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Feel like I'm going to have a heart attack :(

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Abigail.apple
Abigail.apple

For the last 3 days Iv had quite painful, constant chest pains. I suffer from severe health anxiety and it's been playing up really bad for the last 2/3 weeks. Iv seen the doctor twice this week and he's told me I'm not having a heart attack but I just don't believe him. The chest pains are worse in the evening but this is when my anxiety is at its worst anyway. Iv upped my dose of citalopram to 20mg per day again. Does anyone else get quite bad, constant chest pains with their anxiety?

Really struggling at the minute.

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  • stacey25656
    stacey25656 Abigail.apple

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    Yes I've had it for about 3 years! I've had approx 25 ECG's blood tests etc! It was either my heart or my head but I've had an MRI now on my brain & it came back clear so now I just worry about my heart! I still find it hard to believe that 'anxiety' causes my chest pain as sometimes I don't feel anxious at all then all of a sudden I get a random chest pain so yes know how you feel! X

    • diana48075
      diana48075 stacey25656

      Posted

      Hi Abigail,

      If you don't mind me asking, what exact symptoms did it have with the your head.

  • Ashbay
    Ashbay Abigail.apple

    Posted

    I have a racing heart at the moment is good really fast and that's while iv taken between blockers and I get my self worked up constantly check my Paula's which keeps it high or Evan makes in higher. I have pains and at the moment I feel I can't do anything because my anxiety is so high. It's horrible xx

  • karen77710
    karen77710 Abigail.apple

    Posted

    Hi Abigail I suffer with servere health anxiety and I feel as through I'm gonna have a heart attack every day and I don't get a lot of chest pains but still feel it. It's a frightening feeling, I just try to say to myself it's not your heart and never have I suffered with my heart. I'm 50 and a smoker. Your not on your own most people with health anxiety feel the same way as you do. Hope this is of comfort to you x

  • jenni101183
    jenni101183 Abigail.apple

    Posted

    Hi Abigail, I have severe anxiety and I suffer with these same heart attack symptoms almost daily for the past 2yrs my anxiety goes back and forth from my chest to head pains and weird sensations so trust me I have had all the symptoms of a heart attacks I've had about 7 ekgs and I have also had a MRI of my brain and ive had blood work done about 8 times all test came back normal and i still believe im having a heart attacks or some tyoe of brain disease or something. Scares me horribly every time

    • diana48075
      diana48075 jenni101183

      Posted

      Hi jenni

      Think I responded to the wrong person lol. What exactly are your head symptoms?

    • jenni101183
      jenni101183 diana48075

      Posted

      Hi Diana, that's alright anyways I get a lot of head symptoms it is literally a list.

      Head tightness sometimes painful sometimes not

      Headaches normal

      Headaches not normal

      Sharp shooting pains

      Tingling Scalp feeelings

      Burning scalp feelings

      Sore scalp in certain areas

      Numbness feelings on my face around my cheeks

      Burning sensations

      Neck stiffness and muscle spasms and tension build up and pain

      And the list can go on forever

    • diana48075
      diana48075 jenni101183

      Posted

      I recently started to get pain and numbness on the left side of my head only and I am so worried and annoyed by it. Thinking I might have a tumor or blood clot god forbid
    • Abigail.apple
      Abigail.apple diana48075

      Posted

      I'm 5 weeks postnatal and last week I spent the entire week in hospital having scans, x rays and blood tests done because they thought I had a blood clot on my lung but it all came back clear. It scares me to think that all these aches and pains we get are from anxiety sad I get a funny feeling in one side of my head too so you are not on your own xx

  • lisalisa67
    lisalisa67 Abigail.apple

    Posted

    Its the torture of an anxiety attack. Your body keeps shooting adrenaline off and the heart the major reciever.
  • diana48075
    diana48075 Abigail.apple

    Posted

    This was the biggest issue I have with anxiety. Fearing heart problems. My father passed away from a cardiac arrest and that is what triggers my anxiety bad. And I have chest pains. I can touch the area where my chest literally hurts at. And it's usually on the left side. I too had several echo cardiograms, chest X-rays, blood work and ekgs. Thank god I am ok but it's still very scary

  • Abigail.apple
    Abigail.apple

    Posted

    It's a kind of tight pressure in the centre of my chest and it keeps going in to my right arm. It's doing it right now while I'm trying to sleep! I feel like I'm going crazy. I'm only 26, a non smoker, usually fit and well and yet I'm still convinced I'm having a heart attack. Especially because of dr google 🙄 Thank you for your replies. It's of some comfort that I'm not alone xx

    • diana48075
      diana48075 Abigail.apple

      Posted

      I would be a hipocrite to tell you to stay away a from google I am guilty of it as well.

      You are not alone I have had the same symptoms and I promise you will be ok. What sucks is trying to get rid of the actual anxiety that causes the chest oain

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