Panic Attacks

Menopause and Panic Attacks: What’s the Connection?

Published in: Anxiety, how to get through a panic attack, menopause and panic attacks, Panic Attacks

Your hands tremble, your chest heaves, you're sweating and clammy and feel like you're having nervous breakdown or a heart attack. You feel out of control and detached from the world. (FYI, the chest pain from a panic attack usually feels like a sharp or stabbing, localized pain in the mid-chest area, while pain from a heart attack is usually a pressure or squeezing sensation that can radiate … [Read more...] about Menopause and Panic Attacks: What’s the Connection?

Menopause and Anxiety: The Connection

Published in: Anxiety, Anxiety and Menopause, Mood swings, Panic Attacks, Stress and menopause, Why you feel stressed

Menopause. Yes, it takes away your period - for good. And considering that the average number you've had in your lifetime hovers somewhere around 450, you might be happy to say buh-bye. But in return, menopause ushers in some other things you might not be so happy about: anxiety, depression, mood swings, panic attacks. That wild roller-coaster of high-pitched emotional craziness. If you … [Read more...] about Menopause and Anxiety: The Connection

Menopause and Anxiety (Revisited)

Published in: Anxiety, brain health, Depression, estrogen, Exercise, Memory, Memory Loss, Menopause, mental health, Midlife, Panic Attacks, perimenopause, Sleep, sleep disorders

DOES THIS SOUND VAGUELY FAMILIAR? ..."Crippling anxiety, sleep issues, panic attacks, lack of energy, weight gain, intense sweating, no sex drive dry hair and brittle nails." – Just a few of the 219 comments expressed by women from around the globe in response to a 2011 blog I wrote titled, "Menopause and Anxiety" for HealthyWomen.org. It turns out anxiety is not the only thing about … [Read more...] about Menopause and Anxiety (Revisited)

Menopause and Anxiety – A Connection?

Published in: Aging, Anxiety, Anxiety and Menopause, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Happiness, Health, Menopause, Midlife, Panic Attacks

Note: I'm bringing you this post from my other blog, MidlifeMatters, which runs on healthywomen.org. It first hit the website in 2011, and attracted lots of eyeballs and comments. And a lot of women were relieved and comforted, feeling like "it" was not all in their head. (Midlife Dictionary: It (used to represent a vague sense of unease, only understood by women of a certain age, about to be … [Read more...] about Menopause and Anxiety – A Connection?

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