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Hi everyone,
I'm a 21 year old female who was diagnosed with GAD two years ago. Recently I've been getting a strange sensation in my chest - it's as if my heart is buzzing or "vibrating". It's pretty much constant and does get worse if I'm thinking about it. I keep thinking that my heart is going to stop suddenly or that I have heart disease (I'm not exactly in the greatest physical shape). This did seem to start just after I heard about a family friend who died relatively young of a massive heart attack after training for a marathon (apparently they had a pre-existing cardiovascular condition) and I know that logically my anxiety was probably triggered by that news, but this has been going on for a couple of days and I've never heard about a buzzing feeling in your chest being a symptom of anxiety. I'm also feeling very restless and have to move around a lot (it gets worse at night) and distracting myself seems to be the only thing that makes it better - until I start thinking about it again.
I went to the doctor earlier today and was told I was fine after having my blood pressure checked and my heart listened to, but I can't shake the feeling that it's more than just anxiety. I'm just not sure what to do now; I don't know if I should trust my doctor and try to wait it out or look for advice elsewhere. I'm not on any anxiety meds at the moment, although maybe I should consider it?
(Sorry for the long post...)
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lindamine christina1994
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Anxiety is a horrible disease to deal with. For me, it exposed itself in many different ways through out the years. I had time when it wAS just bAD heart palpitations then progressing to not being able to breathe and getting pains down my arms (probb imaginary). Times I lost all memory, times I could not leave my house....the list goes on.
I can tell you that for me, it took a long time of me fighting this but I finally went on medication and that finally helped me. I don't know why I waited so long for this. I guess I was afraid of being on a med for this.
I do hope you find some peace. Maybe do some reading on anxiety and it's effects and treatment for it.
Good luck
christina1994 lindamine
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I was actually on Cipralex (Lexapro) for about a year before I discontinued the meds a while ago, thinking that my anxiety was out of control (and the weight gain was definitely not fun). Looks like I might have to go back on them! Again, thank you, and it sounds like you've been able to recognize your own anxiety symptoms - maybe with time I'll be the same way!
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