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Heart attack or panic attack?

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catch24
catch24

Hello! 

I suffer from health anxiety, and very much have a fear of having a heart attack. Tonight, I woke up with a bad pain between my shoulder blades and I was sweating. 

Since my immediate fear was that I was having a heart attack I looked to the internet to help me with signs and symptoms of a heart attack (not that I had not read them before). These of course are 2 signs of a heart attack but nothing more. 

My question or discussion I wanted to start was... if I am without severe chest pain or shortness of breath should I even be fearful of a heart attack? My issue is that not 1 heart attack is the same so there are clear definitions of this heart attack, I am left to wonder if every pain, sweat, uncomfortable feeling is a heart attack, I’m very tired of living with this fear. Please help, any insight is helpful. 

Ps: pain between my shoulder blades is gone now. Just this lingering acheyness. 

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  • jason_26136
    jason_26136 catch24

    Posted

    Have you ever had a chest scan and ecg and talked to a cardiologist regarding your heart fears, also what has made you feel anxious about your heart in the first place? 
  • mike997
    mike997 catch24

    Posted

    how old are you?

    how is your body shape?

    do you drink? smoke? workout?

    did you went to a doc? made an ecg? heart ultrasound? blood tests

  • jacqueline01135
    jacqueline01135 catch24

    Posted

    Sounds as though you were sleeping in a funny position and got cramp, If you get hot ,do what I do, put your feet outside of the duvet. Also think you are looking for trouble ,when there isn't any there .Buy 

    yourself a big cuddly toy to hold when you go to bed, 

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