Is there more tests anyone would recommend for heart?

Hey everyone, happy Friday:) So I'm a 30 year old female with anxiety-mostly focused on health. I obsess over my health constantly..and I mean constantly. It's exhausting & consuming and I just wish I knew how to stop. Lately my newest obsession is my heart, it's like I'm certain I'm dying of a heart attack every hour of every day. I've had about 4 EKG's in the last few months (I dont trust that a normal ekg means I'm ok though because a heart attack doesn't always show on them) chest X-rays, bloodwork, cholesterol levels checked, stress test with echocardiogram when I went to the ER..and everything seems normal. I do get pounding heart and random chest pains at times..my question is, what other tests would show if my heart isn't healthy and that a heart attack might be imminent? I don't smoke, drink socially, slightly overweight but stopped drinking all caffeine, stopped eating any fast foods and am trying to eat better..but I just can't get it out of my mind that I might have a heart attack. I just hear today that a friend of a friends husband died at 32 years old of a massive heart attack, and now I'm on high alert & freaking out. it's like I can't look forward to anything because having a heart attack is always on my mind. what thee tests could I take to show any possible blockages or abnormalities better? Thanks so much, you all are so great.

GMoon, reading your story was like reading my own. I know exactly how you feel, this is my constant fear. It gets better and then it gets work.
Have you tried talk therapy? I really helped me while I was doing it but now I've stopped and the anxiety is coming back.

It seems I post this same story to alot of members having heart anxiety but I guess I believe my history is the only helpful thing I can offer. I am 67 years old and have had health/heart anxiety since I was a teenager. I had every test done a million times, always with the same result.....nothing wrong. But of course I didn't believe any doctor or test and was convinced there was something going on they didn't catch. Every ache, pain, shortness of breath, you name it, was cause for me to be positive a heart attack was coming on, only to always be wrong. At my age now, I realize how much of my precious time has been wasted on this all-consuming worry. if you've had all your tests done, you're still very young for a heart attack and you need to try and face the fact that it's just your health anxiety that is causing all these fears, nothing else. I wish I could convince you young ones of this because it eats up so much of the life you SHOULD be living and enjoying. Deal with the anxiety that's causing this and hopefully with time, you will begin to realize what a waste of your young life this is. I so wish I had been able to do this years ago. I currently help one of my sons who owns an antique shop and I swear I have more energy than most 40 year olds I know and yet every minute of every day in years past I worried about a heart attack....now I try to bemore realistic when those aches or pains come along and just continue to say this mantra "It's not your heart, it's just anxiety telling lies."

One more thought...

You mentioned having heightened fears after hearing of your friend of a friend's husband's heart attack...

While this is a sad and worrisome story...look at it this way.

If a friend suddenly won the lottery and you heard about it...does hearing about this change YOUR situation? Does it mean you are surely next to win?

Would you quit your job...or in any way change your way of living in anticipation of getting millions? Of course not!

This is no different. It is just that we focus on the negative and scary things due to our anxiety.

Take control and get the help that you need to gain recovery today.:) You can do it!

S.C.

Hi guys, i agree with andwes, i'm 72, there is an answer!

"Live"

Peace

Larry ***