Anxiety or Sleep Apnea?
I suffer from anxiety disorder and am in the middle of controlling it. I usually get dizzy, nausea and short of breath (on a bad day). Lately I have been feeling pretty alright still with short of breath but not so bad. Sometimes when I’m trying to fall asleep I seem to gasp for air, I don’t know if I am actually gasping or just waking my self up. This doesn’t happen every night (that I notice). I live in a basement with one window and think that maybe it might also be becasue it can get stuffy down here. I’ve been keeping the window open a crack (too cold to leave it wide open) and I find it hasn’t happened.
My doctor has requested a test that I put on my finger at night to test my oxygen levels, still waiting for the hospital to call me to pick up the equippment.
Do you think it is anxiety, apnea, or the stuffiness??
I have taken St. John’s Wort, it helped for a bit but then felt like it was doing nothing, I stopped taking it.
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Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.
Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI – Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There’s this strange herb called "St John’s Wort" – it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John’s Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced… you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior – Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction… There are several other techniques to help cope them!
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i just read a statistic. people who have anxiety obviously worry a lot…why worry!?! 98% of the bad things you think will happen NEVER DO!!! funny huh!? relax eat right take a walk…help others. wake up in the morning and take the time to reflect on how you want to live your day and be happy!!!! :)
Practice yoga exercise regularly. Meditation is also good for day-to-day life. Go for walking for one hour daily in the morning. Don’t go to doctor. Just try my advice for one week. Then let me know your health condition. my mail address:Rajubalasubramanian@yahoo.com