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Anxiety of heart attack gone crazy

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lily96063
lily96063

greetings everyone, im 16 yrs old and im terrified of possibly having a heart attack. it all started last week when my left arm began to hurt, then my chest and jaw. i began to cry and wanted to go the er. my parents said no because this has happened before last year and last year to the er 3 times and a cardiologists and figured out it was costochodrites and anxiety. anyways, because i was so anxious i made a normal docters appointment. she ended up telling me it was my anxiety because my heart beat and blood pressure was good. after that day, i felt a little better because i had some reassurance, but then a couple hours my upper chest felt burning and spreads to the back. thats when i started freaking out again and cried all day. my parents kept telling me its anxiety and to calm down. then after 2 days after i began to feel pressure on my upper chest and thats when i started going crazy. i really thought i was going to die soon. after many times of beginning my parents finally gave in to go to the er. there they gave me a chest x ray, ekg, blood test and urine test. when the docter came in, he said that eveything came back good and healthy and told me that i could possibly have gerd or acid reflux which could explain all this. so they gave me medication and that helped with the burning. now the next day, i keep thinking i will have a heart attack because i still feel left arm pain and cheat pressure, jaw pain pls pls helpppp:(

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  • sasical72
    sasical72 lily96063

    Posted

    Hi Lily,

    I'm sure you will be fine.

    It is heartbreaking for me to read your post because you are so young.

    Let me tell you my story. I'm now 49, I started having panic attacks when I was 16 years old, like you. I have wasted all my life worried about my heart and many others things. Nothing can give me those years back.

    Maybe tomorrow, or even today something will happen to me, who knows, but I really wish I hadn't wasted my life on the "what ifs".

    Doctors have told you you're healthy, get help with your anxiety so that you can enjoy life.

    Wishing you all the best x

  • naomi27951
    naomi27951 lily96063

    Posted

    I feel for you, because reading this post is exactly what I'm going through.

    my first panic attack happened out if the blue for no reason at all & it traumatised me. I keep re living it over & over, in every detail & will never forget it. however I went to my gp & was prescribed meds, sertraline which made me worse, so I stopped them, I was then prescribed mirtazapine at night to help me settle & they do work, but only for a short while. from I waken in the morning until I take the mirtazapine at bed time I'm constantly on edge thinking a heart attack is gonna strike at any moment! the chest pain, down my arm, the tingling & the burning sensation across my back & chest almost takes my breath away & in the moment I'm thinking this is it, I'm gonna pass out & not wake up... I'm slowly trying to avoid situations where my anxiety can be flared up but that's not healthy either., I'm sorry I'm not much use for advise but I am here for a chat, cos I feel exactly like you do xx

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