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I have been feeling weird sensations with my head and heart.

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AaronA96
AaronA96

Hello everyone my name is Aaron. I have been recently experiencing some weird symptoms. For no reason I will feel head pressure along with a feeling of numbness in my head. I also sometimes get cold sensations in my head. I have had a cat scan and just got my mri done a couple of days ago. I have not gotten the results back but am hoping for the best. Now to get to the issues with my heart. I notice sometimes i have numbness in the chest sometime on the left sometimes on the right, also sometimes it seems located near the sternum. I also have palpitations and what feels like pvcs as well. Had multiple tests done. Chest xray, echocardiogram,ekg, and also worn an event monitor. Everytime they say nothing is wrong. But these past 3 years my breathing has gotten very bad. Along with the palpitations and other stuff. The head pressure recently started 2 months ago after I stopped taking my prozac for anxiety. It felt as if the medicine caused it and the symptoms stayed. Along with this i have felt very weak and as if my muscles aren't as strong as they once were. Please let me know if you relate or feel exactly what I have been dealing with.

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  • mike62510
    mike62510 AaronA96

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    I know you probably don’t want to hear this (I mean you probably do, but you might have trouble believing it) but the symptoms you mentioned are very consistant with anxiety, which you say you have problems with. Anxiety can produce many symptoms and these change over time. People with anxiety usually think the heart and brain are the causes, so that is also the classic case. The cardiac workup you had seems really detailed and if they say nothing is wrong, than try to believe them. The brain related work up also seems thorough (very few healthcare providers would do both a ct scan and mri on the spot) and I’m sure they will also be OK, so don’t worry. As for pvcs (or pacs more often) skipped, missed or extra beats, they are very common in the general population and stress makes them come on more often. They are not dangerous however, unless in certain patterns (so not the isolated one we feel) and doctors would give you meds for them if they saw such a pattern or very high numbers. The thing is that anti-arrythmic drugs are not things that should be perscribed lightly, as they often a rare side effect of causing worse arrythmias, so trust your docs. Good docs are the key.
    • AaronA96
      AaronA96 mike62510

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      Thank you. My mri came back with something. So apparently my right cerebral tonsil has grown 6mm past my left one so now I must go to a neurologist. Alot of the symptoms are apparently anxiety and other feelings of numbness. So atleast they found that. I'm hoping all will be well. But i still feel like something id going on with my heart. But in the symptoms it also says irregular heart beat. But i appreciate the response.

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