Panic attacks

[LauraAnn]

HELLO to all my old friends here and to the new ones too. I’ve been gone from the discussions for awhile because thanks to all the wonderful posts here I was able to get my life back on track and living the good life (sans gluten, soy, etc…..). However, I find myself back here after running into a new problem and do believe after doing my searches have found what may once again be my savior. At age 71 I have been diagnosed with breast cancer (thanks to continuing my yearly mammograms) and am running into issues that brought me back here. The worst of what is happening at this point are panics attacks on a regular basis and at not good times. This is new to me and no one is offering advise that makes any sense to me, so I came back to read about what you all have experienced. And surprise surprise ……I need to be getting a whole lot magnesium into my body right now. I’m probably down to 0 right now?? Also, B12 is iffy too. I can fix this.

I knew when my oncologist told me to just start taking multi vitamins every day that it sounded wrong. But when you are scared and stunned you believe maybe it is okay. Well I stopped my usual supplement therapy I had been on for years now and that was STUPID! My attacks are so bad that I have not even been able to follow through with the lumpectomy surgery. Twice I have run out of the hospital in full panic mode….that is not at all my usual behavior. SO, to right this wrong tonight I will lathering up with magnesium oil and taking Epson salt soaks every chance I get and getting back on my vit b supplements. And vit d while I’m at it.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

[tex]

Hi Laura,

Sorry to hear about the cancer diagnosis, but glad they found it early, and I'm sorry that you're having panic attacks these days. If you're taking any antibiotics, or chemotherapy medications especially, there's a good chance that they may be robbing your magnesium. Many prescription medications deplete magnesium, and I had the same problem after a series of antibiotic treatments for dental work. I had serious symptoms that pointed to a chronic magnesium deficiency, although I didn't recognize them at the time, and none of my doctors, including emergency department doctors, recognized the association. They were all clueless.

If you can tolerate oral magnesium supplements, magnesium glycinate will do a better job of resolving your problems than most other magnesium supplements. I take 300 mg of doctors best brand magnesium glycinate every day, but be sure to spread out the total dose by taking one tablet with each meal, rather than taking them all at once, because we can only absorb a certain amount at any given time, and taking too much at a time can cause diarrhea. I hope you're able to resolve the symptoms quickly.

Tex

[jennifer]

Hi LauraAnn,

Ironiocally i just recieved this video yesterday from my doctor, you may/may not find it useful, but i will post it in case you want to check it out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsFimsuxiIw

Early detection is the key, you must be so grateful you kept up with your yearly mamo's

Good luck with your lumpectomy.

Jen

[Marcia K]

Hi, LauraAnn. I don't have any advice, just wanted to wish you well with your lumpectomy and I'm glad the cancer was caught early. Take care!

[LauraAnn]

Thanks for responding everyone. The video was very interesting. Confirmed most of what I suspected.
Tex, I always look forward to your straight answers. I have not tried taking oral magnesium in years because at first I couldn’t, but maybe now is the time to try again so I can better control the dosage. Topical is kind of hit or miss.

[Kari]

Dear LauraAnn,

So sorry to hear about your diagnosis. Hopefully you've had the lumpectomy by now and are doing better.

Regarding panic attacks, what always helps me short circuit them is to slow down my breathing, taking long, deep, full inhalations and long, slow exhalation. It works even better when taking 2 halfway inhalations, stopping in the middle and then inhaling the second half, then just one slow exhalation.

This is something you can practice anytime, anywhere, so if you start to panic, you can easily slip into it before you are in a full-on panic attack. Reminding yourself to take deep, full breaths throughout the day is very calming for your nervous system. Good luck with this, hope it helps.

Love,
Kari