I'm back here again now that the medication I was on has reduced to a low enough dosage where I can stay awake long enough to post!
Panic attacks gone, doctor thinks it was due to a lack of some vitamins (B1) and too much coffee and Cola drinks. I knew that vitamin B1 was destroyed by alcohol but I didn't know that it was also destroyed by caffene and smoking!
Hopefully Vit B pills for a while and switching to decaf coffee should solve the problem!
Thanks for being here. Bye for now, and keep staying sober!
Chris.
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Hi Chris! I'm so glad you're feeling better. Yeah, I drink decaf. I also have noticed that both the b vitamins and the lecithin help with the panic attacks. I quit driving for a year once, because traffic was a trigger for me. Finally made myself drive to and from town a few times a day just to prove to myself that I wouldn't die from driving, LOL.
Be kind to yourself. That's alot of adrenalin pumped when you have an attack like that, so drink juices and water and stay hydrated. But mostly, be gentle with you. Time to switch over to Sprite now, or 7-up. I have cola once in awhile, but monitor it. I don't drink it if I'm driving somewhere. Lotsa B complex does wonders. You are in my prayers, Wren
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Interesting stuff about the vit b1 and caffeine regarding panic.. I cant have caffeine cos it makes me urinate to olypmic proportions... i think this was caused by alcohol to be honest but i duno..
But iv been gettin panicy lately.. Iv put it down to my situation.. Well the other day when i had it i had had less to drink the night before than i have had recently.. so i think that was somethint to do with it.. but iv felt more panicy lately.. I think its cos my situation is getting worse.. Im taking plenty of vit b i think...
Anyway im really pleased to see you ok.. U back to work this week or you got some more time off?
Apparently it was freezing cold on shell island today.. according to my dad..
U back to work this week or you got some more time off? Apparently it was freezing cold on shell island today.. according to my dad.. Take care mate..
Hi Rob, I should be back to work on Tuesday Morning but I've got another Doctors appointment and on Wednesday the funeral for my wife's Uncle so I think I should be back working by Thursday.
It was very cold on Shell when I was there (last Tuesday -Wednesday), almost nobody on the island.
Bye for now.
Chris.
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"Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -- Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989"
Chris, I went into NIH.gov, National Institute of Health. I went in and was reading the stuff about Silent Diabetes, the reason: I got addicted to 7-up about 2 years ago, thought it helped my digestion. but was beginning to worry about my Sugar intake,
3 or 4 cups of Stong coffee everyday with SUGAR, and then 3 or 4 - 7ups a day.
I was beginning to see a lot of Commercials on TV about Parents being careful not to allow their children all the sugar they wanted, it would surly lead to Diabetes. Well those ads got my attention. My take was that a lot of Sugar, at any age will lead to diabetes.
After I reading that Article, I stopped thinking about cutting back on Coffee and 7up, I got into action, Put my coffee maker away, took out a very little pot to boil only enough water for one cup, do it everyday, with a little filter. Also, did not cut back of the 7up, I stopped completely. I bought a good supply of DIET Cream Cherry Dr. Pepper. 0 Sugar. So my new requirement for myself is 2 to 3 Diet sodas, and 5 big glasses of water.
So now my sugar intake is 1 teaspoon of sugar a day. There are sugars in Vegetables, Sweet potatoes, and Pasta Sause, gave up Sphegetti, changed to rice.
And was expecting to go through some withdrawal from the above, Never happened, what I noticed in 48 hours was a return to a "same level of energy that would remain throughout the day, no more internal ups and downs from the Sugar and Coffee. Just starting feeling better, NO side effects.
I am telling you this because I had no IDEA what that Coffee and Sugar intake was doing to my insides, until it was not doing it anymore.
So it sounds like you are on the right path to the end of those nightmare Panic Attacks, and I share Chris's story about not wanting to drive for about a year, thought it was due to all the new freeways, did not have a CLUE that the Panic attacks when driving had anything to do with the Caffine.
Driving with a clear mind is something you have to do all the time, and it sounds so good that you finally have a Doc. that is guiding you to that point.
