1st post recently diagnosed type 2 have a question about anxiety

[CDAArtlady]

Have a lot of questions actually but will start with 1 with a little background.

I am curious if panic attacks can be a symptom & if anyone else has or had panic attacks that went away?

For years now I had panic attacks and eventually panic disorder with agoraphobia. My doc at the time said I was craving noodles and such as a self medication. I smoke but I dont drink and have a fear of meds.
When I say craving noodles I mean I cant stop eating them even if full.I always say noodles and cheese is my candy.

My panic got better with diet and exercise I did not cut out carbs but I did cut noodles and potatoes then slowly added them back in small portions.I did great for a while.

Then I stopped exercising and while I was still eating a lot of healthy
foods & never was a sweet eater ( always made me feel ill)
I was way overdoing the noodles again & skipping breakfast a lot.
Ironically this all started when my mom was diagnosed with diabetes after rushing her to the hospital .We had just moved across the US and were staying with them temp & it was a big mess and major stress.


Gained weight only in my belly looked really pregnant,high blood pressure,tryglicerides etc.. really fatigued as in could fall asleep standing ..Doc ran tests and I was diagnosed. My fasting was borderline but glucose tolerance is were I am high.

I try to see positives & possibly am grasping at a straw but I am wondering if my old doc might have been on to much more then he realized?
Could these attacks been caused by my blood sugar all along?

[Mazea]

I wonder too if a lot of my panic attacks/ agroaphobia was the result of misdiagnosis.

I was diagnosed with panic attacks, PTSD and agoraphobia by a doctor when I was 21. I suffered agoraphobia/ panic attacks for 9 years. With the agoraphobia, I found it difficult to come out of my house but still did. I got councelling for the panic attacks. But I still continued to have panic attacks on a daily basis and was unable to keep employment. I left employment once because I got really dizzy on the cash register and at the end of the day there was 100 dollars extra in the till than there should have been. I had not given the correct change due to being unable to concentrate and hence the wrong amount in the till.

I had taken previous glucose test 2 years before my diabetic diagnosis when I was 27. This previous test showed my blood glucose was borderline pre-diabetic at 9.0. This test indicated I might have had diabetes or pre-dibetes but the doctor didn't say anything about it and I didn't ask about it.

When I was 29, I started losing weight rapidly and going to the bathroom a lot, so had a blood test and the test showed that I had diabetes. I had a blood glucose level of 18, HBA1c of 23. It was not known what type as I didn't fit into either category. When diagnosed with diabetes, the doctors put me on insulin Novorapid and Lantus.

When I started having insulin, I started hyperventilating or having breathing attacks left right and centre for a whole month. I was having daily hypos and my blood sugar levels were jumping from 2.8 to 14 and all over the place every few hours.

One month after I started the insulin and controlling my diabetes, my blood sugar levels stabilised between 4 and 9.0 and my panic attacks seemed to disappear. When my blood sugar levels stabilised, many of my shallow breathing panic attack symptoms went away. So your not the only one.

I have heard that Panic attacks and hypos can be very similar. They both have the with the same symptoms of dizzyness, disorientation and rapid shallow breathing. It makes it hard for your doctor to tell you whether you are having a panic attack or hypo I suppose. I don't think I had panic attacks now I look back.

I think I still have generalised anxiety/PTSD. While my blood glucose levels are now controlled, I still have times where I feel very anxious and it stops me doing things. However, I feel emotionally more stable. I suppose not having rapidly breathingattacks 5 times a day may have improved my mood!