I am new to this posting thing. But I have too many questions with not enough answers. I have been battling Bi-polar since a teenager. To me it is nothing new. I have also seen a neurologist who said I have fibromyalgia. I am now in my early forties and all of a sudden in October of last year I was at work getting ready to go home (a lovely thought) when all of a sudden I got a warm sensation in my head, got dizzy, had a hard time breathing and new I was going to pass out. My co-workers called 911. The paramedics found my pulse going 170 and my blood pressure very high. I passed out briefly. At the hospital they did every test known to man for my heart. The cardiologist said "something was making my heart unhappy" but every test showed my heart healthy. There was only a slight irregularity on my EKG. I am now on a beta blocker, I was in the hospital for three days. Psych was called down as I had just gotten off of Lamictal (did not sit well with me) and Lyrica. Everyone seemed to scratch their heads and said you had a panic attack. Well okay fine but the few months now after that incident I have not had a day where I feel good. Everyday I have a ringing in my head. I get hot flashes and a sense of just feeling so bad. Then I get episodes that last several hours. Everything I have read about panic attacks say it lasts minutes. These things last hours. The sensations that accompany these spells are God-awful. I am beyond tired or fatigued. I am immobile. I strain to speak or even to open my eyes. Then inside my head I feel the sensation of being lifted quickly then dropped. Kind of like a roller coaster but it does not effect my stomach just my head. I feel as if something is weighing on my chest and I try to concentrate on breathing. I am totally disabled when this happens and I do not get it. All that I experience does not fit into a classic diagnosis. Could stress be this powerful to take over my body physically? I am now on EPA-DHA, a good multi, I have got a good diet and take Ambien for sleep. I have a prescription fro Xanaz as needed but no other drug. I believe this is physical but my doc and Therapist say it's stress. If that's true I should be able to have some control over it. I do not obsess over my past. I do not dwell on negative thoughts. I have hope for the future and a beautiful family. These physical symptoms are just wrecking my life as I know it. Has anyone experienced anything like this?
Thank you kindly,
Jojuli