Panic attacks? (and a bit of a vent)

[bigteamug]

Sigh. We bought a house and are having work done, and things are just not going well. We had a dud inspector, and we keep finding more things wrong that he did not catch. Our savings is being depleted.

I am now having what I'm guessing are panic attacks. I just feel my blood pressure shoot up, adrenaline start flowing, and can't seem to calm myself down. Also seems to happen at bedtime, too, and then I get wicked insomnia, and being tired makes it worse, and makes the pattern hard to break. Any natural things I can do? I don't think we have time/money right now for counseling, yoga classes, etc.

I suspect that the general background noise on the economy doesn't help any either - I am trying to cut back on news reading to help with that. We are in better shape than many people right now, in terms of hubby's job and debt, I guess I'm just feeling overwhelmed.

I guess I also just needed to tell it somewhere, and I really need a good cry, but I'm always on duty with the girls and the contractors are due back anytime now.

[deditus]

I took 5htp and fish oil which helped my anxiety/panic attacks a ton. 5htp is contoversial while bfing, but I felt comfortable with it since my dd was older (2). The huge true natural cure thread has lots of info.

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...d.php?t=195601

[bigteamug]

Thank you, deditus. That was some thread, though!

So, I'm off to get some inositol, I already try to take cod liver oil. And I will try to be better about taking my vitamins as well. We'll also be adding more protein back into the diet - way too easy for to not watch the diet enough, esp as nursing toddlers grow and it seems less important...

I think the house will feel less like a money pit in another 6 months or year, as we get a lot of the issues out of the way - though I will say that having an old house nowadays with the newer asbestos regulations is not for the fainthearted, or thin of wallet. sigh.