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Slickie
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Hello all!
I've had general anxiety for about five months now and I've been dealing with it rather well, all things considered. Up until now, I have about one panic attack a month and I'm following an anti-anxiety program.
However, I've recently had two panic attacks within 12 hours and I think the trigger might be a gas/bloating problem. I'm not sure if the gas is causing the anxiety or the anxiety is causing the gas. If anyone is familiar with both areas, I'd really appreciate the help.
For the last 2 days, I've been feeling strangely bloated. I also have a constant feeling of gas trying to come up my throat. It's that feeling you get right before you burp normally, but instead of lasting only a second, it's been lasting this entire time. It's like a burp I just can't get out of my system!
Occasionally I do manage to burp and I get a strange relief out of it. I'm not sure if that's because they help or if it's all in the mind. Another thing I've noticed, and again I'm not sure if this was always the case but I've only now just picked up on it, but whenever I take a drink of water I burp. I can keep myself from burping but it's actually harder not to burp than to burp after each and every single sip.
Sometimes it's barely noticeable and other times it isn't. It doesn't really interfere with life except when I exercise. I currently weigh 210 pounRAB, down from 225 after I started eating better and exercising daily three months ago. However, when I exercise, the tightness in my throat and that feeling that sometimes wants to come up my esophagus makes it hard for me to breathe. This led to a panic attack yesterday. I also had one this morning that actually woke me up in a complete, shivering panic. It was the rudest awakening of my life.
I've only been having this problem for a couple of days so I'm hoping it's only a temporary 'obsession' - on previous occasions I've gone through 3-5 day perioRAB where I obsess over a bodily function and become hyper-aware of it. Previously, I've had phases of hyper-awareness of breathing, heart rate, and a short fixation on mild chest pains. After the better part of a week, they faded away and I returned to normal for two or three weeks until the next bout of anxiety. However, I'm wondering if anyone has any experience or knowledge about a link between anxiety/panic and the stomach/esophagus.
Thank you!
I've had general anxiety for about five months now and I've been dealing with it rather well, all things considered. Up until now, I have about one panic attack a month and I'm following an anti-anxiety program.
However, I've recently had two panic attacks within 12 hours and I think the trigger might be a gas/bloating problem. I'm not sure if the gas is causing the anxiety or the anxiety is causing the gas. If anyone is familiar with both areas, I'd really appreciate the help.
For the last 2 days, I've been feeling strangely bloated. I also have a constant feeling of gas trying to come up my throat. It's that feeling you get right before you burp normally, but instead of lasting only a second, it's been lasting this entire time. It's like a burp I just can't get out of my system!
Occasionally I do manage to burp and I get a strange relief out of it. I'm not sure if that's because they help or if it's all in the mind. Another thing I've noticed, and again I'm not sure if this was always the case but I've only now just picked up on it, but whenever I take a drink of water I burp. I can keep myself from burping but it's actually harder not to burp than to burp after each and every single sip.
Sometimes it's barely noticeable and other times it isn't. It doesn't really interfere with life except when I exercise. I currently weigh 210 pounRAB, down from 225 after I started eating better and exercising daily three months ago. However, when I exercise, the tightness in my throat and that feeling that sometimes wants to come up my esophagus makes it hard for me to breathe. This led to a panic attack yesterday. I also had one this morning that actually woke me up in a complete, shivering panic. It was the rudest awakening of my life.
I've only been having this problem for a couple of days so I'm hoping it's only a temporary 'obsession' - on previous occasions I've gone through 3-5 day perioRAB where I obsess over a bodily function and become hyper-aware of it. Previously, I've had phases of hyper-awareness of breathing, heart rate, and a short fixation on mild chest pains. After the better part of a week, they faded away and I returned to normal for two or three weeks until the next bout of anxiety. However, I'm wondering if anyone has any experience or knowledge about a link between anxiety/panic and the stomach/esophagus.
Thank you!