I just wanted advice. I went training earlier (I did 5x 150m sprints on a track). which doesn't sound like much but when you are sprinting flat out it does take it out of you. Ive trained for years and years on and off and have never had any issues after exercise.
Today I decided to train as I hadn't done so for a week due to exams etc. A man who I know was there, we don't always get on well but we are kind of friends he coaches some people there. He started to train with me and after 4 sprints I was going to leave it as I felt Id done enough, plus wasn't feeling 100 percent I was on a period lol. With it being athletics he encouraged me to do another one so I did.
A few minutes after id stopped and was walking back I started to feel a bit blurry/dizzy and a little anxious. (I get anxious quite a bit, it takes little to make me feel anxious I've got a bit of a phobia of being sick. Thats one reason why I'm bad at athletics, in competition I'm scared of being sick so won't push myself to that limit). Anyway I started to feel a bit blurry, weak and a little sick to the point where I had to kneel on the floor. Everytime I stood up I went dizzier. I then found it difficult to breath my windpipe felt like it was constricting, in fact I'm sure it was. I could still breath air in but it felt a bit like breathing through a large straw.
I thought that I might die or something was very wrong. I was lying on the floor as this made me feel less dizzy. The man I was with mentioned something about me being a hypochondriac, he said 'i'l leave you to it then' and started to walk off. He turned back and I remember saying in a whiny voice 'I can't breath honestly I think somethings wrong'. I then started to feel a little better and here I am back home lol. It was quite embarrassing really.
Ive ran for 20 years on and off and I've never been that bad, I mean I've felt offish from pushing myself but have never felt as though I couldn't breath like that. The problem is I know that Im a bit neurotic and panic easily so how do I know whether to take these symptoms seriously or not? I text the man after and said 'sorry about before I'm not a nutter just felt dizzy'. He said 'I don't think you're a nutter, just a bit weird, not because of the dizziness'. lol I have dated him in the past and he often said I was weird then, most people just say quirky.
Anyway, should I just forget about it and try to get back to running? It was quite scary I feel like a right wimp probably because I am! I think I actually acted as though I was dying on the track and he would have thought I was pathetic. It was awful though I didn't ever think I was going to recover. Id feel bad about going to the gp though as I've been in the past about various things and everything turned out to be normal. I had anxiety in my early twenties and I don't know how to tell if feelings/symptoms I get are down to anxiety or if there is something wrong etc. What should I do? Carry on training and then if it happens again go the gp?