Thanks Red...I will pass this one along also. It is just really starting to bother her...her husband is a football coach and everytime they go to games she starts seeing spots. She has also started feeling like bad things are gonna happen...thus I am thinking panic/anxiety attacks maybe. I don't know, just trying to find something out!
I can find a couple of hundred more scary causes.
One really good reason never to pass anything in a pregnant woman off as "panic" is that so very many docs have gotten out of obgyn because of the malpractice costs, the standard of care for pregnant women has really dropped (one of my friends is an obgyn and she complains about this all the time) Too few docs, too many pregnant women. The effects of medical professional liability on maternal care in the US cannot be overstated. It is not even what it was as recent as when completelyme was having kids...also, a feeling of impending doom can be a serious symptom of many quite real illnesses-for example several forms of heart disease have this symptom...and a slew of metabolic and neurologic disorders. Feeling of impending doom may be the only symptom of a heart attack, for example:
From merck
"The most common symptom of myocardial ischemia is discomfort in the center of the chest, behind the breastbone. This discomfort, known as angina, is often described as pressure, tightness, squeezing, or heaviness (like a weight on the chest). Angina may or may not be painful. It may be felt only in the chest, or it may move. Most commonly, it moves down the left arm. It may move to the back, throat, neck, jaw, teeth, or right arm. Angina is usually triggered by situations in which the heart is working harder and needs more oxygen than usual. Examples are physical activity or emotional stress. The discomfort usually develops gradually (without a sudden, sharp pain) and subsides gradually after a few minutes (up to about 20 minutes). Angina may occur several times a day or only once in a while. Angina is usually relieved by resting or by taking nitroglycerin (placed or sprayed under the tongue).
Occasionally, angina is accompanied by shortness of breath, nausea, dizziness, or fatigue. People may also break out in a cold sweat or feel their heart pounding (as palpitations). In older people, the only symptom may be shortness of breath that is triggered by physical activity or stress. Some people have only a sensation that resembles indigestion but is unrelated to eating. This sensation is more likely to occur during physical activity. Sometimes the only symptom is a feeling of impending doom. Any combination of these symptoms may occur...."
