Panic symptoms while/before pooping

are your bowel movements normal otherwise? i would get a stool test or two first to rule out parasites...

may i also know if u have a history of palpitation? i had pvc/ectopic heartbeats episodes before but thank goodness its seems to be gone as well.

This just started for me a week or so ago. I have been diagnosed with anxiety, panic attacks and depression...so i know that has something to do with it as i noticed a lot of responses have similar issues.

but, like all of you, im sitting at work, and all the sudden my body gets that combo tingly feeling, and i feel a rush downward, and my legs feel warm and sometimes i get flutters in my heart, hot flashes, panic, etc.

And sure enough i have to use the bathroom. Once im done, im feeling fine again.

It has freaked me out a bit, so a few days ago, i went to the ER when it happened twice in two days, they checked, confirmed heart is fine, lungs are fine, bloodwork fine, blood pressure normal, etc...

As an aside, i had a massive panic attack issue back in feb of this year and thought it was a heart attack, they did a complete test , scans, mri, ct, bubble ct, and all the usual, docs all said the same, no blockages, no clots, no issues with your main organs, but they were concerned over my mental state and held me for a 72 hours and presribed meds, im running out of the meds, i dont have insurance, so i cant see the shrink again, to get more meds to go back on a regular schedule, so im only taking partial meds.

But i have also seen so much about the vagus nerve connection too, i had a phone call from my ex last week, and within a half hour, experienced this issue for the first time, so i think there was a trigger there....

Has anyone found any remedy for this? This happened to me for the first time while I had Covid (a super mild case of Covid). Scared me enough that I called an ambulance as I felt I like I couldn’t breath. 7 months later im just about positive Covid caused some Vegus nerve damage/and or the virus proteins are bound to it.

Went through half of January feeling perfect, and then it came back. It freaked me out at first. While I don’t consider myself an anxious person, or a worry wort, feeling like I’m unable to breath, heart rate increasing, etc was different. I had one really bad night with breathing, that the next day I went to the gym, and ran as hard as I could for as long as I could on the treadmill to see if I’d drop. Once I didn’t, it made me feel better knowing whatever it was, wasn’t too serious. Dr kept trying to give me anxiety meds. I fought it to the point that I kinda yelled at her, and I think that’s when she got the point. In hindsight I do believe these sensations caused a few panic attacks when they were new to me. Heart test, lung test, all good.

The breathing loop test did show something that pointed me to an ENT. Turns out I had slight vocal cord paralysis (LRPD), and (LPR) Laryngopharyngeal reflux. That does explain the throat tightness. What it doesn’t explain is the sensation of that happening right before a bowel movement.

Fast forward 7 months, I’m in the gym 5-6 days per week. It was a catalyst for me to get back into the gym - being able to work out reminds me that I’m healthy, and that whatever this is will eventually go away. Now that I know what I’m dealing with, I’m fine - it’s just VERY annoying