Do you also trigger while trying to exercise? I have had pretty intense panic attacks while trying to work. to the point of having dizziness, weakness, closing throat feelings, the works! Pretty shitty stuff. 15 minutes later, you are absolutely normal and feeling bummed and sometimes embarrassed as well.
I would also not wish a panic attack to my worst enemy.
What I'm trying to do now is short walks and getting more 'confidence'. I think what gets us/me is the "what if I trigger" thing.
So, going slow helps build a little of confidence. That's my current plan, at least. I know an attack is bound to happen, and I will not win every time, but I'm not gonna be deterred by it. I know exercise helps a ton.
I had those exact symptoms from not eating sufficients amounts of salt combined with not drinking enough water. Now I aim for 7 grams of table salt per day. Low sodium symptoms are indistinguishable from "feeling like you are dying."
Have you been checked out for asthma? It could be exercise induced asthma. I used to suffer from these symptoms a lot, finally broke down and asked my doctor about trying an albuterol inhaler - which has nearly cured it, as long as I remember to use it prior to exercise.
Yeah, it's not that. Just plain anxiety. Can happen even without exercising by becoming overly excited or worked up about something as well. It sucks, but getting better each day.
If my anxiety is okay, or even if it's bad and I've taken a SOS medicine, I literally become infinite (in strength, endurance).
This was the case for me too! :) I really hated running at the start because it triggered anxiety. In the end it turned out to be a blessing because it provided me with basically a safe (not socially connected etc) way to activate it at my own comfort and degree I was comfortable with and basically feel like my twisted up brain connections got smoothed out by doing it for a while. (Basically exposure therapy as you mention.) Lions mane may have been part of helping too but idk.
