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[loonarider]

Hi all,

I'm here on my own at home and so scared.

I am 6 days to my period, and I'm not suer whether it is connected and I've only now just started writing a journal. But, for the past 4 days I've been having chest tightness and unable to breathe. I felt my pulse and it's racing, then skipping and going irregular and it's so frightening. Also, the fullness and heavyness in my chest is so uncomfortable. Best way to describe it is, as though m ribs are closing in onto my heart and lungs...its terrifying.

I've not had irregular heart beats before (just fast heart rate now and then and skipping), so this is a first. I have eneded up in A&E too many times to remember only to be told that I'm healthy, so I'm not sure I should be calling an ambulance again, and then of course we're in a pandemic.

I a m hoping it's just another panic attack, or anxiety all related to my period due soon.

Does anyone get marked breathing issues, and heart rate issues around ovulation and luteal phase?

I'm so scared and I feel like I'm about to have a heart attack and no one here - and it's causing me now to panic. 

**Update -  Now getting sharp dull  ish pain in the centre of back. So scary, and Im' crouching down on the floor trying to breathe and hoping it will pass.

[CLKD]

........ do you sing?  Or play a wind instrument? Both will regular breathing, when we go into anxiety mode we tend to breath shallowly which increased the feeling of not being able to breath.

Do you have a brown paper bag?  Apparently breathing in and out of one helps. 

As well jogging but that's a bit too much like gym work ;-).  Do you have a garden?

[loonarider]

........ do you sing?  Or play a wind instrument? Both will regular breathing, when we go into anxiety mode we tend to breath shallowly which increased the feeling of not being able to breath.

Do you have a brown paper bag?  Apparently breathing in and out of one helps. 

As well jogging but that's a bit too much like gym work ;-).  Do you have a garden?

Hey there CLKD,

I play quite a few instruments and sometimes sing a long when playing and I do have a garden! I love gardening, and it's porbably the only thing that instantly calms me down - however, since the weather has changed there are no plants to faff around with or look at to calm me down. I guess I could just pull some weeds, or do a general tidy up...

So afraid to move though, as soon as I even raise my arm I feel out of breath and heart races. For now, I'm just sitting in the chair trying not move. If I start feeling a bit better and I don't die I'll go and potter about in the garden... Still sad about these symptoms, if I'd knw this would be the quality of life I'd have post 40 I would have really made the most of my twenties and thirties  .

I know it's depressing, but I really feel like I am waiting to die. 

[loonarider]

........ do you sing?  Or play a wind instrument? Both will regular breathing, when we go into anxiety mode we tend to breath shallowly which increased the feeling of not being able to breath.

Do you have a brown paper bag?  Apparently breathing in and out of one helps. 

As well jogging but that's a bit too much like gym work ;-).  Do you have a garden?

Oh to add,  I used to sit at the piano and play something calming, but it would make me feel worse, as it gets me way to excited that my heart starts racing and then have an anxiety attack. This only happens though when I am having the breathing issues - not on a day when i feel fine (though that is becoming a rarity these days).

[Dorothy]

If you're getting a pain in your back, you should seek help - if you really don't want to ring 999 then call the NHS advice line - you may find that the panic eases when you're actually talking to someone, but you should make contact just in case - I know medics would always rather be bothered for something that turns out to be non-serious than miss something that is serious.

[Jeepers]

I agree with Dorothy, you should get yourself checked out, better to find out it's just a panic attack, than miss something important

Let us know how you are

Hugs

Jeepers xx

[CLKD]

Any improvement now?

[loonarider]

Hi,

Thanks for all your responses.

The breathing and panic subsided by 1:30 pm today roughly. I decided to wait it out, I just felt that if I've been thruogh this before so many times, it most probably is a panic attack again. I am fine now.

However, if it comes on again and it worries me I'll call the ambulance. I don't have a car and the nearest hospital is 1hr 45 mins away. I would drive there otherwise.

Thank you all. 

[Jeepers]

Hi loonsrider

Thanks for updating us, I've been thinking about you all afternoon. I'm so glad you are feeling better. 

Jeepers xx

[CLKD]

I was wondering too.  If you call Paramedics they will come to you! and do various tests B4 deciding if you require hospital admission. 

Where on Earth to you live  ......... U shouldn't even consider driving if you are in a state.  Let the medics come to you.

Your GP can issue a monitor if necessary for 24 hours use.  MayB B4 the next episode you could speak to someone at your Surgery?  Make a list of symptoms so that you don't miss anything ;-).

[loonarider]

Hi loonsrider

Thanks for updating us, I've been thinking about you all afternoon. I'm so glad you are feeling better. 

Jeepers xx

Aww, thanks Jeepers. Nice to know people care. You're a great bunch here x

[loonarider]

I was wondering too.  If you call Paramedics they will come to you! and do various tests B4 deciding if you require hospital admission. 

Where on Earth to you live  ......... U shouldn't even consider driving if you are in a state.  Let the medics come to you.

Your GP can issue a monitor if necessary for 24 hours use.  MayB B4 the next episode you could speak to someone at your Surgery?  Make a list of symptoms so that you don't miss anything ;-).

I live more or less in the sticks LOL. A very small city in Somerset surrounded by rural countrside, it's a pain getting anywhere really without a car. Would the surgery be open after 6 pm? I guess I could call 111 first..

Yes, thanks I've already written a list. Thanks CKLD 

[CLKD]

I'd ring the surgery in the morning.  ;-)

[loonarider]

I'd ring the surgery in the morning.  ;-)

I will do, thanks again xxx

[CLKD]

111 is for emergencies ? 

In the meantime, sing Girl sing