Today I was at a leisure centre, sitting on my own reading a magazine. The article I was reading was about people who have woken up during surgery. I was really horified by what I was readiing to the extent that it made me feel sick and I had to stop reading it. But then I realised my heart was beating really fast and I started going really dizzy and was sweating. It felt like I couldn't breathe properly and needed to get outside. It felt like a struggle to walk and I'm sure someone spoke to me but it felt like I was in a complete daze and tought I was going to be sick. Outside there are some steps that were about 5 metres away but it seemed like I was moving in slow motion and it took forever to get to them. After just a couple of minutes of taking deep breaths I calmed down and started to feel better. The whole thing only lasted a few minutes but it felt really intense and surreal and quite frightening.
My daughter and her friend finished swimming a while later and I took the friend home. I had an absolutely splitting headache and when I was talking to my frind I found it difficult to talk properly because my words weren't coming out properly.
I've been to bed for couple of ours and feel back to normal now. Has anyone felt anything similar to this? This hasn't happened before and I'm really hoping I don't sound completely weird. Can anyone suggest what might have happened?