Anxiety Attacks????

[TaraKaye 44]

Has anyone had anxiety attacks after being banded? Prior to the mushie stage my last night of liquid which I was very excited for, in the middle of the night I was awaken from deep sleep by an anxiety attack. I've never had this before. The next night fine then tonight after eating I was relaxing while watching a comedy show and suddenly my heart started racing and I went into a full blown attack. I'm calling the Dr on Monday but wanted to see if this may be common?

[dawalsh 919]

Definitely call the doctor. I was banded 12/28 and never have had an anxiety attack. Good luck!

[elcee 3,342]

Hormones, low Iron. something else low?

[parisshel 1,892]

Are you taking any new medications or vitamines--even natural stuff? You could be having a reaction to a new substance.

[m1aman 944]

Are you sure it was an anxiety attack? How are your blood glucose levels?

[hely88 883]

All good questions and good advice to call you doctor. Please make sure to let us know what you find out! Feel better!

[mrsto 2,925]

I haven't had a full blown panic attack since being banded, but I have had some racing heart episodes. Especially when waking up in the morning. I'm going to keep an eye on it for a few more days, because last night I transitioned from mushy/soft food to ground turkey; thus starting myself back on good old animal Protein (yeah!). Interestingly, this morning I didn't have the same racing that I've had over the past weeks since surgery. I don't know if there is a correlation, but generally I'm not one who does well on a vegetarian type of diet. My body requires some sort of meat Protein, whether it be fish, chicken, beef, etc. So I'm thinking that possibly the racing has been a blood sugar issue. I don't really know, but I will watch over the next few days, as this type of protein is added back.

My other thought on the panic attacks, is that possibly there is a lot of underlying fear with this life change. It's huge! I don't know......just throwing out some ideas. I have a lot of underlying fear with this, especially when I read some of the posts on this site. I'm happy on one hand, then freaked out that this thing might bite me in the ass at a later date. It's a lot to take on, physically and emotionally.

Now....with ALL that being said, I think you should call your doctor. Whatever the collective "our" experiences are, everyone has individual issues; health and otherwise. It's best that your doctor rule out anything more serious. And I hope for your sake that the panic attacks don't continue. I know how HORRIBLE and out of control they feel. The worst!

[mrsto 2,925]

All good questions and good advice to call you doctor. Please make sure to let us know what you find out! Feel better!

YES - please let us know.

[LadyDreadHead 90]

Has anyone had anxiety attacks after being banded? Prior to the mushie stage my last night of liquid which I was very excited for, in the middle of the night I was awaken from deep sleep by an anxiety attack. I've never had this before. The next night fine then tonight after eating I was relaxing while watching a comedy show and suddenly my heart started racing and I went into a full blown attack. I'm calling the Dr on Monday but wanted to see if this may be common?

I have an anxiety disorder. I did notice an increase in anxiety for a week or so following surgery. It was a major life change. So, I expected that there would be more anxiety following it. I am on Buspar for anxiety and just made sure I took my medication regularly. Is it possible that you had an undiagnosed anxiety issue prior to surgery? I haven't had a full blown attack in a while. However, I know the symptoms and take measures to relax when those symptoms appear.

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[line-dancer 810]

I think we all have a tendency of thinking everyone is in perfect health and taking no medication when we try to someone. What meds are you taking? anything for anxiety? diebets? heart? anxiety shouldn't wake you from a sleep I wouldn't think. Let us know what the doctor says it could be so many things just the less food will change your body's reaction.

[TaraKaye 44]

The Doctor believes it may have been an electrolyte imbalance. But says since it happened during the night could be my sub conscience dealing with things I am not i.e....change! I haven't had anymore so that's a good thing.

[Peaceful1 110]

I'm so glad someone brought this up. I have an anxiety disorder, and after being banded, my anxiety has certainly increased. The racing heartbeat I don't experience too often, but often right before I go to sleep, I'll have anxiety about the band...ugh. hope u feel better.

[TaraKaye 44]

I'm so glad someone brought this up. I have an anxiety disorder' date=' and after being banded, my anxiety has certainly increased. The racing heartbeat I don't experience too often, but often right before I go to sleep, I'll have anxiety about the band...ugh. hope u feel better.[/quote']

I am doing much better but it still occurs from time to time. I think because I can't see what's inside bugs the most. I'm very visual so not seeing if things are good that's making me nuts I can assume all is good though since I'm not having other issues. I hope yours gets better too!!! It's scary when it happens