For yeas whenever I over eat, like on thanksgiving, my heart rate increases to about 100-115 for about two hours. And since I suffer from severe anxiety and panic dosorder, the discomfort and uneasy feeling, following overeating, usually leads to at least anxiety, but often panic attacks. I have been eating small portions for quite some time and doing well. Tonight I just ate five pieces of pizza and the uneasy, panic feelings are coming back. Any way to aleeve this until my food digests? I have some xanax but really hate taking them unless I absolutel have to. Once I take one of those, I need em more often to feel good, so I try and just avoid them all together.
Answer:
It may be that a high amount of carbohydrate intake is a trigger and not the cause of the onset of your panic attacks. After ingestion of a meal rich in carbohydrates, the level of bloodsugar increases dramatically as the pancreas begins working overtime to produce insulin that will break down the sugar to a form that the body can absorb and utilize. Another side-effect is sleepiness. Perhaps, when you begin to feel that way, you get scared because you are accutely aware of your bodily functions, more so than the average person. So that when you notice the change, you respond by fear. When you have a thought of fear, the body intern responds by initiating the "fight or flight" syndrome. Once this occurs, your adrenal glands, responding from a chemical message from the brain, releases a substance called adrenaline which courses through your bloodstream giving you a quick burst of energy, and making you feel hot and cold all over, your pulse begins to race, your palms sweat, your vision feels "funny", you feel a complete sense of fear and your body begins to similate the fear response. Now you have totally begun to feel pure fear. Your minds' perception influences completely how your body will respond. If you think that something is a threat to you, then you will be afraid. If you think that something is pleasant, but stimulating, then you will be happy. So, however you believe that something will be, that's how it will be. Next time you eat a large amount of food, try and visulize the feeling of fullness that you get afterward as a feeling of pleasure instead of fear. Everything will change. Though I really wouldn't reccomend that you make this a habit as you may gain unwanted weight, which has negative effects to the body as well. I struggled with anziety and panic attacks for 14 years, and I'm ok. You will be to!!
eat smaller meals more frequently during the day. make an appointment to discuss your symptoms with your doctor.
i had that problem when i was little.
the doctor gave me a prescription
and a couple days later it went away.
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