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Old Nov 20, 2010, 03:19 AM
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Hi with or without you. Well done for making so much progress in therapy! That's great! I think your theory is a good one that the panicky symptoms you've experienced this week are related to the breakthroughs you've made in therapy. You obviously have a ton of feelings - and adrenaline - floating around right now, and in some ways, feeling euphoric and/or really excited is similar to the stress response that gets activated when we're on the verge of a panic attack: increased heart rate, surge of energy, not being able to sit still, jitteryness etc. So it makes sense that your autonomic nervous system is all stirred up right now and that your body could be reacting like this because of what's been going on in therapy.

Anyhow, it's good you have another therapy session on Monday and that you're going to talk to your T about this. Wishing you all the best!
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