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Well, it seems like I finally found out what is wrong with me. It seems I am a victim of caffeine intoxication. Could be wrong, but I don't see what else it could be.
Remember when I used to get really bad "anxiety attacks" and pass out a lot in high school? That was when I was also consuming a lot of caffeine products with little food. Then I just kind of stopped drinking soft drinks and that's also when these attacks stopped.. drank my juice and water. Never made the connection, so I never even mentioned it to doctors.. nor did they ask.
I've been drinking coffee regularly for only about a year now, but have also kept a healthy diet while doing it. This past week I've been eating something small about once a day, So today I consumed a whole WHOLE lot of caffeine with only an apple to eat, and about thirty minutes later my heart was a bit speedy and what not. Then after every hour, it kept getting more intense. My heart felt like it was going to explode, I was nauseated, dizzy, my arms and feet were going numb, I was soo nervous, my face was flushed, restless, blah blah blah.. and then at work.. i just fell to the ground.
I was awake when they put me in the ambulance and I tried my best to get them to let me go. But by law, they couldn't let me out because my heart rate was jumping from 120-200 in seconds (normal rate for a 20 year old female is 80). So of course, they didn't believe this was just stress and caffeine. No.. they thought it was drugs, mostly cocaine. So finally they talked me into going to the hospital, but by the time I got there my heart rate already dropped to about 100-110.. which still isn't good but not life threatening. So I get in there. refuse any kind of care that would cost me a fortune. sign a paper saying i cant sue them if i die. i leave. go back to work. heart still flapping everywhere. this would make it about 5 hours and still no relief. watch a movie before i drive home to relax me. doesn't work. and still right now, my heart rate is up and I still feel sick and dizzy. and this would make it 9 hours of symptoms. crazy? probably.
but i can't afford the care, and I know it will pass.
but it's making me ultra depressed. i just want to cry.
But the doctor did tell me that the reason this was so extreme was not only because of the large amounts of caffeine consumed, but also that I was very stressed out.. which I was. and since caffeine intoxication is almost exactly like an anxiety attack.. he said there was a good chance that i was experiencing both. which if no drugs were taken (i wouldnt let them take a blood test, so they didn't know), that would be the only reason my heart rate would go crazy like it did.
so I'm just going to assume that most of these "anxiety attacks" were not anxiety attacks at all.. because more often than not, I was never that stressed out during them.. with the exception of today.
but this does not explain my attacks caused by remembering dreams... that one is still a mystery.
Remember when I used to get really bad "anxiety attacks" and pass out a lot in high school? That was when I was also consuming a lot of caffeine products with little food. Then I just kind of stopped drinking soft drinks and that's also when these attacks stopped.. drank my juice and water. Never made the connection, so I never even mentioned it to doctors.. nor did they ask.
I've been drinking coffee regularly for only about a year now, but have also kept a healthy diet while doing it. This past week I've been eating something small about once a day, So today I consumed a whole WHOLE lot of caffeine with only an apple to eat, and about thirty minutes later my heart was a bit speedy and what not. Then after every hour, it kept getting more intense. My heart felt like it was going to explode, I was nauseated, dizzy, my arms and feet were going numb, I was soo nervous, my face was flushed, restless, blah blah blah.. and then at work.. i just fell to the ground.
I was awake when they put me in the ambulance and I tried my best to get them to let me go. But by law, they couldn't let me out because my heart rate was jumping from 120-200 in seconds (normal rate for a 20 year old female is 80). So of course, they didn't believe this was just stress and caffeine. No.. they thought it was drugs, mostly cocaine. So finally they talked me into going to the hospital, but by the time I got there my heart rate already dropped to about 100-110.. which still isn't good but not life threatening. So I get in there. refuse any kind of care that would cost me a fortune. sign a paper saying i cant sue them if i die. i leave. go back to work. heart still flapping everywhere. this would make it about 5 hours and still no relief. watch a movie before i drive home to relax me. doesn't work. and still right now, my heart rate is up and I still feel sick and dizzy. and this would make it 9 hours of symptoms. crazy? probably.
but i can't afford the care, and I know it will pass.
but it's making me ultra depressed. i just want to cry.
But the doctor did tell me that the reason this was so extreme was not only because of the large amounts of caffeine consumed, but also that I was very stressed out.. which I was. and since caffeine intoxication is almost exactly like an anxiety attack.. he said there was a good chance that i was experiencing both. which if no drugs were taken (i wouldnt let them take a blood test, so they didn't know), that would be the only reason my heart rate would go crazy like it did.
so I'm just going to assume that most of these "anxiety attacks" were not anxiety attacks at all.. because more often than not, I was never that stressed out during them.. with the exception of today.
but this does not explain my attacks caused by remembering dreams... that one is still a mystery.