Stres..yes it’s a killer!

Before i forget i wanted to write about something that happened to me in September of last year 2010. For about a month or so in August i was sitting at my desk talking to a student when all of a sudden i felt my whole office spin…i was like ” whoa”. I could not continue with the meeting, i excused myself and went outside to get some fresh air. It was weird, i felt like i was about to pass out. I started feeling like this maybe once a week, then it went to feeling like this every 2 to 3 days to every day. The worst was when i would be working out, either on the treadmill or in aerobics class and i would get those spells. I would really freak out…i would just take a break and catch my breath. I would dismiss it to mr not eating right recently or not taking my vitamins on a regular basis.
But then one day hubby decided to meet me for lunch one day..we went to a local restuarant close to my job and i was feeling a bit light headed but thought maybe it was due to the fact that i was hungry..well as soon as i was done with my meal i felt the whole room spin…my palms got really sweaty and cold. I felt like i couldn’t breath and was about to pass out. Hubby saw the look on my face, he was upset and said ” we need to call our family doctor, you need to see someone soon”. He was scared, so was I. Was i pregnant? Waht was wrong with me? I got to work got my stuff and left home..what was that about? The next day i saw my family doctor and as soon as i started telling her my sysmtoms she asked how is your job going? As soon as i started to talk about my job i broke down and started crying as i was telling her how bad the stress was there. We recently had a new Director who was no making people resposible for their mistakes but instead ingnoring them and beacuse of that we all had new stressful rules and policies to follow…this was all new to me, i have been here 7 years and never were we told to clock in ( i am salary) or let the front desk know when we are taking lunch. We are all responsible adults but some poeople were abusing the situation…so we all had to pay.
She did some blood work and analyzed me with suffered with high stress and high anxiety! She precribed me medication i don’t remember the type Zoloft, i think. I threw it away and have been coping with the stress my way…#1 The Director was fired..yay! # 2 i have been excersing and eating better to keep the stress away…
It was crazy, but it just shows what stress can do to your body!