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I'm not sure anymore if I'm having anxiety/panic or some other serious illness. I've had 2 ECG's and my cardiologist is insisting that its all psychological but I think otherwise. I've had various trips to the ER and I had my oxygen level checked (it was a 100% and the attending physician said that there's nothing wrong with me). I get bad chest pains that would radiate to the back but then would disappear after a few minutes and then I start to hyperventilate. I feel numb in the middle of my chest and it feels like my heart is being squeezed but then would almost immediately disappear after inhale/exhale using a paperbag. I would feel so out of control and I feel like I'm going crazy. I feel like I'm having a heart attack and that adds up to my already panicked self. I just end up crying and feeling lost. Often, I get headaches even days after my "panic attack" and some symptoms even stay weeks after like chest pains.
Please help me
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mrmeanerz enomotopoeia
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First let me reassure you that you are not alone in this whole scenario. It was very similar to what I had. I had visual distortion, panic attacks and chest discomfort. I did al the tests and it was all negative (including an angiogram all the way to my heart).
Eventually I had no choice but to decide it was a psychiatric problem and was treated accordingly. It took a around 8 weeks for everything to settle down, but I feel almost 85% myself again.
Get it assessed thoroughly. If it is not anything related to health, please consult a psychiatrist or a GP.
Y.
enomotopoeia mrmeanerz
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So now I'm faced with the choice of considering that this is all just psychological.
Thank you so much!
London_ridge enomotopoeia
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talk to a therapist and see what the trigger was for this event , it does sound like panic every part of it. Stress has a way of tripping the trigger
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