How do you feel AFTER an attack?

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Had another attack today.feeling miserable.defo going back to doctors Monday. I feel like my energy has been zapped.my arms feel heavy and it just generally makes me feel rotten. How do you feel after an attack??

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It is exhausting and always leaves me full of anxiety and tension.

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totally exhausted. the attack eased up but the pain still resonates. fearfully another attack will soon follow and nothing I can do about it but try to relax which takes a lot of energy to do. trying not to move the wrong way to hit a trigger. trying not to get furious over why did this happened to me and that I can not longer live a normal life, the happy-go-lucky life is gone forever. thinking of all the places and things that I want/used to do but am so afraid of attacks I don't dare do them. The summer is the worst. I've never been afraid to do anything. taking medicine and one minute feeling good and believing that I will be okay and then the next getting attacks and knowing the medicine doesn't work and what am I going to do now.I don't mean for this to sound so depressing, but I've been having attacks and it resonating for a few days now. I can't wait for it to stop so I can at least catch my breathe. wishing you best of luck and pain free days.

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Sorry to hear that your feeling so awful right now Jenny. This nasty condition can make us feel so helpless and not ourselves sometimes.I hope you feel well again real soon.

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Also…Thank you for replying too justjane37 .I hope your well also.

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Thanks, I will. (didn't mean to go overboard in my response)

Sophie Eastment said:

Sorry to hear that your feeling so awful right now Jenny. This nasty condition can make us feel so helpless and not ourselves sometimes.I hope you feel well again real soon.
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I don't feel anything in particular between attacks/after pain, apart from maybe some residual pain, like an echo or shadow. But I do almost always have a murmur, so I am rarely really between attacks. I just feel normal, with or whithout pain.

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I often feel tired, drained after bad attacks. Sometimes even just anticipating the attacks make me tired. My whole body becomes tense. For me it is autumn and winter that I dread, the cold wind on my face triggers attacks. Don’t forget the medication itself will be affecting you, slows you down, can make you a bit shaky and foggy.
Hope you get some relief with the meds, and you will find ways to cope or avoid the situations that aggravate.