Sunny Days
01-20-2012, 06:51 AM
Hi all.
I just wanted to let you know something I experienced yesterday. My bad panic attacks happened in August 2010 and continued for a couple months. After I learned a great deal about them and I got my diet right, I stopped having them. I still had/have general anxiety but that is much different and easier to get through then the panic attacks.
Yesterday I ate lunch at 11:30 AM at work and by about 1:45 PM I began having what I think was a panic attack. I started feeling really hot and sweaty, that feeling of doom came over me and my heart started racing. I work for a medical facility and I walked down to speak with our RN to ask her what she thought it was. Knowing my history she told me I was most likely anxious and to walk it off. I did. I walked around the building a little bit and I drank water. I got out of work at 3:30 PM. I kept thinking what could of happened, and I realized that I switched my lunch meat last Sunday at the grocery store. I normally buy fresh meat from the deli (the all natural turkey without preservatives). Well this past week I was lazy and grabbed the pre-packaged Oscar Mayer mesquite turkey breast meat without even thinking. Sure enough, when I read the package last night it has Sodium Nitrite in the ingredients. This is a chemical, and I've read it can contain about 14% MSG in it as well. My body is definitely sensitve to chemicals (which is also the reason why I took myself off of synthetic hormones/birth control pills). I am pretty sure this was the cause of my attack yesterday. All evening I drank water and I threw that turkey meat right out!!
I just wanted to remind everyone that I believe diet can play a roll in these high adrenaline/panic attack episodes. I try to stay clear away from foods with alot of chemicals/too much sugar/caffeine etc.
I just wanted to let you know something I experienced yesterday. My bad panic attacks happened in August 2010 and continued for a couple months. After I learned a great deal about them and I got my diet right, I stopped having them. I still had/have general anxiety but that is much different and easier to get through then the panic attacks.
Yesterday I ate lunch at 11:30 AM at work and by about 1:45 PM I began having what I think was a panic attack. I started feeling really hot and sweaty, that feeling of doom came over me and my heart started racing. I work for a medical facility and I walked down to speak with our RN to ask her what she thought it was. Knowing my history she told me I was most likely anxious and to walk it off. I did. I walked around the building a little bit and I drank water. I got out of work at 3:30 PM. I kept thinking what could of happened, and I realized that I switched my lunch meat last Sunday at the grocery store. I normally buy fresh meat from the deli (the all natural turkey without preservatives). Well this past week I was lazy and grabbed the pre-packaged Oscar Mayer mesquite turkey breast meat without even thinking. Sure enough, when I read the package last night it has Sodium Nitrite in the ingredients. This is a chemical, and I've read it can contain about 14% MSG in it as well. My body is definitely sensitve to chemicals (which is also the reason why I took myself off of synthetic hormones/birth control pills). I am pretty sure this was the cause of my attack yesterday. All evening I drank water and I threw that turkey meat right out!!
I just wanted to remind everyone that I believe diet can play a roll in these high adrenaline/panic attack episodes. I try to stay clear away from foods with alot of chemicals/too much sugar/caffeine etc.