Hi. This is my first posting. It is 5 a.m. and I was freaking out since midnight. I am so glad to have found this site. I actually think reading through all this stuff has calmed me down. I plan to discuss this with my therapist who I have just started seeing.
I didn't realize until I read the other postings that what I have been experiencing in the car is panic. Just thinking about it can start to scare me. I, too, feel kind of dizzy (not sleepy) but like I'm out of control and going to wreck the car if I don't "snap out of it". And then 5 seconds later I'll be fine and think, "what in the world was that" and then 20 seconds later feel it again. I hate it!
It usually occurs when I am tired (which I am alot because I can't remember the last time I slept a full night)and it's night time and I believe my vision isn't good enough for the road I'm on. Like on two-lane highways with big trees blocking the moonlight.
I am looking forward to learning and growing from this site. Thank you all for sharing. God is good and He has truly blessed me through each of you. I'm not goofin'. I was FREAKING OUT! I was afraid my husband was going to take me to the hospital and the white coats would shoot me up with meds and I would die that way because nobody really could understand what was going on in my head. I could NOT snap out of it and believe me I tried. I walked and walked outside, danced, talked and shouted to myself, (then I really thought I was crazy), anyway, apparently you all understand and I am just thankful you're here.
Oh, two questions... 1. does anyone every feel like they need to cry because they are so scared but the tears won't come or that if you cry it will make you freak out more? That is really bothersome to me. The whole thing is. I'm done. really, for now. thanks.
2. does anyone have any idea if these attacks are at all related to menstrual cycles?
