NeemtreesNew Contributor
Ripping your stomach out!!
Hi. New member here. I recently have been a victim of acute anxiety for about the last 3 months. This comes about mostly in the early hours of the morning when i may wake up around 1 or 2 am after about 4 hours sleep. I am wide awake and my mind goes into overdrive thinking about things which makes me anxious and affects me physically, especially my stomach.
My doc explained that anxiety increases the heart rate which pumps adrenalin into the stomach which affects the stomach. I have been prescribed tabs which lower the heart rate during these periods. My stomach is in a pretty bad way with bloating, lots of wind and sloppy poos that smell like fish. Pretty gross!! This does however clear up in a fashion after a couple of days that are anxiety free.
The tabs are addictive and as i do not like taking any forms of medication i try and limit taking these. The anxiety attacks are sometimes quite serious and make me really ill and mostly i cannot get back to sleep.
I may also experience an attack during the day if something brings it on. I feel like my whole body is vibrating and it is very uncomfortable.
I watched a tv show based in the US on anxiety and one of the things they recommended was breathing correctly to calm down, as used by the navy seals. Inhale 4 secs through the nose, hold breath for 6 secs and exhale seven secs through the mouth.
I am trying to manage this by myself and getting on top of things but i may be ok for 3 or 4 days and then i have a set back and back to square one.
Just wondered if any of you folks are suffering the physical side affects of anxiety and what you are doing about it? Anyone had any success with medical hypnosis?
