I am running a mini study please particiate

[جوري]

This is informal and before I do anything major just need to get a rough idea-- it is a sort of a cohort study :hmm: for now I just need you to kindly participate by voting in the area that most applies, and if any of the first three apply, I need you to express the following on the account it couldn't be included--
1- Did you seek professional help for your symptoms
2- Did you take anything for your symptoms?
3- on average how long did your symptoms last?
4- what do you believe brought them on?
5- what do you believe made your symptoms subside
6- on average what constitutes 'often'', under special circumstance' or 'rarely', in other words, how many times per month or per year?
7- Does anyone else in your family suffer such symptoms?
8- Do you know anyone who has committed suicide because of such symptoms
9- Do you have any other serious medical conditions or that require medications?



here is the list of symptoms


Pounding Heartbeat
Difficulty Breathing
Smothering Sensation
Chest Pain Or Discomfort
Tingling Numbness Of The Skin
Lump In Throat
Hot Or Cold Feeling
Sweatiness
Shakiness
Nausea
Palpitations or a thumping heart.
Sweating and trembling.
Hot flushes or chills.
Feeling short of breath, sometimes with choking sensations.
Chest pains.
Feeling sick.
Feeling dizzy, or faint.
Fear of dying or going crazy or about to die
Numbness, or pins and needles.
Feelings of unreality, or being detached from yourself.

 

[جوري]

I understand that some of you may not be comfortable answering these questions non 'anon' and so in that case if you don't want to answer it is fine but pls vote, it is confidential, no one will know who you are, it is especially important I see the female/male ratio of this..

 

[alcurad]

what's this about anyway:?

 

[جوري]

there is no prize at the end.. you'll just be helping me out..

 

[جوري]

Do you mean all these symptoms at the same time?

I am sorry, I should be more clear..

if you experience some or all of these symptoms at the same time, in an isolated time.. in other words as an ex., you were about to ride the subway for instance and all of a sudden you felt buckling in your knees, dizziness, your heart pounding etc.. so it doesn't have to be all of the symptoms, and there need not be a major provocation for such symptoms ..

 

[Güven]

:salamext:

Sounds interesting
and no i have never had those symptoms except for feeling sick but thats normal innit

 

[جوري]

I see. I voted for the last one.

you are of new use to me Alpha :enough!: .. no just kidding

Jazaka Allah for voting.. I wish folks would try to answer my Questionnaire at the same time, is there a way to grant anonymity? It would help me out to read a bit, about how old the person, any other sort of accompanying medical ailment etc..

 

[جوري]

lol.. it is aight.. I am glad you don't experience such symptoms wal7mdlilah -- I'll wait to see the voter turnout and then take it from there..

Jazaka Allah khyran

 

[Yanal]

Interesting answers. I get sweaty in the gym and get sick likeGüven that's normal right. What does It mean if you get all symptoms?

 

[جوري]

this is NOT a scientific study, in other words, I don't know anything about anyone's medical history here to conclude in favor or one thing or another, depending on your age, gender and health condition, demographics even, it could be anything from a heart attack to a panic attack to a thyroid storm.. women are more prune to panic attacks than men, hence the ratio so far of 'often' is limited to two females.. if a male clicked on often depending on age I'd go more with cardiac symptoms than central nervous system, so the questions were meant to accommodate that on some level -- I don't expect healthy young males to suffer panic or anxiety attacks, not saying they don't.. in fact men when it comes to depression/suicide risk/ anxiety attacks, men are often under treated and under diagnosed.. another reason really that I have posted this here...

Jazakoum Allah khyran for participating

 

[Na7lah]

Pounding Heartbeat no
Difficulty Breathing no
Smothering Sensation no
Chest Pain Or Discomfort no
Tingling Numbness Of The Skin no
Lump In Throat sometimes
Hot Or Cold Feeling sometimes *it would actually depend
Sweatiness no
Shakiness sometimes
Nausea sometimes
Palpitations or a thumping heart. no
Sweating and trembling. no
Hot flushes or chills. sometimes
Feeling short of breath, sometimes with choking sensations. no
Chest pains. no
Feeling sick. everyone gets sick once in a while right
Feeling dizzy, or faint. almost never
Fear of dying or going crazy or about to die :muddlehea
Numbness, or pins and needles. no
Feelings of unreality, or being detached from yourself. like wanting to stay away from EVERYTHING? yeah sometimes

are you trying to find something out with this? me i can never tell how i'm going to feel, one minute i can be depressed kinda like and the next i'll be hiper and hapy again so i'm kinda unpredictable i guess :hmm:

 

[جوري]

dear sister..
the sx aren't experienced in isolation!.. a few more or all at the same time with a sudden rapid onset which may take from two minutes to a few hrs!
else we all feel sick with one or the other for the mere common cold!.

Feelings of unreality, or being detached from yourself.
the only way I can describe this symptom is say, you have gotten only a couple of hours of sleep, traveled somewhere and woke up abruptly even say on an airplane (takes you a few seconds to realize where you are and what happened) however when experiencing this symptom a person doesn't regain their 'normalcy' for the duration of the symptoms..

Thank you for your participation

 

[Na7lah]

Feelings of unreality, or being detached from yourself.
the only way I can describe this symptom is say, you have gotten only a couple of hours of sleep, traveled somewhere and woke up abruptly even say on an airplane (takes you a few seconds to realize where you are and what happened) however when experiencing this symptom a person doesn't regain their 'normalcy' for the duration of the symptoms..

Thank you for your participation

wa alaykis salam

ok in that case i dnt think i'v felt that before though i heard alot of it its pretty commen

You're welcome ^_^

 

[جوري]

al7mdlilah.. being of sound health is actually a good thing :smile:

Jazaki Allah khyran

 

[Woodrow]

I answered yes to all of them. However, they all occured at a time I had a heart attack,

I have experienced Anxiety and isolation at another time without most of the other symptoms, and that was related to chronic depression.

 

[جوري]

I answered yes to all of them. However, they all occured at a time I had a heart attack,

I have experienced Anxiety and isolation at another time without most of the other symptoms, and that was related to chronic depression.

it does in fact mimic a heart attack.. most people unless they know because of a prior episode think they are having a heart attack.. go on to the hospital get a cardiac workup and everything is normal..

I knew this poor Iraqi girl who used to experience this on weekly basis, and she had no insurance, so every time she goes into the hospital hyperventilating with shortness of breath and crushing chest pain, sweating, feeling like she is about to collapse, they get the big workup, comes back normal and her bill toward the end was tremendous... it can be debilitating in more ways than one can fathom...

I appreciate everyone who is participating in this..

Jazakoum Allah khyran

 

[Woodrow]

Having experienced both, I would say it is impossible for an individual having either, to know if it is or is not a heart attack, It does need to be treated as a medical emergency.

I feel sorry for your friend, it is very destructive to a person's finances, like you said, debilitating in more than one way.

 

[جوري]

Having experienced both, I would say it is impossible for an individual having either, to know if it is or is not a heart attack, It does need to be treated as a medical emergency.

I feel sorry for your friend, it is very destructive to a person's finances, like you said, debilitating in more than one way.

No one is immune from it really.. the first time I had an episode was in England and thank God they have socialized health care there.. they didn't do any work up on me lol ;D
they sized me up (since they are not really in fear of litigation) figured young female eh.. took my blood sugar, blood pressure, gave me their version of tylenol and sent me home.. so I was grateful.. ( my episode actually happened while asleep it woke me up with pounding in my chest) so you can understand why it felt more and more like a full fledged heart attack than anything else.. but after much research, I discovered these can happen completely unprovoked even during sleep as rare as that is ...

I don't get them often but they can happen provoked or unprovoked.. and they can make ones life miserable.. in its midst.. it isn't as if you can rationalize and intellectualize your way to normalcy.. just have to learn what to do until it is over...

I still expect more women to experience this than men ... but we'll see...

Jazaka Allah khyran akhi for being so open about this...
hope your insurance claims folks aren't reading this ;D

 

[Woodrow]

No one is immune from it really.. the first time I had an episode was in England and thank God they have socialized health care there.. they didn't do any work up on me lol ;D
they sized me up (since they are not really in fear of litigation) figured young female eh.. took my blood sugar, blood pressure, gave me their version of tylenol and sent me home.. so I was grateful.. ( my episode actually happened while asleep it woke me up with pounding in my chest) so you can understand why it felt more and more like a full fledged heart attack than anything else.. but after much research, I discovered these can happen completely unprovoked even during sleep as rare as that is ...

I don't get them often but they can happen provoked or unprovoked.. and they can make ones life miserable.. in its midst.. it isn't as if you can rationalize and intellectualize your way to normalcy.. just have to learn what to do until it is over...

I still expect more women to experience this than men ... but we'll see...

Jazaka Allah khyran akhi for being so open about this...
hope your insurance claims folks aren't reading this ;D

Insurance? what's that?

One advantage of being a service connected veteran, the VA pays all my med bills. But, I am pretty much stuck with VA hospitals.

 

[جوري]

:haha: touché

VA hospitals aren't that bad.. actually.. just depends which state....