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Hi all,
I've been lurking this sub for a few months but this is my first time posting.
It's been really helpful to me to hear about other people's challenges and successes.
I want to ask everyone about today is there thoughts on building an exercise regimen and sticking to it through an anxiety disorder.
For about the last year-and-a-half I've been trying to be consistent about having a healthier diet and exercise program. Little over a year ago I ended up in the emergency room twice with heart attack like conditions.it wasn't really surprising to me given that I'm about 120 pounds overweight with a history of heart disease in my family. Both times the doctors weren't able to see any damage and my EKGs came back fine. Eventually I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder and what I thought had been heart attacks were actually severe panic attacks.
Now I'm on appropriate medication and I've made a number of changes to my workload and lifestyle. Most days my anxiety is a lot better. I'd really only have light symptoms most days. Nervousness, tingling in the extremities, worrisome thoughts. But if I've had a rough day or things just aren't going right it can ramp up very quickly.
One of the times that it consistently seems to be elevated is when I exercise. My last major panic attack that sent me into the ER was at the gym. I know logically I'm doing the right thing and I'm not in any danger but a lot of times when I get to the gym or walk on my own I start feeling that sense of dread, parts of my body go numb or tingle, my heart starts palpitating, and I get this severe sense of danger.
So I guess what I'm asking is are there any of you out there who have similar issues? If so have you had success dealing with them and how? I want to keep making healthier decisions. I need to keep making healthy decisions. But this anxiety has made it a lot harder than it has been in the past. Any thoughts are appreciated.
Thanks.
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