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Posted 3/17/2013 2:12 PM (GMT 0)
I don't know what to do with this heart anxiety any more. Ive had anxiety for years but it had been under control. The last year and a half it's been awful. First I was convinced I was going crazy or going to have a heart attack. I've had a holter monitor and ECG a couple years ago so the cardiologist didn't want to repeat it. So I had a stress test - normal. At least 25-50 EKG at the er and md. Blood work and chest X-rays. All normal. The palpitations happen at least everyday when my anxiety is bad. I know that it's probably my anxiety but everytime I think I'm about to drop dead from some arrythmias. I think about this 24/7 and I'm just so tired of it! I'm only 32 with no other health problems. I work everyday through this and it just sucks! Any advice?
Posted 3/17/2013 3:18 PM (GMT 0)
Hi ryates and welcome back.

I am sorry that you are struggling with this problem still.  It is miserable and exhausting to worry about health everyday.

Have you sought treatment in the form of therapy before...I am sorry I can't remember.

If you have not, then I really recommend it as it is very effective!

If you have, then stay the course, and I recommend some extra reading on the subject to suppliment what you are learning in your seesions.

Here is a list of good books specifically on health anxiety.

http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Health-Anxiety-David-Veale/dp/1845298241

http://www.amazon.com/Treating-Health-Anxiety-Cognitive-Behavioral-Approach/dp/1572309989/ref=pd_sim_b_3

http://www.amazon.com/Worried-Sick-Exaggerated-Physical-Illness/dp/0981484344/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_z

Best wishes and post anytime!

Talk to you soon,

S.C.

Posted 3/17/2013 8:54 PM (GMT 0)
Ryates, see if you can find any of my posts where I describe my war with anxiety, they read a lot like yours and you might find some peace of mind after reading from my experiences.
Anxiety will not kill you even if your heart was bad.

Larry ***
Posted 3/17/2013 9:31 PM (GMT 0)
Hello,
I know exactly where you are coming from. I haven't dealt with it as long but I have had heart palpitations off and on for the past two years. For the past three months the chest flutters have been especially bad and I have been dealing with them everyday (mostly at night but also during the day). I have had a long array of work done to try to Dx if I have some type of heart condition; an echocardiogram, multiple EKG's, a 24 Hour Holter Monitor, and blood work. Right now I am wearing a 14 day Event Monitor and I am scheduled to do a sleep study. I understand the constant angst of dealing with all this pain. It is not easy and can make you feel like you are losing your mind.

-Rxclusion
Posted 3/18/2013 2:43 AM (GMT 0)
RX, I forgot to mention that I found out by accident that those gas-x pills and Beno will stop
those stomach flutters, I was laying in bed and having those horrible sensation that felt like
my heart was going to jump out, I belched and it stooped for a little while, I got out of bed and
found my bottle, took 3 drunk some water got back in bed, within 15-20 minutes they stopped
and my sensations went away, now I use them whenever I am having those awful flutters.

Larry ***
Posted 3/18/2013 4:53 AM (GMT 0)

Hi there

I can totaly sympathise, i also am suffering heart related worry/anxiety which started when i developed costochondritis last year and heart related fears have crept up till i am now suffering anxiety symptoms every day. I suffer terribly with the palpatations and i know that even with the all clear you just cant help but think there is something cardiac going on. i sufer chest pains too and i have found it really really difficult to get to where i am now (accepting this is anxiety) you are not alone and i know exactly how you feel when you say you are tired of it, it is draining and takes over your life and although i have faced the fact i have anxiety now and am taking measures to deal with it, it does not make the palpitations any easier to deal with they absalutely terrify me. there are plenty of good reading material here and reading as much you can on the net and educationg yourself about how anxiety and palpitations work and reading about how many other people suffer with this really does help alot.

What does your palps feel like? do you get single pals like a jump in your chest? do you feel as if it stops for a min? does it flutter? or just suddenly beat realy fast? a thud in your chest? ... im fortunate enough that i experience ALL of these sensations yipeeee hahaha.... if you didnt laugh you would cry eh?

sending love

Jenna x

Posted 3/20/2013 2:54 AM (GMT 0)
Jenna
the symptoms you describe are very real and I have had them all, now in my case I have had a tripple bypass
talk about anxiety, I went through hell for so many years because I knew I had heart disease it made everything worse, however I had a really good GP a few years back and I went to him while having a sever
panic attack, he hooked me up to the EKG and made me look at it, it didn’t even show up on the EKG other than a increased pulse.
I made a decision I knew that someday I was going to die, I sure as hell was not going to die every day and
that was the beginning of my ability to fight panic, I still have anxiety but that also is rare now days, maybe it will get bad again someday and I will just start over trying to resist.

Get well Kid!

Larry ***
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