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Every once in a while when the kids start acting up and I'm dealing with it, suddenly I have to stop and lay down catch my breath now cause I am freaking out or anything I don't even get a chance to yell, I get overcome by nausea and sweat and heart racing. Can this mean anything?
Hi..Thanks for the query. Can I know what is your age? prima facie what you are describing are symptoms suggestive of situational anxiety. Anxiety is nothing but an unpleasant physical & mental state caused by fears about vaguely unfavourable future events/outcomes. Anxiety can manifest like feelings of heart racing, nausea, sweating (your symptoms) dry mouth, tingling numbness, urge to pass urine etc. Sometimes anxiety may rise rapidly up to the extent of fears of impending death which may require emergency room visits & false alarms!! Now, your symptoms might be plainly due to anxiety disorder or they might be a component of depressive episode. Hence I would like you to visit your primary care doctor, discuss these symptoms in detail & get your evaluated for anxiety disorder/depressive episode. Secondly there are anxiolytic medications of benzodiazepine class like etizolam, clonazepam etc. which are used on sos basis for rapid relief of unpleasant anxiety symptoms. Additionally based on your diagnosis medications of SSRI group like escitalopram, sertraline will help you in complete relief from symptoms. Good Luck
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Hi..Thanks for the query. Can I know what is your age? prima facie what you are describing are symptoms suggestive of situational anxiety. Anxiety is nothing but an unpleasant physical & mental state caused by fears about vaguely unfavourable future events/outcomes. Anxiety can manifest like feelings of heart racing, nausea, sweating (your symptoms) dry mouth, tingling numbness, urge to pass urine etc. Sometimes anxiety may rise rapidly up to the extent of fears of impending death which may require emergency room visits & false alarms!! Now, your symptoms might be plainly due to anxiety disorder or they might be a component of depressive episode. Hence I would like you to visit your primary care doctor, discuss these symptoms in detail & get your evaluated for anxiety disorder/depressive episode. Secondly there are anxiolytic medications of benzodiazepine class like etizolam, clonazepam etc. which are used on sos basis for rapid relief of unpleasant anxiety symptoms. Additionally based on your diagnosis medications of SSRI group like escitalopram, sertraline will help you in complete relief from symptoms. Good Luck