Current mood:

contemplative

From a new owner of 15mg of Oxazepam
Apparently I officially had an anxiety attack last night. For anybody who knows me I'm sure that comes as no surprise.
Then this morning, after not the most peaceful sleep ever, I still had the chest pains and tingling limbs and the fear and the hyperventilating, yadda yadda, (not nearly as intense as the night before but still bad) and so instead of making it to Temple Donny took me to the ER. It takes alot for me to actually allow that kind of a hospital visit to happen, so that seemed... relevant. Plus I'd been having concerns about my heart for a long time so I was really curious to find out what's up. Fortunately I'm physically fine, but I learned that those bad heart feelings I have semi-frequently have been palpitations.

When the doctor (Dr. Settle actually - how perfect is that?!) explained what had happened to me and gave it the "anxiety" name he went on to express how common it is and if he had a nickel for every young woman who came in with that... So much for feeling special about it! =P

I'll spare furthur details for now (especially regarding all the crap we think triggered it), but for anybody who I haven't finished replying back to on some stuff or who I meant to email, it's gonna take a little longer... We're heading down for some Orange County fun for the weekend, and hopefully when I get back I'll feel ready to deal with the 2nd week in a row of way too much work and a fatty to-do list and all the other issues that come with being good ol' me!

Also, I'd like to give a shout out to our cat Zaphod who I am CONVICED understood what was going on with me and adapted *perfectly* and was extra sweet and didn't do any of that stuff he knows I find obnoxious, and was just a soothing force during my gradual come-down. Love you, Zay!