ali south

the gits!

Fiona&malc

The last few weeks before you go as always the worst.. i think thats when the reality of it all sets in, along with feelings of excitment, dread, anguish andthen excitment again. No wonder your heart goes a bit fast !!!
i hope you are feeling much better now, take deep breaths and slow down, easy said i know
kalms worked wonders for me before i left finished a bottle in a few days, but it slowed the heart rate down, and took away the machine machine in my stomach

hope you are alright now.. k on its way to you

sel

Sent you some "chilling" karma ... glad you are ok

Professional Princess

You poor thing!

Sometimes life has a way of catching up with you and your body's response is to think 'sod this' Ive had enough and exactly what happened to you is a way of saying 'slow down'.

I know when Ive had too much on my plate, Ive actually wanted to leave and not tell anyone, no joke. When things get too much for me, my immediate reaction is to pack a bag, tell nobody where im going and go somewhere. Its not a rational thought, but its the old 'flight or fight response'

Try and be kiind to yourself, this is such a stressful time for anyone going through it.

No matter what you have to do in the day, take half an hour out to lie down and chill, do what you would normally do to relax, read your fav. magazine, etc. Have that bit of 'normal life' to cling on to, to keep you grounded.

And when you feel like its getting too much, stop what you're doing and sit down with a cuppa.

You mustnt ignore your body when its telling you to stop.

I know just what you are going through, except mine was for different reasons.

And if you look after yourself, keep yourself calm, you will get through it.

You ever fancy a chat, you can PM me.

Because I know what stress can do.

Take care

Love Sam

floss

It sounds like you have been having a rollercoaster of a ride - I used to and occasionally still do get panic attacks, although so far I have been lucky and they have been mild.... but then again, we haven't even got the house on the market yet, so I'd better touch wood!!!

As daft as it sounds I did find the paper bag trick helps at the beginning of an attack.... you re-breath your own air and this brings the oxygen levels (which have skyrocketed because highly stressed people breath too deeply and too often) back within normal limits... I was told it is the high levels of oxygen which can cause the faintness, palpitations, sweatiness and shaking.... Also helps to not feel that you have to be helpless if you feel one coming on.

Good idea to reduce the intake of tea/coffee... when I am stressed I drink tea by the gallon and wonder why I end up feeling shaky!!!!

Let your hubby take over some of the worrying, but be sure to turn over and go back to sleep when HE wakes up with palpitations!!!!

Anyway, good luck and let us know how you go.....

Mrs Jackaroo

Thanks ever so much everyone for the posts, pm's and karma - its really cheered me up! Hubby has been great and isn't letting me have anything to do with the house sale (or rent whichever happens first!) and has given me strict orders to relax. Poor bugger I think he was worried sick last night. At least I'll know what to expect next time (assuming there is a next time) and hopefully I'll be able to cope with it a lot better! Thanks again - very touching.

Advice taken onboard thanks! I've been out to Tesco and stocked up on Kalms for both the day and for sleeping!

Perthforme

Get well soon

pompeywill

I've never suffered with stress before, never really understood people that did. But I tell you what I'm feeling it now.
I wake up thinking about Aus stuff, house sale, packers, family, work (I could go on) and end up with a headache all day and accomplish nothing.

I think I'm going mad

Mrs Jackaroo

Ain't that the truth! My heart seems to be permanently on high speed and I flit from one problem to the next to the next! Nice to hear (in a sick sort of way!) that we're all going through the same anxieties!

glittababe

can completely understand. Hubby is fit and well but he collapsed on 19th August with renal colic (kidney stones). Its our medicals next week, how unlucky is that??????

Mrs Jackaroo

Oh bloody hell. Poor sod! Hope hes doing ok now and good luck with the meds!

glittababe

Ahh it seems to be one of many probs that are testing us at the moment! I feel panicky and on edge all the time which isn't good, working long hrs (61 last week), kids go back to school, international signed for haven't delievered our PCC's and form 1022 to our CO yet and when I called the GPO they said "you have to wait 25 days before you can claim"! Wasn't worried about that, our CO has only given us till Oct 6th to get everything to him. Had to resend off for PCC's today and they can take up to 40 days to get back!!!! :scared: Certainly pushing it! That plus other stuff is finally taking its toll on us!

Mrs Jackaroo

I'm with you glittababe. I think its the timetable thing that stresses you out more than anything. Ours at the moment is thinking about whether to continue trying to sell or rent. If we sell when would we want to complete?! If we rent from which date would we rent it?! With either of those when would we send our furniture?! Should we send it early to make sure we have it for christmas (but leave us with nothing for a few weeks here!) or send two weeks before we leave and visit family for those two weeks. Then its the worry of whether hubbies redundancy money will arrive on time - if it doesnt how will we fund things and how will we get the money across when it does arrive etc etc etc ......... blah blah blah....... better stop now - panic setting in!

Now... wheres that bottle of kalms gone?.......

Good luck with your timetable!

BESWETAJ

BP ^ , palpitations, sweaty palms, deep breath and relax, just like you breathe when in labour, it'll calm you, awful though when something happens that you have no control over, hope you little girl was ok too being alone with you like that. Soon you'll be the other side of the world - how exciting.

The Poet

jacknat

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hey, hope your ok

try a few red stripes, they work for me

seriously tho take care x

steve