Hi Greg, sorry about the panic attack. I use to have big problems when I would lie down with breathing. Felt like I could not get a breath at times and it would lead to panic because of it only making it worse. I can tell you as soon as I started to have muscular therapy done from a holistic PT for my crooked spine thing my breathing improved GREATLY. the first visit or so she massaged gently in my chest and it was unbelievable the way it opened my lungs. I could and still can get deep breaths in with ease now.Sometimes, if I have a bad dream, I wake up and have panic breath but I just calm myself and know that I am better now. It is called myofascial release. It has helped me with crooked body as well and I have not had the sweats since I began, another huge perk. shirl
Greg, being in the hospital is like jail for us quads. I'm sorry you have to feel panicked. If I were you I would get on some anti-anxiety meds or antidepressants. Also, I keep both a heating pad and a cooling towel by my bed at night so that I'm covered either way. Do you take Propantheline? Meredith ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "greg" <[email protected]> To: "quad-list" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 7:28:56 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] Bad few Days Just spent 2 days in the ER, well 1 in the ER, 1 in a room. Woke up overheated which sometimes causes a claustrophobic / panic feeling. I felt panicked and like I could not get enough of a breath. I also felt like I was going to get sick. I thought maybe a UTI or something. They were worried about my heavy chest, so I had an x-ray, CAT scan, which lead to an angioplasty. Luckily everything came out fine. They think my heavy chest is from my spine curving causing pressure. So they are setting up an appointment with a lung doctor soon. I did have a UTI also. But I get so frustrated with this stupid panic feeling. I worry about everything and can't stop. I worry about that I'm going to worry. Wake up feeling like I just have to get up into my chair. It's a scary panic. It use to happen maybe once every few years, but lately it's more often. I think it's my heavy chest making it worse. I just don't feel like I'm getting enough oxygen. The doc says the lung doc might subscribe an oxygen tank at night. Once the feeling is one, I feel so stupid about worrying about that stuff. Getting overheated seems to be the trigger point most of the time. The problem is I feel so cold at night, even shivering. I would swear I'm cold… But if I uncover a bit and cool off, I actually get better. So I swear I'm cold, but actually I'm too hot. This only started a few years ago. Anyone else have that issue? I'm sure it's a nerve ending issue. But I just shake I feel so cold, problem is sometimes it is because I'm cold. So anything I do to get warmer only makes me shiver more and get more overheated. So I just don't know if I'm hot or cold, it feels exactly the same. No fun getting old, Greg
