Went to doctor today

Today I saw a cardiologist for chest and lung pains I have been experiencing over the last several months. After approximately 20 er visits and 3 admissions, my doctor says I have anxiety and they could find nothing else wrong..... Of course I wasn't happy with that answer so I made appointment with a private cardiologist and I saw him today.... He prescribed me cardizem..... Anyone have any experience with this? I kind of was hoping I would get one more confirmation of anxiety so I could focus solely on treatment.... I just want to make sure that my heart health is cleared before I do so.... Ughhh!

He said it may help with the pain.... He discontinued my metoprolol tartrate and started me on cardizem... He looked at my records of my previous er visits and noticed that each time that my heart rate was high.... He said he will also be putting a monitor on me for 48 hours to see if he can find out what's wrong.....other than that he didn't say much to ease my fears. He was in and out and didn't give me much of a chance to ask him anything. Lol. My luck!

Cornell,

First time I had chest pains I ran to the ER too. I think that's the scariest thing about anxiety. The chest pains are horrible and make me want to run to the ER every time they start. I had all the tests and everything was normal. After months of doctor visits my doctor put me on Propranolol 80 mg a day. It's helped me with the vertigo, sweating, and the chest pains 90% of the time. I've come a long way since I've been on it but I'm starting to realize these medications are just hiding our symptoms not curing us. And my heart rate is always high too no matter if it's a simple check up or I'm having anxiety at the time. I wish they could make a medication to fix us but at least we know we aren't alone. Hopefully everything will come back negative and you can find a way to handle your anxiety as we all look to do.

Good Luck!!