Was this an anxiety attack?

[klryder02]

I have never viewed myself as a anxious/nervous person...but who knows!

This morning, while I was in the shower, I started to feel dizzy. I stood there for a second, and I started seeing these black stars (only way I can think to describe it). Then I realized I needed to get out of the shower, and started washing the conditioner out of my hair. I started breathing heavy, and for a few seconds, the black stars completely filled my vision.

I got out of the shower (still couldn't see) and started yelling my husbands name. When he came in, he said I was breathing really heavy, and just told me to lay down.

After laying down for a new minutes, everything went away.

Anyone ever had something like this happen to you? What is an anxiety attack anyway...and can they happen at any time?

[PGLGreg]

Something like that has happened to me a few times. I thought it was low blood pressure and never worried about it. The heavy breathing could be from anxiety (at seeing stars!).

[johnnys84]

That usually happens to me the first couple of days after I am disconnected from the chemo pump. For some reason it always seems to happen only when I am in the shower.

[klryder02]

I talked to the nurse today, and she said it was probably a mix of not eating enough and not having enough fluids in my system.

Makes sense considering I had donuts for breakfast the morning before, and didn't have a real dinner.

She did say it sounds like I was about to faint. I didn't even think about that!

Well, lesson learned.

[Jeremiah]

Yeah, was getting ready to say we need a bit more information. Things like that can be low blood sugar issues, plain fatigue, symptoms from chemo and/or cancer, other illnesses, etc..

Get to feeling better