Some help......Please

indian_beauty · 08-19-2003, 07:42 AM

HI all....I had been diagnosed with PCOS 3 years ago.....but had no insulin resistence and thyroid problem diagnosed then.....but recently I had a sudden fear of swimming and going to the deep end of the pool.....My breathing used to become fast and i felt i would drown and die....this being odd in the light that i used to swim 2 hours evety day of the week for the past 2 years.....as soon as I would cross the non swimmers line i just broke apart and clung to the pool edge and had to get out of the pool...as a result i stopped going for my swim.....do u guys think this came on because i've started so thyroid problem??...i hear hypothyroidism causes panic attacks....let me know your comments....am quite scared and feel i can't share this with anyone for fear of being laughed.....no one i know will beleive that I am scared of the swimming pool!!!

prunepie · 08-21-2003, 12:36 PM

i canot tell you why...but yes it sounds like anxiety...are you scared of anything else or just the pool???? xoxo jenn

indian_beauty · 08-22-2003, 03:04 AM

Hi Jenn
I guess it's just the pool and just the deep end....am comfortable in the shallow end......i'm really stumped and very upset...'cause I just can figure it out.

prunepie · 08-22-2003, 10:34 PM

indian...hmm iw ould think that if it was thyroid related... the panic would happen at different times....not just in one circumstance like a pool or elevator...those are what they call phobias.... phobias that cause panic like cars planes etc..

anxiety attacks causes by hormones seem..imo..to come whenever they want..no matter what kind of environment.... has anything scary happened to you lately??? so sorry xoxo jenn

indian_beauty · 08-25-2003, 02:47 AM

Hi prunepie.....thanks for writing in.....well nothing really bad happened to me recently but about 8 years ago I lost my boyfriend when he drowned while swimming in the sea.....quite near to where i live now(i lived elsewhere then)....but nothing like these panic attacks happened to me at that time...so y suddenly now......so i wondered if it was due to this hypothyriod thing ....'cause i read it causes panic attacks etc etc....but i never feel these attacks anywhere else.....so I'm really puzzled now....

prunepie · 08-25-2003, 03:38 AM

indian..yes thyroid can make you more prone to panic..but seeing that you lost someone via water..makes sense that the panic is coming out that way!! have you ever thought about talking to a therapist to help you ???? it would be hard to lose someone that way xoxo jenn

indian_beauty · 08-26-2003, 05:26 AM

Hi Jenn...To tell you the truth you are one of the very few people(third to be truthful) who said that it must be hard to lose someone that way......the other two being my li'l sister and big bro......the others all pooh pahed my feelings saying that the dad and mom and "family"(of my boyfriend) were in a more terrible state and that it was no big loss to me..and blah blah....so I guess the whole thing somehow got suppressed within me as I had to present a stoic front......thanks to you from the bottom of my heart.....thanks....maybe when i come across a good therapist I could voice my concern to him/her and get to bottom of it.....

Hope life brings all the best and the beautiful it has to you....

Loads of love and best wishes....

sabreena · 08-26-2003, 11:54 AM

hi indian,
I have always been scared of shallow water and the sea, and i also suffer form underactive thyroid and PCOS!
I tried to learn to swim and come over my phobia but i just freaked out as soon as the instructir asked me to let myself go in the shallow water.
sabreena

indian_beauty · 08-27-2003, 02:22 AM

Hi Sabreena,

I think what Jenn said is right....this is a phobia and not a panic attack and i think it's not brought on by hypothyroid....as she said panic attacks come on at any time....not in a specific place/situation....
Maybe you shd not go out in the sea but just fool around(not swim) in the shallow end of a pool till u feel comfy in water...then try and learn swimming....

prunepie · 08-28-2003, 03:02 AM

indian...i can see how you would have to supress your feelings... via his family etc... its a big loss and sometimes suppressed feelings come out in strange ways dont they??? i am so sorry you lost him..and i hope you find a counselor that you can talk to and feel safe to talk about your loss with.....xoxoxoxoxoxoxo jenn