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While this is'nt a nessisarily a huge amount of caffeine, it turns out my father had a similar reaction when he was younger and a cardiologist simply told him to stay away from caffeine for the most part, and he's been fine ever since. So I believe it's something like a genetic, moderate intolerance to the substance.
The ER did blood test EKG and chest xray To see if I had an enlarged heart etc but said I looked fine. At the moment I hadnt been thinking about the caffeine and didn't think to mention it to them, but a follow up with my primary care daoctor said that's what it was.
I've since quit my caffeine intake altogether, as well as my smoking (2-4 full flavor ciggarettes a day).
The problem is even though I know that all of this was induced by the caffeine and that there is no reason to think I should have another panic episode, I can't get it out of my head that I will at any moment and am pretty much constantly paranoid that I will, Every time get a feeling (cold, hot, hungry, tired normal anxiety like hitting a red light, or just a random muscle twitch) the first thing that pops into my head is the memory of that fear I felt during the attack.
So what Im asking is could anyone who's been through somthing simular to this give me some tips? I am exercising more and that certainly does help. but the withdraw symptoms from both smoking and caffeine are all manifesting as fear of another pending attack.
Thanks in advance.View Thread
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