Topic: Anyone here get "death attacks" and what do you do?
LisaK
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LAMOTRIGINE..... hmmm.... ugh I HATE glutamate! huh, that would make a good chant!
" I HATE GLU TI MATE!!"
haha
-------------------- Be thankful in all things- even difficult times and sickness and trials - because there is something GOOD to be seen Posts: 3592 | From Eastern USA | Registered: Jul 2013
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lol LisaK... your funny! Posts: 477 | From Pennsylvania | Registered: Nov 2015
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klutzo
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Nobody else has mentioned that some of these "death attacks" might be caused by PSVT, Paroxysmal Supraventricular tachycardia, a heart rhythm of 160 or more that can occur with any kind of stress and feels like death. It can include heart attack symptoms and complete GI emptying, and last for 1 1/2 hours. Mine also include astronomical blood pressures.
Any time panic lasts more than 15 mins. you should suspect something else. Either PSVT, pheochromocytoma, carcinoid syndrome, or OSA, and make sure those are all ruled out.
I had 5 tests for Pheo and 7 tests for Carcinoid before they finally put a cardiac event monitor on me and the very first night I woke up having PSVTs at 2:30 am. and got a diagnosis after 12 years of what I called "the attacks from hell". I also went to a sleep lab and found out I had hypopnea as well, another cause of panic during sleep.
Most people get a radio frequency ablation to fix the PSVT problem, but mine were so severe and so frequent that I cannot be off meds long enough to have the ablation done, so I am on medication (Verapamil ER) to slow my heart rate instead, so it never goes high enough to kill me (hopefully).
I also want to agree with a poster way back in this thread..... like her, I also had complete relief from these attacks and from ALL of my symptoms while on Metronizadole and for about 2 weeks afterwards. That makes me think there is a gut connection here, regarding SIBO or dysbiosis so severe that it interferes with proper production of neurohormones, so I had mine tested. Sure enough, they were all too low to even read the levels! No wonder I can't digest food and am severely depressed.
I am now taking free form amino acid powder to try to raise my serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine and epinephrine, and large amts. of tryptophan before bed and around 6 am on an empty stomach. I also go out and look at the sun first thing each day and do a little exercise. Soaked nuts are a big help, especially cashews, but make sure they are soaked overnight, or your digestion will get much worse, as I found out at first.
Just another angle to consider..... klutzo
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LisaK
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wow klutzo, I hope mine are not from this! and I hope they never get that frequent either. good info to know- thanks!
I *have* finally put together a connection myself to gut (what I eat) and my anxiety. very interesting that an anxiety attack can come from eating something! for me it seems to be grain related. non gluten grains. it happens within seconds. a terrible dread feeling accompanies it. I am so thankful I have figured this out for myself as I can now control much of my anxiety. I hope.... haha...
-------------------- Be thankful in all things- even difficult times and sickness and trials - because there is something GOOD to be seen Posts: 3592 | From Eastern USA | Registered: Jul 2013
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Cat's Claw stops Death Attacks. It takes a week or two to work. (Actually, I think it takes only a week.) At first it seems like it's not doing anything, but, though gentle, it's a powerful healer. I So glad you posted this topic.
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Keebler
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- Changing the name we call these things to ourselves might help. Some fun could be had with that, too. Maybe something like the "attention flag has just been raised" alarm? Or the "better shift gears NOW" warning flag just popped up.
Obviously, my comedy writer brain bits are out to lunch (in fact, they went out for lunch a long time ago and never came back. Never even sent replacements). -
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