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Hypochondria and cardiophobia ruining my life

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Priyaw
Priyaw

I have been facing issues with my heart since 2018. Heart palpitations are ruining my life that comes with occasional chest pain.. I have gotten echocardiogram twice, ECG atleast 20 times, and lipid profile too... everything was normal, doctor said i have anxiety issues .. Yes, i do feel anxious at times and worry about smallest of things... I am a 30 years old woman who oftenly feels she's having an heart attack.... at times my resting heart rate is 65 and sometimes it shoots up to 125.... i think i have health anxiety..

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  • jan34534
    jan34534 Priyaw

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    The heart palpitations do not have to ruin your life. you have gotten testing which was normal. a racing heart and even chest pain can be very common with anxiety.

    instead of focusing on all of this, do things that will help you to feel better. When your heart is racing, get on YouTube and listen to some meditations for anxiety. It will help you to relax. The racing heart is caused by adrenaline that is released and it’s not harmful.

    When you get a negative thought in your mind, stay calm and just let it pass and watch it float away. Do things to relax your mind.

    The more you worry the more you will have the sensations that bother you.

    another thing that helps is staying busy. It takes your mind off of yourself. Especially when you help other people. You’re going to be OK. I highly advise that you stay off of the Internet because you’re not going to be able to diagnose yourself that way. Researching will only make you feel miserable for nothing. Take care

    • Priyaw
      Priyaw jan34534

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      Thank you for your reply. I try to stay calm always but the palpitations occur randomly, it causes extreme panic in my head... It is really frustrating and I'm tired of this feeling.

  • Notpia
    Notpia Priyaw

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    Hi!

    i have pretty much the same issues all the time. I have gone to ER multiple times and did a lot of ECGs and blood tests. Everything was always normal but still my chest, upper back and throat burn, ache or feel tight almost all the time and sometimes my heart rate randomly goes up for no reason. sometimes I even feel like someone is stabbing or punching me in the heart and/or around it. all of these symptoms are very real and very painful but apparently all of it can happen cuz of anxiety. even if you don't have a panic attack or even if you don't feel anxious all the time, symptoms can linger. Palpitations feel horrible but are totally normal and rarely indicate anything serious. If there would be something wrong that's related to heart palpitations, ECG would show it.

    They can also happen cuz of poor posture as do all of the before mentioned symptoms. If you stress a lot, your muscles tighten and maybe (like) me you tend to slouch a lot. that puts a lot of pressure on chest, lungs, heart, ribs and back...

    So the best thing we can do is learn how to live with it knowing it isn't serious and minimise stress.

    best luck and lots of love to you!

    • Priyaw
      Priyaw Notpia

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      Hey! Guess we're sailing in the boat. I have the exact symptoms and it really panics me a lot. I hope we overcome this... lots of love and luck 😃

  • annie31369
    annie31369 Priyaw

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    hi priya hope your better? ive had chest pains left arm pains and palpitations since 2019 . since then ive been to A&E 100 times with all trops coming back normal and ecgs mostly ok and same. some days are better than others but almost everyday i feel so energyless and weak with palpitations and chest pains everytime i feel like im having a heart attack or something. ive had 2 echos and a CT cronanry also 2 holt meter recordeds aswell with everything normal. ever since 2 days ive googled something and it showed some life threatening rhytm disorder thats genetic that causes cardiac arrest so all of a sudden for 2 days ive been thinking i have it too i just cant get it out of my head its so horrible and i just now think ill die of this sudden arrthmia deasese because my ecg showed some of it too and so many young people are dying from heart problems . all these thoughts have made me so sick im so restless and energyless i dont even feel like doing anything if i try to rest i just feel really dizzy and about to fall down feeling.

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