What to think? Worried

The past week has been a bit rough for me, a bit stressed, my uncle has copd and is not doing too well and that's on my mind. But I'm also worried about my heart and brain/head now.

I have been having head chills/tingling in the back of my head lately which concerns me, but also my main concern is my heart, I have been having some weird feelings there like you know palipatations maybe a bit of fluttering and maybe a little tightness, but recently tonight I got this weird spasm in the heart area that scared me a bit.


I took a low dose aspirin so hopefully it helps a bit, but I had my heart checked out with an ekg a few months ago and the doctor said it was fine, I'm just worried that something will happen to my heart and I'll just drop and it's scaring me. I am not in treatment and lately I haven't been eating well due to stress reasons.

I am just pretty scared a bit right now from the weird heart symptoms and brain/head chills and tingles, I don't know what to do and I don't want to just drop or anything and that's whats scaring me, guess I'm just looking for re assurance or support with this.


It really sucks to know that I may have no control over this no matter what I do and that if life is going to do something, it's going to do it with no remorse, and I was only bitten a year ago bit have had such a scary time since then, sorry for bein negative just very worried and depressed and anxious as of late, I just don't want to die in my mid twenties from this or whatever I have, it's depressing me. Hard to for me to calm down tonight.

Post Edited (Dolph ziggler fan) : 4/16/2015 8:07:28 PM (GMT-6)

Nah I have never been to the cardiologist just had my heart checked out by the regular doctors, with ekg and them listening to it and all and they said it's good, but then it's like why am I having these symptoms and scares?


And I am not in treatment at the moment, I haven't even gotten a clear diagnosis yet even after a year post bite, all my tests ran out negative, but I know those tests aren't good at all, so I am planning on seeing a lyme doctor soon hopefully.

I'm mainly just scared and wondering what's gonna happen that's all. My symptoms are alarming me a bit but doctors have said that I am okay, I'm just afraid of dropping early in life mainly after hearing horror stories and symptoms I've been having, I really don't know what to think anymore it's all too stressing.

Do you have anything to take...like valerian...or a calming tea...something to relax you so you can sleep?

Is there a reason why you're not seeing a LLMD? I think if you did that, you could discuss the heart issues with him/her. And maybe he/she would refer you to a cardiologist, if it was necessary.

I wouldn't wait any longer regarding treatment....

Haven't gotten treatment yet or seen one yet mainly because of money issues, having to save up and all, oh that and most people down here don't believe in lyme so it's hard to find a supportive doctor or friends who believe , I did detox for a good amount but fell off the wagon when my uncle got real sick and started having a downfall.

so now tomorrow I will try to get back on with the detoxing and eating better, all I can really do at the moment anyway, can't do anything treatment wise right away, but in a couple months I'm sure I can, just hoping I'll be okay until then, well see :/

Not sure if this would help you or not - but just incase - I had some pretty crazy heart issues for a few months after being stressed out, a panic attack brought it on.

My heart would race just walking around, it would flutter, beat hard and irregular constantly I was scared to do clean or do anything. Natropathic heart clinic did an ekg - nothing was wrong, though they did notice it changed when i laid down for the ekg (i overheard - not that they told me) so I started laying down when it acted up which kinda helped. (They also found an arrhythmia which doesn't bother me.)

Then my partner left on a trip for a week and i was stressed handling our work/kid. I got a pain in my shoulder & uncomfortable under my left ribs. This led the doctor to realize i had a sliding hiatal hernia. He pushed it down manually and my heart issues were gone just like that. I don't think he believed me that was why it stopped and no one there understood my lyme symptoms...

It did come back, but never as bad. I now see a chiro/ND/TCM who pulls it down my stomach every time i need it and has dealt with other's who have had it and says that eventually it'll stay down. It's less often now that I need him to do it now. It presses on a nerve (can't remember the name) to the heart which caused my heart issues.

One thing I learned from my doctor is to watch stand up comedy when i feel stressed.

Not saying this is what is going on with you, but might be something to look into.

I've also had my head tingle - thankfully it's usually gone now or just mild, but my hands and feet tingle too.

Stay safe always and keep searching for answers.

Oh and to Traveler, I have been to the urgent care emergency right away when this comes on, had it checked two or three times, all they do is just give me an ekg or just listen to my heart and tell me I'm fine and not to worry and send me on my way, they are no help at all in looking deep into the issue to maybe relieve it.

and my family has been there for when I did go, so when I bring it up to them telling them I think I should go (since I'm not driving at the moment) they just tell me "well they told you that you were fine the other few times so you should believe them!" So I have worn my doctor visits out since all doctors think I'm anxious and my family believes them.

It's a lose/lose situation really, cause if it's a lyme caused issue or anything else all I can really do is detox and eat right and try to treat natural my best, because the doctors won't believe it or look for it anyway, and if anything happens to me because of this in that case, I only have the dismissive doctors to blame.

Post Edited (Dolph ziggler fan) : 4/17/2015 11:51:08 AM (GMT-6)

Let us know how you are doing when you get the time, Dolph!

I think heart issues are the worst! They scare the heck out of me!! I was lucky to only have heart palps and a couple of the less serious issues, so I was lucky.

Try to remember that you have been checked out and nothing was found and that you will be starting treatments soon and that will take care of the issues.

Remember that we are still here for you, even if you aren't in treatment yet!!

I hope that this eases up for you soon.