Thought I may as well introduce myself. My name is Brittany, I'm a 17 year old girl from Essex.
I've had a few emotional issues over the last few years, (actually, as I write this sentence, I'm having heart palpitations, I will mention). mostly from issues based on a hormonal condition I suffer with. Recently had drugs put in me to pull out all the testosterone I unfortunately had in my body.
8 Weeks Ago I was having a lovely weekend with my boyfriend in Belgium, however I had a strange stomach ache all week. It wasn't achey, it wasn't crampy, it wasn't painful, it was just as though someone was squeezing my tummy and middle of my chest.
I didn't take this into account, really, I put it down to womens issues. Then at the end of the week, the 'squeezing' in my stomach felt a bit crappier than before. Regardless, I dealt with it all day and went to bed with him, feeling really quite tired. However I stayed up a little while chatting with him, then felt a strange feeling throughout my body, a numbness, which made me pause mid sentence. I sat up, and started hyperventilating just a little. Then started having massive heart palpitations, these came and went for 20 minutes, before eventually we decided to call in the doctor. When the palpitations went, my boyfriend said I looked very white during the whole thing, and I was sat there shaking uncontrollably, but feeling a lot better.
The doctor came, checked my blood pressure out, and did a check on my heart and just said it was a panic attack, but to take some pills (I believe they were called busiprones, but it may have been barbituates. Start with a b anyway.) and to tell my GP what happened when I got home. So yeah, I go home, he just shakes his head all the way through and says "Brittany, it was a panic attack. Most certainly." despite my fears that my drugs I was on to suppress testosterone were causing it.
So all was fine and dandy, I got off the stuff the Belgian doctor gave me within 3 days of being given it. I seemed to no longer be capable of stamina tasks (I exercise a lot) in the slightest, but other than that, I was absolutely fine and dandy.
So 2 weeks ago I was sitting at a family meal, my tummy had been aching allll day the same way it had been at the first panic attack. I didn't get palpitations, but I DID freak out when my body went numb and I started getting hot flushes and my breathing messed up.
Ever since that day, my sleep routine is messed up to hell. 7:00am to 4:00pm every day. My tummy is constantly feeling tight, my diaphragm area feels tight, I've been depressed, constantly scared, and keep doubting if I'm going through panic attacks.
I only seem to go through this at night. I believe all this is a product of 2 days of SERIOUS issues I had where I felt lower than I have done in a long time. I've been out of college due to my hormonal issue, I've been constantly socially aware of how I look in public, I've had lots of stress, but I don't feel it as badly any more than recently.
So any suggestions or .. well, anything anyone can give me in any sense to help me with this, I would be highly appreciative of.
