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Posted 5/16/2015 5:09 PM (GMT 0)
I've got a constant fear of having a heart attack, after both an echocardiogram and a 24 holter monitor to check out a heart murmur, and palpitations came back good. Any kind of pain I get on my chest, arms, neck, etc. Scares me so bad... i constantly am in fear now that I'm going to have a heart attack, I had a pain in my right upper chest, stabbing feeling while walking the mall, lasted MAYBE 20 seconds, then my anxiety hit and started sweating and got tired ( not so tired anymore ), even just pain in my shoulder blades sends me right to the Internet ( I have costochondritis so I get pain often ) or my achy elbows. It just doesn't matter anymore, does anyone else go through this? I feel like I'm the only one.. I'm sure I'm not, even though I know my tests came back ok, I can't seem to shake this fear the Second I get pain, it's been muggy here so my elbows are achy, and my shoulders and ribs are sore.. so then I'm always worrying about it... sorry this is so long... i just wish I could know someone else who has this fear, or just know even what it's called...



Thanks.
Posted 5/16/2015 6:11 PM (GMT 0)
M.,

Please check out these links for health anxiety! They will help you very much.:)

Health Anxiety - A Self Help Guide:

 

http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hypochondria/pages/introduction.aspx

Helping health Anxiety

 

http://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/resources/infopax.cfm?Info_id=53

Health Anxiety- The Super Scanner

http://www.get.gg/docs/SuperScanner.pdf



The third called the Super Scanner explains the anxiety=symptom=more anxiety=more symptoms cycle so well. You will see just how this all affects our thinking and fears.

Wishing you the best...go through all of these...you are going to be fine.;)

S.C.

Posted 5/16/2015 6:19 PM (GMT 0)
Thank you!
Posted 5/17/2015 1:30 AM (GMT 0)
I'm in the same health anxiety cycle as you. I actually had a couple of good months and then bam I'm right back in it the past couple weeks. It really is a horrible feeling and people who don't go through it can't really understand.
Posted 5/17/2015 2:48 AM (GMT 0)
I had the same pains until I realized it was controlling my life. about a month after a stopped attributing my chest and arm pain with my heart it diminished. It's amazing what our mind can do.
Posted 5/17/2015 6:02 AM (GMT 0)
I have the same thing. I feel some pain in my body and first thing that I think is it my heart. Then before I found this sight I would go to Internet and see if it could be a heart attack. Well I was doing the wrong thing by doing that. I started doing what these people told me to try and it works for me. I still think that way some times but not near as much. Don't have all the pains as bad. Think it's all in my head.
Posted 5/17/2015 9:27 AM (GMT 0)
Hi

It sounds like you are experiencing health anxiety which a lot of us suffer with here myself included. I am pleased that you have had some tests done and that they have come back all clear that is good news now you need to believe in those results and work on lowering your anxiety.

Have a look at the links SC has given you for some useful tips.

Keep us posted

Hibee
Posted 5/17/2015 1:14 PM (GMT 0)
As one who did this many years and suffered greatly i feel qualified to say give it up its not your heart,
those pains are not related to heart disease, but they do scare us.
Every time i got in to these fear episodes it was a feeling like i was going to die, after several years of this
I also realized i was doing nothing more than rehearsing the day of my death, it was not easy but I resolved
the issue that i really was going to die, but i refused to do it every day, i started to get stronger and i came
to realize that the only real cure was just to live, I wish you peace!

Larry ***
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