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Posted 5/24/2013 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone!  Been plugging along day by day.  All the traveling is done, thank gosh.  Trying to find a routine since I lost my job and no more traveling.  It is hard for me to be alone all day 5 days a week, I always want someone there but know that is not realistic so I try one day at a time.  I have held off adding medication becuas I want to try it on my own.  I still am taking the 37.5 Paxil CR and trying the CBT skills I learned months back.  Good days and bad ones.  Today in NJ it is chilly and rainy and I am kind of down.  My daughter finished up her last day of high school yesterday and will graduate June 1.  I am very anxious when I think about her going to college.  All I every wanted to do was be a mom and now she is leaving.  I know like everything it will work through but so hard on top of the anxiety disorder.  Just down today, like when will I every be better...I have been in therapy since January, when will it work.  Things like that.  Just down.

The question I have is I still after tests and doctors appointments can feel my heart beat.  Scares the crap out of me.  Why are some people more sensitive than others? and does anyone ever feel it beat 24/7 like me?

Thanks for listening.  Enjoy your Memorial Day weekend.  I will be here as always if anyone needs an ear to listen.

Dawn (gizmofab)

Hi Larry! miss you

Posted 5/24/2013 4:11 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Gizmo,

I had a doctor explain that some of us are just more sensitive to feeling our heartbearts.

It should also be noted that if you are on the thin side, especially in the upperbody (pear-shaped) one is just physiologically predisposed to this. It makes sense, because with less insulation, you are going to pick up more sensations from the powerful contractions of the heart.

I really can't sleep on my left side at all. I have had heart beat awareness for years now, and have just learned to cope with it. Some times are harder than others...like if I eat or drink the wrong things (caffeine, sugar, alcohol, overeating) but in general I just ignore it now:)

S.C.
Posted 5/24/2013 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
Gizzy, I am like you 24/7 I can hear it and feel it, my Mother was the same way, She showed me her ribs
under Her breast one time and I could actually see the skin between her ribs pulse. She also showed me
Her foot also on top where they check your pulse you could see it throbbing, "She lived to be 89"
You are tougher than you think most of us are, the average person could not stand having their subconscious
mind try to sabotage them. "I think of You when I Pray".

Larry ***
Posted 5/24/2013 4:59 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Dawn,

It is normal and mostly psychological.  If anyone concentrates enough, they will be able to feel their heart beat all over their body.  This is particularly the case when you are going to sleep because everything is quiet, you are lying still and there are no distractions.  I am often aware of my heart beat  when I am quiet because I think about it.  When I am distracted by something I do not notice.

Some of us are just more sensitive to the workings of our body particularly if we are prone to high anxiety.

I am glad to read you are doing well and keep doing what is helping you the most in staying out of the high anxiety league.

Blessings to you.

Posted 5/25/2013 4:47 AM (GMT 0)
Good Night Gizzy!
May Angles be You Constant Companions.

Larry ***

I went to Jump School at LakeHurst, NJ in 1960
Its Saturday night and I'm turning in early, had one of those floor walking nights last night, I hope You and
Your Family have a great Memorial Day, "Be at Peace"
Larry ***

Post Edited (lgm1942) : 5/25/2013 9:27:41 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/25/2013 9:38 AM (GMT 0)
gizmo,

i feel my heart beating constantly and it drives me absolutely insane sometimes. I never used to notice it until i started having panic attacks/anxiety about 3 months ago. sometimes i will sit and just watch my shirt moving and it really freaks me out. I'm also constantly checking my pulse. it always feels like it's beating a lot faster than it actually is when i count the beats per minute. For me, this is the worst part of all of this. The awareness of my heart beating is usually what starts to spin my brain out of control. i also have a hard time sleeping because i toss and turn trying to find a position where i can't feel my heart beating into the mattress. then i wake up exhausted and repeat it all the next day. it's a vicious cycle. i'm just trying to just take it one day at a time and reassure myself that i'm ok and this is just the anxiety, not something else going on in my body.

take care and i hope you start to feel better.

you're not alone.
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