan on my ovaries. I am 29 so still quite young.

Thanks for your chats everyone.

DH has just come to find me and we have had a chat and a giggle and hes told me to start meds again in the morning. The side effects will kick in by 11 but hes home at 12 so can take the kids whe I start to feel nauseous and rough by them

I will do that now Maggie. Thanks

Thanks staying summer and thanks everyone

Glad you’re feeling better OP! It’s possible when you’re under prolonged stress for your breathing to get ‘stuck’ in hyperventilating mode. There are physiotherapists who specialise in breathing and they can give you exercises to do that basically retrain your body to breathe properly. I saw one many years ago, and the tips I gave you were a mini-version of the exercises I had to do. I still have the odd episode but I can recognise what’s happening and head it off at the pass so to speak.

www.uhb.nhs.uk/Downloads/pdf/PiHyperventilationSyndrome.pdf

It might be worth asking your GP for a referral but in the meantime spend a few minutes each day lying down doing slow and steady breathing won’t do any harm.

That's exactly what I am. Stuck in hypervenalation mode! I couldnt describe it and i have been stuck in it in years. I bet i am even hyperventilating when I am relaxed and I know my body is always tense. I just couldnt imagine being any other way. I will take your advice however as I asked for some.

I took sertraline yesterday and another today. I feel like I have a really bad hang over. Really bad... husbands running round like a blue arsed fly thankfully.

Hope everyone is ok too. I hate being centre of attention.