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Here we go again!
Can you tell me about your symptoms? I know they can be very different for women compared to men. I'm trying really hard not to freak out because of something that happened to me at a restaurant tonight. Part of me thinks it could have been a panic attack, and part of me is worried it might have been something more serious...
We were waiting to order. I hadn't eaten much today so blood sugar was probably pretty low, plus I was a little short on patience and chalked it up to that. I had been having a mild little spot of pain in my left mid-back area... sort of in my ribs and below my shoulder blade.... couldn't think of a reason why that would be happening. Then out of the blue I started feeling sort of faint, I felt like I had to concentrate on breathing, and I had this feeling like I was going to die. No other pain, though. It lasted about two minutes. I quickly grabbed easy child's milk and took a swig because I though it was just a blood sugar issue. husband put some sugar in my water and I sipped that until my food came, and once I started eating, I felt a lot better, but I felt kinda surreal if that makes any sense. I know I've been under a lot of stress for the past six months because of difficult child issues and especially the past month because of my dad. I've been staying up way too late and sleeping in late a lot. Trying to cope as best I can, but things around here have not been a priority lately.
So maybe this was just a panic attack? But then a few hours later I was laying in bed watching TV and the back pain thing came back for little bit -- I mean on a scale of 1-10, it was maybe a 2 or 3, so not alarming, just in a place where I've never had this before. Then it went away. A half hour later I was sitting up in bed using the laptop, when I got this pain that started in the left side of my neck (front) and then radiated up to my left jaw -- like a nerve pain -- not throbbing or anything intense at all. And it was gone after about 30 seconds. But I started to feel really anxious while that was going on.
So I'm feeling o.k. now. It's nearly midnight here. Am I just losing my mind? Should I go pop an aspirin to be safe? I feel like such a moron...
We were waiting to order. I hadn't eaten much today so blood sugar was probably pretty low, plus I was a little short on patience and chalked it up to that. I had been having a mild little spot of pain in my left mid-back area... sort of in my ribs and below my shoulder blade.... couldn't think of a reason why that would be happening. Then out of the blue I started feeling sort of faint, I felt like I had to concentrate on breathing, and I had this feeling like I was going to die. No other pain, though. It lasted about two minutes. I quickly grabbed easy child's milk and took a swig because I though it was just a blood sugar issue. husband put some sugar in my water and I sipped that until my food came, and once I started eating, I felt a lot better, but I felt kinda surreal if that makes any sense. I know I've been under a lot of stress for the past six months because of difficult child issues and especially the past month because of my dad. I've been staying up way too late and sleeping in late a lot. Trying to cope as best I can, but things around here have not been a priority lately.
So maybe this was just a panic attack? But then a few hours later I was laying in bed watching TV and the back pain thing came back for little bit -- I mean on a scale of 1-10, it was maybe a 2 or 3, so not alarming, just in a place where I've never had this before. Then it went away. A half hour later I was sitting up in bed using the laptop, when I got this pain that started in the left side of my neck (front) and then radiated up to my left jaw -- like a nerve pain -- not throbbing or anything intense at all. And it was gone after about 30 seconds. But I started to feel really anxious while that was going on.
So I'm feeling o.k. now. It's nearly midnight here. Am I just losing my mind? Should I go pop an aspirin to be safe? I feel like such a moron...