Last night..
I went to bed around 11pm but woke up abruptly around midnight with a funny feeling. I found it hard to breathe, like I was suffocating and I was feeling hot as well even though its still quite cool in the middle of the night this time of the year. I lied in bed for a few minutes hoping the sensation will subside but instead it got worse. I had to get some fresh air so I got out of bed and went downstairs.
The feeling of breathlessness lingered on so I went outside in the freezing cold to get some fresh air. When I thought I was feeling better I went back to bed and tried to sleep. That sickening sensation came back again and I jumped out of my bed to go downstairs to get a drink and watch a bit of TV hoping to hypnotize myself to sleep with the TV.
I had trouble watching TV and felt restless so I just paced up and down the hallway. I’ve never had this sensation before; I can’t explain how it felt but I can tell you I felt out of breathe, anxiety, restlessness and claustrophobic. Feeling of suffocation and closed in, felt like needing to get out of the house…
Minutes went by that seem like hours. I decided to try going back to sleep again so I went back to bed but I still felt that awful sensation, a feeling of something wrong but still don’t quite know what it was. Was it a panic attack? Anxiety attack? I don’t know but I felt I needed something to calm me down. Terese gave me some Advril and though its just some pain killer pills anything is better than nothing I thought so I took 2 and sat up in bed and tried to relax. Tried to think of happy thoughts, trying hard to avoid that awful sensation again…alas I did managed to fall asleep. The pills help and writing it down helps too. I don’t know what happened to me last night but maybe this is the start of me going psychotic.
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Hello Wuching taikor, long time no see!!
Hey you better talk to your doctor and describe exactly what happened. It could be psyhological but it could also be physical. Did you chest feel tight? Don’t brush it off. Be alert as to what your body is feeling. And learn to relax lah.. don’t think too much, don’t stress too much about business. Some things in life somehow works our way when we have tried our best. Ok?
Take care ah.
thanks Jomel but I’m ok now but will seek medical help if it happens again
Wow…
I thought I was also alone suffering from anxiety attacks - the hearth palpitations, clammy palms…
Take care mate… Do some slow breathing, which often helps.
you too eh? take care ya
This could be a heart problem, anxiety/panic attacks or stress. Better go see a doctor to check it out. If doctor rule out all the above and have no explanation for it, you could be under attack from a ghost ! (just kidding here) : )
you got the number for Ghostbusters onot?
Sounds serious. Please go see a doctor ASAP!
I will if I get another attack
You need some yoga sessions
I do..on the WII!
Take care and hope to see you sleep well without drug.
thanks, I did sleep last night without drug
i saw that pic before… do u know what is it’s name?
its the scream by Edvard Munch
When was the last time you have sex? *runs*
with you? never!
Sounds like a mild anxiety attack. Breathe in and out - slowly … that would do the trick.
hehe I was doing a lot of that breathing that night
Could be an attack from a seven legged spider.
Though, I’d go with the anxiety attack … It’s not easy being your own boss, and wouldn’t surprise me if the uneasy feeling is because you are trying to do so much at the moment, and have way too much on your mind.
yes, I’m going to blame everything on the 7 legged spider from now on! hahahaha
Seems like anxiety attack. You should blog more… hehehe
after all blogging is a kind of stress reliever no?
I agree but you know lah, how to think of something to blog everyday? lagi stressed!
brader, no kidding here. go n see a doctor. it was after episodes like these i lost weight from 90kg to 60kg and now back to 70kg. i went to see a heart specialist. i had an appointment with the doc in Institut jantung Negara but the waiting list was too long. i thought i had oledi died in 2002. it has been a long haul since then with exercises etc. probably due to stress but it sounds like something real not psychic or psychological.
brader, get yrself scanned. do the treadmill stress test. to do a test when not actually having an attack is inaccurate.
of coz, it could b nothing
take care.
I think its just stress, well I was ok last night so I hope its passed now
The Scream, eh.
I can relate, mate. Perhaps you should see a doctor…sounds a little like a panic attack or anxiety problems. Benzodiazepines would take care of that. Not that I’m encouraging you or anything, but if it’s affecting your life…
yes, I felt like the screamer that night but its passed now & I didn’t feel it last night
LOL at Clare’s comments.
Isn’t that the running your own business attack!?
And people always ask me why I don’t sleep until like 4-5am. how to sleep like dat.
nolah, you don’t sleep coz you too busy with so many of your gf!
Relax~
Actually I should practise this on my ownself..
I stress too~
yes indeed, its your job
Perhaps u’re working too hard… Need a break before breakdown…
cannot take a break, who looks after business?
Hi WuChing,
first time to your blog, and i find it very interesting.
Keep it up!
thanks, please come again
stress?? go see doctor kay!
okay!
Sounds like an anxiety attack. How is the business coming along?
business going ok
glad ur feeling better. pls dont take unnecessary risks.. sometimes in attacks like these, we hyperventilate n it makes it worse. last time i had it i took a cup of milo jus to try to calm down.
cheers brader!
Got hantu….
booooooooo….
take it easy. being boss comes with heavy responsibility, huh? everything will work out, don’t stress yourself out too much. no business for a little while, you worry. got business, you also worry.
becos you now work from home, you don’t know when / how to turn off, unlike when you work in the office. 5pm, u leave everything behind and come back. now u’re in the office environment 24-7. you need to set a time to put down everything and forget all about it and pick it up again tomorrow. otherwise u’ll burn out.
sound advise, thanks!
Wow..!! like me !! i get panic attacks too.
Never mind.. watch Moonlight Resonance on my entertainment blog. and everything will be alright.
www.crazychinesewoman.com
what kinda entertainment you got there wan?