Confused...

[PTSDMAMA128191]

So, I noticed my symptoms and panic attacks are getting worse. I was diagnosed in 2002. Earlier, I was experiencing lightheadedness, chest pains, tremors, nausea, migraines, as well as I felt as if I were a balloon being over filled slowly. I can't figure out why my symptoms and panic attacks are worsening. I was wondering if anyone has gone through a similar situation, and if so a possible compendium of solutions. Thank you greatly in advance and for the time each of you took to read this.

 

[Lady of Longbourn]

Hi,

Is there something in your life that has changed? New home, city or relationship? New stress?

Lots of things can set off worsening symptoms. For me lately, it has been the need to talk about traumas I have never talked about before. So that desire, fear etc. can make me feel worse.

Have you talked to anybody about it?

Best wishes.

 

[ill]

There are a few things that really exacerbate my symptoms: when I'm tired, when my needs aren't being met, when I start to get better and begin processing more trauma, and when I have my period. Knowing these things, I try to avoid letting myself get tired and I try to ensure that my needs are met to the best of my abilities, but I haven't yet mastered any solutions to the latter two situations.

 

[PTSDMAMA128191]

Ok. Thank you ill. Its nice to know I haven't completely lost my mind yet.

 

[ill]

It definitely feels like it sometimes, I know. Sometimes it helps me to remember that even if it really, really doesn't feel like it, my body (and mind) are actually trying to protect me, but they're just kind of stuck in overdrive/being overzealous.

 

[falling]

It could also be the change in seasons? Understand where the stress and triggers come from has proven to be difficult for me also. Just keep things in your life as easy and drama free as possible and take time to do anything you find relaxing.

 

[arfie]

Gentle hugs, ptsdMama. Just breath. Filtering the pollution from the water is no small feat.
Just breath. Let it flow its course as you flow the course of your day. Just breath.

Seems to me that I have 3 types of episodes. The most common I call, "just because episodes." These are the generalized anxieties and flakiness I never do find good, clear reason for. Weather? Changes in light? Cultural mania? Who knows? Just gotta ride it through. Sometimes the Just Because Episodes grow into one of the other two types.

The next in the chain I call, "remembrance episodes." I reacted to my early trauma with a great many memory blocks. Some of those memory blocks have been fortified and reinforced with efficiency a military commander can only envy. Disassembling all that defense infrastructure remains a challenge, though it has gotten easier with practice.

If I handle the remembrance episode effectively, I am rewarded with the third kind which I call, "The healing episode." The healing episode is about retrieving the memories surrounding the event. There were an awful lot of gems lost behind those memory blocks.

So it seems in Arf World this morning. Mostly I wanted to wish you a tail-wagging morning.