![]() From that experience, you absolutely dread it happening again. If you were offered limited information when given hydrocortisone or, the way you were told about increasing your doses, and the need for injection in emergency, this may have felt quite alarming and could cause long-term anxiety.Some will be so anxious, it literally rules their lives. ![]() ![]() Some will be checking furiously and often, that their injection is in date. The extent of this anxiety can mean that some will not leave the house without their injection, even if they are only going for a local walk. Physical symptoms of a panic attack include shortness of breath, sweating, an increased heartbeat or blurry vision, which the patient may feel could prompt an adrenal crisis, or actually is one. ![]() They may well suffer panic attacks, when these feelings of anxiety become intense and overwhelming. I feel it is important to say though, that for some patients, the mere thought of having an adrenal crisis can make them feel very worried or cause chronic anxiety. There are emergency cards, hydrocortisone injections, and medical ID jewellery – all of which are an appropriate safeguard for you. There is a lot of information available about the symptoms of an adrenal crisis and what to do in an emergency, should you have one.
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