Scary night last night

Last night while sleeping soundly, some idiot in the neighborhood blew off a hundred rounds of fireworks. Yes, it's 3 weeks after 4th of July. I thought the world was ending!! It scared the hell out of me. My heart raced for a bit, but after it was calm. I'm not sure what was going on, but I started feeling nauseous, my legs felt weak, I was dizzy and it felt like a panic attack, but a REALLY strong one. I was having weird tightness all over my body - legs, arms, stomach, head. It felt like my circulation was going crazy. I haven't had a panic attack in months.

I don't even know what to think about this one. Meanwhile, my husband was totally calm. He didn't immediately jump to, "The world is ending!!"

Yesterday was a rough day too. My sister in law (who I have a hard time with) was here with my brother and nephew. Lots of loud noise, emotional, eating food I don't usually eat, stress. My nephew wanted me to dance with him and I did - for about a minute - it was all I could do. It makes sense I'd have a panic attack. I was already tired from my therapy session too. Ugh. It was a doozy and I'm both scared and bummed.

Hi 10LymeB,

Sorry all that was happening to you. Loud startling noises can cause reactions in some of us, just my dog barking was enough to trigger my head pressure and ear thumping previously.

Well it sounds like you had many things going on that could contribute to having all those symptoms and panic attack feelings.

I hope you are able to de stress and relax today. Maybe even increase your detoxing to see if that helps.

Try not to feel too bummed out, some things we just cant control if you find yourself in a situation like this again maybe it would help if you take a short break from your friends/family to just relax and unwind for a few minutes. Like a quiet place you could retreat to just to kinda get a break from the noise and activity.


Well hope you feel better today, Take care, Jo