Posted by Vincent_QC on April 18, 2009, at 6:53:51
In reply to Re: Gym ( fitness) and cardio exercise = Panic attacks, posted by Sweetlilmagnolia on April 17, 2009, at 16:01:42
> I am very impressed with your determination, and your strength inside yourself for making yourself continue to go. The dizzyness may also come from hyperventalating during your work out from the physical exerction as well as your heightened fear, try different music in your ipod, either something to soothe you or something to distract you. When I havent exercised in awhile, I start easing into it by taking the stairs down a flight or two, and returning via elevator. I wouldnt be able to breath if I tried to go up the stairs, even one flight, and with my palpatations, it would trigger a panic attack as well. I also add brisk walks before my shift and afterwards. A couple of physical therapist friends taught me some stretching techniques to warm up my muscles and it really helped. I hope to hear you post soon that you are sleeping better and have more good energy. Good luck, think Ill go for a walk in the rain! You just inspired me to kick my physical activity up a notch!.
Haaa thanks...you also inspired me a lot with the good words you write that's so nice...
Before going to the gym, I try to park the car as far as possible from the gym, so I work 20 minutes before...and after. You're right about the breathing, I tend to not breath often...or hyperventalating, I need to pratice this as well as doing some stretching exercises on the floor, before I begin the cardio exercises.
I think the main problem with the gym is the fact that is a "distracting and embarrassing" environnement, I mean that it's full of people who just look at themself and try to be THE greatest muscle guy of the world... This people look at you when you do your muscles exercises and i'm shy because I see the weight I put on a machine is very low...
I still try to stick to the 30 minutes of bike, separated in 3 sets of 10 minutes...at level 5 with a 75 mph speed but that's not easy.
For now, I do panic attack of feel weird almost every night I go there. I try the music, it make me worst. I try to watch the TV, I tend to stop thinking breathing and start feeling a lot of dizness...
I really need to find something to blook the panic attack. 1mg of Rivotril, even if it does nothing for social phobia, is good to block the panic attack...but I fear to fall again in the addiction circle...it's why I will ask for the Vigabatrin (Sabril)...For now, 1 h before the gym, I take 20mg of Valium...but that seem to not help me a lot. I found out last week that Clonazepam was more good to prevent panic attack cause my sister use it and I go to her house and pick up some pills in the "pot pills"... I take 1 mg of Clonazepam and I was ok, less dizness than on the Valium overall... So that's my two options for now, even if I know the Family Doc will say no for the Clonazepam (addiction in the past)... for the Sabril, I don't know if he is award of his blocking effect on panic attack...
I also notice that I have BIG pain in the jaw during and after the exercises...worst after and last 2-3 hours after...and my ears are very RED... that's really strange...my blood pressure stay always the same...is it purely a panic effect? Anyway, I feel uptight all the time I stay at the gym, making the 2 hours very hard for my body (psychologicaly and physicaly also)...
The hypervigileance make me a lot tired after...but strangely, my sleep time and quality diminish since I start the gym. The fight or flight reaction in my head is totally out of control...I try to apply the "change my minds or mental discourt", that's not working, I try to forget the people around me but that's make me more overstress and anxious... I just feel watched there and I don't like that feeling at all... The fear of having fear is something that I can't control by myself, even after years of therapy and tons of books reading about that subject...
BUT I will not give up and continu to go there...after a while I will be able to control a little bit more myself I hope...
The strange pain I feel in my head is linked to the JAW pain...It's like the muscles of my mouth is a lot painfull after...all the jaw muscles to the temples... I can't chew a gum when I exercises because it's worse the pain and make me feel a lot anxious about this strange pain... I just feel like I take "speed" drug or an "exctasy"...crisp all over my body, I can't just relaxe...
Anyway..thanks for your support and i'm glad I inspire you ;-)
Have a nice weekend ;-)
Vincent ;-)
poster:Vincent_QC
thread:890601
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20090416/msgs/891375.html