Panic Attacks

[LessThanV 4]

Hi

I'm getting panic attacks and I'm wondering if anyone else is too? I think it might be Vitamin related. Here is my story, so far.

I had one panic attack when I was heavy in 2005 or so. I had surgery in 2007, I was a model patient and got below my goal weight. I went through a divorce and by 2010 I was alone. I started going out with friends and not eating right, not taking Vitamins, drinking alcohol, etc. I had my second panic attach in 2012. I felt my heart racing and was convinced I was having a heart attack and that just spiraled into a full blown panic attack. I went to the ER, nothing was the matter with my heart, in fact it wasn't racing at all, it was normal. They diagnosed panic attack and recommended psychologist.

Since then I have had panic attacks on a regular basis with one big one sending me to the ER annually. It all starts with a vibration in my chest, a flutter I feel in my heart, tightness in my chest, restlessness and the feeling I'm going to have a heart attack. When I go to the ER they always calm me down and show me my heart is just fine.

Last night I had a panic attack that should have sent me to the ER, but I took my pulse and it was 53. Earlier at the doctor office it was 58. So I did some breathing and after an hour and a half was able to go back to sleep. My doctor referred me to a cardiologist and a full lab panel.

I've been slacking on my vitamins since September and eating wrong food, so that's why I'm thinking its a vitamin deficiency.

Anyone else have this happen? Thanks for any kind of insight.

[James Marusek 5,244]

You might be right. A lack of B12 can cause heart palpitations. Or it might be a lack of other Vitamins. After RNY gastric bypass surgery, you body no longer synthesizes Vitamins from the food you eat. This is for the rest of your life. Therefore if you do not follow the Vitamin regiment, it can lead to trouble. The simplest thing to do is get back on the regiment and see if this problem goes away.