Anxiety and Hot Flushes
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- Опубліковано 25 січ 2022
- Anxiety and hot flushes (hot flashes) seem to go hand in hand. But why does anxiety cause hot flashes or cold flashes (anxiety chills). This video explains what causes hot flushes and the part the play in panic attacks, health anxiety, GAD and social anxiety
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This is something that has plagued me for many, many years. It's only in recent times I've discovered that it is just one of several visible physical sensations brought on by the release of adrenaline and cortisol as part of an anxiety disorder. Fearing it and trying to stop it only makes it worse, as Martin tells us. I just do my best to let it all come and surrender to it, although I still do fear the reactions of those around me who see it. Great video Martin , along with all the others of yours I have watched so far.
You are the best! I am 85 look act 65 lifelong chronic pain severe anxiety have many ops etc and physical symtoms from health anxiety is the worst, often no triggers widow 30 years live alone feel unsafe do all self help behaviour doesn’t help often no triggers!
Martin I have no idea why your not more popular I just watched ur panic attacks videos and I swear just listening to u talk about it... and realizing that I have been doing it for so long I have no idea why u have not blown up on youtube because I'm going to send this to everyone I know who has panic attacks and anxiety... I hope u understand that I think u just changed my life and I am forever greatful
Thank you so much. It is a constant source of frustration to me that despite all the great feedback I get my channel growth is very slow. You tube is just not showing them to people despite my analytics showing good retention time and click through rates. My viewers sharing my videos could really help me with my channel growth so thank you for doing that. Good luck in your anxiety journey. CBT does change lives so please everyone spread the word.
@@TheAnxietyAttic hey Martin idk if you care or not I haven't watched all of your videos but if you recall I was having panic attacks racing heart well I also developed vertigo dizziness and a load of other symptoms after dealing with this for a little over 2 months now... begging doctors to fix me they realized my vitamin d was super low.. like 7 and minimum acceptable is 30 hahaha have you ever looked at vitamin d and the effects it has on anxiety depression.. because I think this is also playing a huge factor in my life... would love to know your thoughts
@@bigbosstime1885 Thats interesting. I did make a video on supplements including vitamin D. ua-cam.com/video/2wQIyx8P4sg/v-deo.html. The evidence was that it can help but the effect is small but that of course is for a large sample size. It doesn't mean it is not of benefit to the individual especially if your vitamin D levels are really low. Let me know over the next few months how your anxiety is when you keep your levels up.
@@TheAnxietyAttic will do I'm currently on week 3 of 50,000 iu vitamin d2 they want me on it for 10 weeks I will let u know I hope that after all this I get some answers
@@bigbosstime1885 Is that 50,000 IU per week or per day?
I'm really feeling hot while sleeping and also wierd type of feeling in head at the moment when I wake up
It's really wired for me 🤧
Yeah so typical - this is what happened to me recently. Anyhow, another symptom to ride out. I had this happen once before and it went away after a few months. Gotta stop taking this seriously... sadly, eye pain triggers it for me which I am currently dealing with.
Very informative video, I hope many people come and view this for a long time
Explained very well Martin! Thanks
Very welcome
I'm having very bad hot flushes on my neck and I'm so scared
I've had it for many years whenever I get too stressed
I was sitting listening to music recently and without warning I felt very hot, my heart rate went up and I felt anxious. I sat calmly and started deep breathing. It passed after 10 mins. I went to bed but woke at 3.30 am with tachycardia and this put me into panic mode. I started the deep breathing again and eventually it passed. I was drained and my nights sleep ruined. This happened me a good few times in January 2019 and I ended up in the Emergency Room.
They found nothing but I still went to bed at night dreading the return. The GP gave me Xanax for 5 nights which I took to get a full nights sleep, and sleeping tablets that I didn’t take, put me on Lexapro, I got a 48 hour holter at my own request as I felt I’d ectopics, and that came back normal. I was on the Lexapro for a year and quit in April 2020. The nocturnal issue was always in the back of my mind as it’s pretty frightening and it’s starting to come back now again. Really pissing me off as I exercise daily, eat well, don’t drink or smoke. Seems to be the long time GAD lurking in the background that I’ve had since 2014. I still do worry about my heart daily even though I’ve been checked out numerous times and had Echo/Stress tests as recently as June 2021 that came back excellent. I do feel flutters some days and this is bothers me. I get upset by the sensation. Can the underlining constant thinking or fixating on the heart do this?
Hi Krazeeization.
Naturally I can't give you a diagnosis as Im not a doctor but its good that you have had your heart thoroughly checked ruling out any structural problems. . Sudden flushing and a fast heart rate are common symptoms of a panic attack. Constantly worrying in the day puts the body in a high state of alert which can keep you awake at night or cause nocturnal panic attacks. Try to ignore the anxious thoughts about your heart but if you can't, try using a health anxiety thought record to challenge the thoughts. The tests that you have had are good evidence against the thoughts. Here is a link to a health anxiety thought record
www.getselfhelp.co.uk/docs/HealthAnxietyThoughtRecord.pdf
@@TheAnxietyAttic Thank you. Regards A
Same,how are u?
@@stephadam3702 I’m taking it day by day but the nocturnal panic attacks have subsided thankfully, but I had one more the week after.
When they happen I get up, splash cold water on my face and then start breathing very deeply and slowly.
Gabapentin helps
I would do anything to stop this hot flushes 😢😢😢😢😢 it wets my whole clothes + my bedsheets
Can't stand it, every couple weeks it's just none stop. Been on sertraline for almost a month. Thought they were working for a couple weeks now I'm back to square one. Life is draining. Really don't see any point in living a life like this. Keep fooling myself into believing I'll get better.
i feel you brother. im so sick of watching life pass me by
I promise it will I felt this way also for so long
How are you feeling ?
Hang in there. It does get better and meanwhile you are not alone
Same, I do my research and buy different tablets or foods that are supposed to help but they never do and every day is like wading through glue, it’s exhausting dealing with this crap
I am currently panicking that I might have this deadly disease and my panick attacks are making me feel like I have the symptoms and that's causing a higher panicking attack
That's health anxiety..
I can relate 😢😢
I get overly hot, sweaty and heart racing more than normal when I’m exercising. I have to stop and rest more often than normal when this symptom is triggered.
Chills and hot flashes are loads of menopausal fun.
That’s actually my dilemma this moment because I suffer from panic attacks my entire life, but now I’m having the hot flashes which confuses a lot!! I feel like if I have an eye in the face and my shoulders and sometimes the pulse is fast but sometimes I also have chills and get dizzy so better to make some laboratory test to make sure it’s not menopause
Well.., in having them often but I thought can be peri menopause at 46 I take already antidepressants for years and my panic attacks didn’t have this before.. only once or twice in years!
Now is almost daily that I feel hot flushes but aren’t always in a panic attack .. I had some that were like panic but the rest is just heat and tingling sensation. Health anxiety patient here but either way I did some blood test to check my hormones.
I get hot flushes when I'm under stress. I have GAD.
I had one today while waiting at the pharmacy. They forgot my order.
Hello, Martin. I have a question regarding health anxiety which I hope you might be able to answer. It started about two months ago in ernest for me and had many different forms (headaches, racing heart, difficulty breathing) but as of very recently I began to feel a tightness in the chest and a sort of "fuzzines" for lack of a better word near the lungs after I swallow food. Swallowing is also very difficult. It this a symptom of health anxiety or might be something else?
Its difficult to say what is a health anxiety symptom and what is something else because they are all so similar. Difficulty swallowing is common in anxiety which I explain in this video ua-cam.com/video/mj_Vw5yGxtQ/v-deo.html
Anxiety can also cause breathing difficulties and chest pains which I explain here ua-cam.com/video/KINhPO_CD_Y/v-deo.html
If the symptoms are worrying you use the health anxiety thought record that I describe in this video ua-cam.com/video/FyLuSITxdbw/v-deo.html. It will help you rationalise and see the symptoms in the perspective of health anxiety.
@@TheAnxietyAttic Thank you for your quick reply. Is the fact that I don't have a lump but rather feel a tigtness in the chest anything to worry about in it of itself? My heart and lungs are both fine, recently checked by multiple doctors
Hey @boris antonov,
I struggled with panic attacks a few years ago, and tightness in my chest was a pretty common symptom of my anxiety. By the time I got over my anxiety disorder, the symptoms completely disappeared. If you already got your lungs/heart checked by a doctor, I would assume, your sensation of tightness is a symptom of the anxiety. Hope this helps and have a good day :)
Sir it might be GERD/ACID REFLUX associated with anxiety
Am having hot flashes o my shoulder where by sleeping its a problem am 52 years its a month now since it started
Thank you so much for your videos! I’ve been suffering from panic and GAD for a few years now but recently in the past few months I’ve developed health anxiety which got so bad I lost over 12kgs in less than 2 months. My anxiety gave me serious physical symptoms that would be there even when I’m not anxious and then that would make me anxious all over again, are you able to do a video explaining that anxiety symptoms don’t just go away on days you don’t feel anxious? And that even though you may not feel anxious one day you’re still going to have physical symptoms while you’re healing and that it’s okay and not to panic about it? These is what kept me in my health anxiety cycle because I thought that once I didn’t feel anxious the symptoms would just disappear
I also have some symptoms you may be able to add or do another video on that might help others from my own experience.
Brain zaps
Internal tremors
Muscle weakness in arms and legs
Tingling feelings in your muscles in your arms or legs or both (can also be one sided)
Over breathing (hyperventilation) but all day
Constant dizziness
Tingling in hands
Constant burping
Weight loss/weight gain
These are all symptoms I had that led me to believe there was something wrong with me and I’ve had so many tests done and apart from the muscle loss due to my extreme weight loss I’m completely healthy
Thanks Justy. You are right anxiety symptoms don't just occur when anxiety is high like in panic attack. People with anxiety are often so tuned into their bodies that they can notice symptoms even when anxiety is relatively low and there are also some very real more long term effects like GERD or IBS which can stay around long after anxiety has gone. The next time I do a video on anxiety symptoms I will mention this. Thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks Justy. I have covered many of these in my video '20 anxiety symptoms explained' ua-cam.com/video/Eaoh89a0YD8/v-deo.html and also covered some in my cardiophobia video ua-cam.com/video/jIQEm3wN5QI/v-deo.html
I don't think I have covered the burping though unless I mentioned it in my IBS video.
Thank you for replying ☺️ my latest anxiety symptom is all day long shortness of breath 😅 this one is probably my most frustrating symptom that will not go away, I’m a smoker and convinced myself I have COPD which I’ve been told I do mildly but it’s hard to tell if this is anxiety or my symptoms getting worse
I have all same symptoms when I have health anxiety or death fear but now iam stuck with dizziness, heat flashes for seconds in legs, jerks while trying to sleep, sole pain when wake up
I have hypogonadism,disorders with pituitary gland, lack of hormones, I had hot flashes since I was 10,it made my life difficult
What's ur age & how are u now. I am suffering so badly
@@AK-zw3yz I'm 23 ,I started treatment for my health condition about 1 year ago ,now I feel much better,what about you
@@spirofarmaku6772 Hi. I am just 17!
I also have hormonal fluctuations & anxiety disorder
@@AK-zw3yz on my experience I suffered in silence for many years,one of my mistakes I did not seeking for help which hold me back for quite time, have you consulted any endocrinologist
@@spirofarmaku6772 Nope. Do u?
This happens to me all the time
On October 30th 2022 I started getting hot flashes.They are pretty bad my heart starts racing and then I feel so much pressure in my head and my . Blood pressure starts going up. Started when I drink this raspberry liquid and since then🥺 the other day I called the ambulance cause my heart was beating 140 .I am scared to death and not even my Dr. Wants to do anything for me. I feel lost. Help 🙏
Hey Jessica. It’s totally normal to feel like this. We all who suffer this know it. Giving you some tips.
Just convince your mind that it’s the false symptoms that your anxiety is giving. You’re fine, you are healthy.
Don’t listen to your brain. The brain guides you wrong. Just believe that it’s due to overthinking!
And yeah your symptoms are not different, everyone feels the same ! So just relax :)
@@hopestrue Hi! Me too I'm so scared, I have anxiety and panick attacks been experiencing hot flashes on my face, eyes and ears, and my BP sometimes goes up whenever I feel so scared and panicking, there are times I can't control it and I will just cry and pray.😭🙏
@@charmynzolayvar6326 there’s nothing to be worried its just the anxiety that shows symptoms. And sometimes you’re distracted but you still feel symptoms because of the unconscious mind. So calm down and chill!
@@hopestrue yeah I keep telling myself it's just stress disorder, It really affects my daily activities especially in my home-based business can't focus sometimes, declines some orders if my head is spinning like having a vertigo. My Doctor diagnosed I have a depression.
Thank you Sir/Ma'am! Your advice helped me calm down just had panicks while watching this video and read some comments.,🙂
such bs
Very low I Q arnt you.