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Heart Attack or Anxiety?

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danisha70256
danisha70256

21 year old female.

I've been having left arm pain, a burning sensation that would also radiate to my neck jaw, and shoulder blades (as well as between them). My left wrist would also go tight. Dizziness, nausea, and headache/migraine. And this would happen all at the same time almost. The only thing different is that my breathing is perfectly normal, save for feeling like I need to take a deep breath every now and then.

Been to the ER plenty of times already. In fact, I've been to three different ones. And almost half those times the paramedics took me. Had EKGs up the wazoo, placed on a monitor for a couple hours, tons of blood tests, and about 3 or more echocardiograms. All turned out normal. Doctors are a little worried about my elevated BP and heart rate, but nothing that says DANGER. They all assumed that it was because of anxiety. It did lower after a while.

I would also go to urgent care just to be on the safe side. EKG normal there as well.

I'm still very worried that this could be a warning sign of what's to come. Would tests pick up on early signs?

Luckily, I do have a cardiologist. I've been diagnosed with pericarditis (not at all severe or constricting) so I am being monitored. I've also been having heart palpitations so I will be placed on a heart monitor. Problem is, my next appointment won't be until 3 weeks later.

Yes, I am very worried. The pain is nearly constant now. Before, it came and went. But now it's practically all the time. It woke me up a couple times as well.

I also have anxiety issues. I have a new psychiatrist but I won't be able to see them until mid October.

I'm wondering, can anxiety really cause all these symptoms? I mean, I've had left arm pain before, but having it radiate to other parts of my body... that's something completely new. And I told the doctors about it. But apparently... everything is normal... The ER doctors aren't even sure of what to think of it.

I'm also wondering if I should have an angiogram done. Or a cardiac MRI. But I mean, dozens of EKGs from different hospitals and a handful of echocardiograms would make a heart attack very least likely, yeah?

I'm just sitting here still having pain and I don't know what to think of it anymore.

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  • danisha70256
    danisha70256

    Posted

    I've also had a handful of chest xrays. All normal.

  • david77413
    david77413 danisha70256

    Posted

    I had almost every symptoms there is... lost weight and whatever you mentioned above... once i had some week of relief my body started telling me that i lost too much weight in this 2 months battle, and i started eating right, thinking right and symptoms started disappear. Not 100% but we getting there... the mind is powerful !! Respect it.
    • danisha70256
      danisha70256 david77413

      Posted

      I'm glad things are improving for you! And it's good to know that I'm not alone. It's just very worrysome, all of these feelings and such. I can't tell what's an emergency and what's stress anymore.

      But thank you for the support and I'm very happy things are getting much better for you. c:

  • gino78308
    gino78308 danisha70256

    Posted

    Wow danisha that's a lot to go true I can tell you something every thing you have just said I have been true my self so I no just a little do not take warnings sigh lightly but you have been too a lot of doctors who said it could be anxiety you our having all the right tests for your heart & you our doing something about your anxiety in my case it took years of suffering with this for me to find a way to control my anxiety instead of it controlling me as I found out you only die once but in my head I lost count on how many time I taught I was dying I am still here writing 

    • danisha70256
      danisha70256 gino78308

      Posted

      I'm very glad I'm not alone, thank you for this. Made me feel a bit better about the situation. It's just frightening because the lines have been blurred between what warrants an actual emergency and what is just me stressing out all the time. I'm so afraid that one day, I'll mistake my symptoms for just anxiety when in reality is was actually an emergency. :c 

      I just don't know what to think anymore, but thank you so much for this. I'm going to try and remember your words.

  • unlucky63610
    unlucky63610 danisha70256

    Posted

    Hello danisha, sorry to hear about your symptoms all of of ur previous tests are normal thats a good sign its because of anxiety 😜😜😜 i have chest heaviness have done 2 echo 24 hour holter ecg 17 ofher ecgs which are normal but my anxiet drive my worries to 7th sky about my heart so i request my doctor to have a Ct angiography...2 weeks ago i have  a Ct angiography as i request and yesterday i go for result my angiography is normal it give me alot of relaxrion no thing wrong with my heart-----i dont feel any pain or some thing else i have chest heaviness i am not making you scared but for your satisfaction just request your cardiologist to do Ct angiography it take less time then MRI and doctor can see inside ur heart like volve etc its more useful test then MRi and also it take not rocmuch time😇😇😅 try to do this if that is normal its ur anxiety i m not making u scared but for ur satisfaction that is the good test which show how blood flow through the volves 

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