New Member HypochondriacReem

Hello all......
i do not know where to start but i guess a good way would be (after putting in my key symptoms in the google search bar whilst as usual right out of a HORRIBLE ATTACK was looking for reassurance as to not having had a heart attack, this forum was where i was rerouted! and as i kept reading and reading one person in particular sounded as if it were I who was writing! so i registered.
ive been to my physician but what ill say next wont come as a surprise to some of you. I'm still of the thought that I HAVE A HEART CONDITION! 
MY mother ,each time it occurs (and its a very recent development so shes also trying to figure out how to calm me down as i'm a MAJOR HYPOCHONDRIAC!!!) TELLS ME REMEEN YOU WILL NOT DIE OF A HATCK!!!

I realize that its just other people here (women) like myself who are feeling the same feeling of impending doom here and i swear i don't even wish it upon my enemy, yet i felt perhaps somebody could reach out t me or i could to them and compare notes rather symptoms!?
my doc had me give my urine for a 24 hour urine VMA test and the results are due on the 20th of january and i just cannot wait for him to diagnose whats wrong in the brain which causes these to happen.

i keep looking up the symptoms on the net and im still half CONVINCED that everyone is wrong and I AM IN FACT SUFFERING FROM A HEART CONDITION!! i need help and reassurance from you all to put my mind at ease by confirming that these symptoms in fact are anxiety. For that i'm listing them. please bear with me.

so the first time it happened myy bp shot up to beyond 200 and my legs buckled under me and that feeling of paralysis slowly moved up to the arms and then finally to my tongue to the point where i had to crawl out of my bath and to the bedroom door to call for help but the voice had gone, i had to push a glass off to the floor for the shatter to grab attention! anyhow i was given some sugar immediately and my mu kept talking to me and it slowly sort of was ok but the tension in the shoulder muscles was so intense that if touched id jump in pain i guess that was a panick attack. oh and i took xanax (self medication for that night) .5 mg x 1 pill.
Episode two as i call it occurred right after two nights was just sitting with my boyfriend talking about something which i think now had upset me i guess and i experienced something out of HELL! I THOUGHT I AS DYIN! NUMB FACE TEETH BACK FINGER TIPS TIP OF THE TONGUE, BREATHLESS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY TIGHT CHEST AND LEFT ARM , YES TINGLES GOD AND HEART SINKS OF SOME NEXT LEVEL like nothing i've ever ever felt or heard of like i said earlier impending doom ,fear of the unknown asked my man to rush to the er AND FINALLY I COULDN'T STAND UP was wheeled in by this time i was convinced that it was a heart attack I TRIED THE BREATHING couldn't it was labored as hell ( HAD LEARNT FROM THE FIRST TIME ) nothing would help.
they checked the bp were rushing. put the blood oxygen thing on my finger , pricked finger quickly to gauge the blood sugar level, ecg was wired to me EVERYThING!.. AND I LAY THERE THINKING why in the world aren't they bothered i'm dying here of a H Atck! ALL WAS NORMAL!!!! PHEWW BUT I WASNT CONVINCED!
In the end just gave me an iv with Avil and something else to put me to sleep the nurses kept talking to me and i felt just a bit better and we went home.
since then its happened thrice. every time its different and worse than the last time. i went to my medical specialist and met a psychaitrist as well. they both thought and assessed it to be anxiety and now the 24 hour urine test result will reveal if something in my brain is triggering these anxiety attacks. i feel time is running out for me and i am tense all the time. 
sorry for having used so much caps but it was to convey how bad it all has been. The most recent one lasted an hour long and was an hour ago now. im left with a really badly tense tight and aching left shoulder and again the chest has gotten tight. tonight was especially bad as i almost we'ed myself :'( really thought tonight was it. 
i know ive written a long thing. but i'm distressed to the max. i just don't understand the pain on the left side and down the left leg and shivering and the claminess; cold sweats like you know, teeth chattering BUT MAJORLY ITS THE SUDDEN PAIN I GOT IN THE CHEST tonight which started tonight's episode


PLEASE HELP ME ! PLEASE TELL ME THESE ARE SOME CHRONIC HARD CORE ANXIETY ATTACKS AND NOTHING MORE ??! Is everyone even when its PASSED LEFT BEHIND WITH THE ACHING TENSE SHOULDERS AND FEEL LETHARGy? like their life was sucked out of them? does it leave you breathless even after ? does the heart start pounding again right after it subsides and one has walked to the loo?

a majorly stressed person who all call a hypochondriac!

Hello and welcome. I'm so sorry you are experiencing such horrible symptoms.

It's great that you've been checked out by physicians, and are continuing to work with your doctor. You can have some relief in having been told all is well by those who know what they're doing.

Please try to use some of the coping skills in the resources section. Keep telling yourself that the doctors have checked you out, and it's not a heart attack.

Keep posting here, and we will support you along the way.

Hello All and thank you so much for such a quick response and kind reassuring words! hugs! sorry could not get back yesterday as was reading up on the very specific symptoms that ive expereinced and were on here.
Since i write last two more episodes have taken place. But i seem to have been able to control it from getting out of hand as now know like you all say its my body and only i can control the attacks.! i just feel sad that this thing is for now a permanent fixture of m y life !

A lot of my questions about the aches and pains have been answered by going through the the links you guys asked me to read up on! it helped seriously !

Appointment with my physician the day after ie the 20th! can not wait ! lets see what he deduces from the test results! hmmm

a confused Reem

love prayers and happy vibes from Pakistan!

Welcome HR,
You have found one of the most supportive resources there is-- this forum!

Keep posting with us!

HR,

Yes...my first...and most of the subsequent attacks I had were out of the blue, while I was feeling relaxed.

This is not unusual. It is the built up/accumulative effects of stress that triggers panic...

...not necessarily or just a stressful situation.

This is why practicing stress relieving exercises daily is essential. :)

Glad to hear you've felt better the last few days. May it continue so! Support is a healing step!

Sorry to hear by our appointment got postponed. :/ Hopefully you will get in soon...and/or hear from your doctor tomorrow.

Keep us updated,

S.C.