billy73
08-27-2007, 11:25 PM
ok, please help me. i have had GAD/OCD/Panic for awhile. i am 34 and have developed some great coping skills.
i am also in the medical field, but not psych-oriented. this might sound dumb, but i need to vent. (i am new here).
ok, so i am in the medical field and do a lot of blood draws/procedures. i don't mind blood. get this, i was in the OR the other day and all of a sudden i got light-headed, racing heart, and felt like i was going down. what?!
now, i am scared that i will drop the next time i have to perform this procedure! i was watching someone do this new procedure that i will have to do and i got light-headed and such. not a full-blown panic attack, but tingles, racing heart, etc. it makes no sense.
can i actually hit the floor from vaso-vagal response from all this?
i mean, i have never been like this. this is my career!!! why on earth did this just pop-up out of the blue. it's like a pilot suddenly being afraid to fly.
i cannot see ANY reason why aside from my brain is broken from OCD/anxiety.
i have myself all worked-up now. i can't avoid this phobia when the feared object is part of my job.
i only hope that i get through the procedure without hitting the floor and over time i will "get back on the saddle" again.
so, do you think i could vaso-vagal? or just feel like this because of anxiety?
thoughts?
i am also in the medical field, but not psych-oriented. this might sound dumb, but i need to vent. (i am new here).
ok, so i am in the medical field and do a lot of blood draws/procedures. i don't mind blood. get this, i was in the OR the other day and all of a sudden i got light-headed, racing heart, and felt like i was going down. what?!
now, i am scared that i will drop the next time i have to perform this procedure! i was watching someone do this new procedure that i will have to do and i got light-headed and such. not a full-blown panic attack, but tingles, racing heart, etc. it makes no sense.
can i actually hit the floor from vaso-vagal response from all this?
i mean, i have never been like this. this is my career!!! why on earth did this just pop-up out of the blue. it's like a pilot suddenly being afraid to fly.
i cannot see ANY reason why aside from my brain is broken from OCD/anxiety.
i have myself all worked-up now. i can't avoid this phobia when the feared object is part of my job.
i only hope that i get through the procedure without hitting the floor and over time i will "get back on the saddle" again.
so, do you think i could vaso-vagal? or just feel like this because of anxiety?
thoughts?