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Re: panic attacks or dysphoric hypomania?

Posted by Roslynn on March 7, 2010, at 16:04:16

In reply to Re: panic attacks or dysphoric hypomania? » Roslynn, posted by floatingbridge on March 7, 2010, at 0:40:28

Hi Floatingbridge,

Thank you for your reply. Your explanation does make sense, that people can freeze on the outside and be agitated on the inside. That's exactly what happens to me.

May I ask what your diagnosis is? (If too personal, sorry, never mind!)

They have always gone between atypical depression and bipolar II for me.

Thanks,
Roslynn

> I think panic or anxiety attacks can manifest differently. Your symptoms sound to me, at first take, like extreme anxiety. Whether there is a bipolar component, I'm not qualified to venture a guess. Can you tease out any 'triggers' that start what sounds like a whirlwind?
>
> Just for your information, my anxiety/panic response is to freeze--breath slows down, my exterior appears even placid,
> while inside I am in agony and my thoughts are tsunami-like.
>
> It was explained that anxiety creates fight or flight, and a form of flight is
> freezing.
>
> Hope this helps a smidge. I was dx'd as BP Nos for years. I find that my new diagnosis is more helpful--and mood stabilizers never took that mood swing/anxiety response away, anyways.
>
> Good luck to you!

 

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