i have been suffering with anxiety since just before christmas, I had my first panic attack on holiday with my family ( no cause or trigger) i was scared out of my mind and had no idea what was happening and thought i was having a heart attack. exactly 1 month (to the day) after that episode i was in the shower and had another panic attack out of the blue. ever since then i have been constantly struggling with anxiety and get nauseous almost every day, i am shaky and feel weak after minor tasks, my head feels likes its in a bubble and i have trouble concentrating. i can't handle normal day to day stresses and everything is overwhelming for me. the scariest part of this is i have no real triggers and i feel like it creeps up at any moment. I have suffered with mild depression before but never anxiety and this has completely knocked me off my feet. I am normally a strong and happy go lucky type of person and i don't recognize myself anymore. i have seen my GP and had blood tests to rule out any underlying medical symptoms and my results have come back and said my potassium levels are high, does any one have experience or knowledge with high potassium and anxiety? my other concern is my IUD (Mirena) that i have had fitted for 5 years has expired due to be changed next week i have read up alot of horror stories about mirena causing anxiety although i have had mine for the full 5 years and never had panic attacks. is it possible that the hormones have run out causing an early crash? i am just trying to get a hold of what this is and i know perhaps i am just suffering with an anxiety disorder but anything that could help me to piece it all together and get a hold of it would be so helpful. thank you for taking the time to read my story.
ive sufferd from anxiety fir 20 years and i have the same coil ! never heard of the coil causeing panic attacks ! i had mine replaced couple weeks ago yes its a bit uncomfortable and had light bleeding fir couple days but now id never know its been replaced xxx
hi lisa, thanks so much for taking the time to reply. have a you heard of the mirena crash? i’ve heard many stories of women having a hormonal crash after having their mirena removed. like i said in my post my anxiety only seems to have crept up as my coil has expired. I am thinking of replacing with a non-hormonal (copper coil) as I haven’t had the best experience with Mirena. thanks again for your response.
im lucky ive had no problems with my coil !! hope you feel more calmer when u get it changed xxxx