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Our Brand New ACCELERATED Fat Loss Diet!I suffer from panic attacks occasionally, but recently I have panic attacks after I exercise.. And by panic attack I mean they are doozies of panic attacks! While I am not scared of exercise in itself (before these panic attacks, I worked out 5-7 days a week religiously), I am actually scared of the panic attack that will follow the workout. I worry that the panic attack will cause my heart rate to increase on TOP of a high heart rate form working out and cause a heart attack or something (work out heart rate + panic attack heart rate = worry!) and that actually triggers the panic attack itself.. I know it seems dumb, haha..
Im 21, and I have had an EKG and treadmill stress test done, and my cardiologist says my heart is healthy and fine. My highest blood pressure while working out was 168/90, which she also said was lower than many people while exercising. The only other thing that was slightly abnormal was a PVC, which she said was benign and no cause for concern at all.
Bottom line, its not possible for a panic attack to hurt you, even after exercise, right?
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1 Terry O // Oct 13, 2008
Such attacks can be hormone induced because of unbalanced electrolytes. It gets in the way of normal thyroid function. Another cause is too much anaerobic exercise causing release of adrenalin in response to too little blood sugar remaining. You need proper mineral supplementation to get your electrolytes right.
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2 Piper G // Oct 13, 2008
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.
Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There’s this strange herb called “St John’s Wort” - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John’s Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced… you have that “learned behavior” in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction… There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to….
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