Is it my heart??? Or EXTREME panic attacks???

Hi there X we are all here if you need to chat.

I can relate to this and it is panic and anxiety

I too deal with my life and have just got in with it in the past and I had a bad time at 21 anxiety and panic attacks... Got through it and survived 16 years without meds and the symptoms then all of a sudden Christmas Day 2015 of all days it started. Since I have had ups and downs

It's horrible and so deliberating. I could understand if I wasn't coping with stress but I feel I am and my body is not listening to me!

It's the worst thing out there and we worry about anxiety which causes anxiety!

Come in here and chat if you feel low x

I feel for you I started panic attacks when i was in my twenties and now I'm 52 and struggle everyday with heart pain/pressure and fear heart attack. I can feel good for hours and then all of a sudden I feel like I'm going to pass out and very fatigue feeling. I get these sudden waves of hot flush thru out my inner body. It's scary. I would say see your doctor and try a low dose of meds to try and help you cope and get thru it. I know medicine isn't always the answer but it does help. It's no different then a person with other medical issues that have to take meds. We just have a chemical imbalance and need a little extra help. My daughter is the same as your wife I want to run to er and be sure again and again I'm ok and she says mom it's panic your fine I will talk and walk with you to get you thru it. Best of luck to you. 

I have been going through similar experiences as you for the past two months. I'm a 32 year old female that works out all the time and eats relatively healthy. About 2 months ago I noticed I was having on and off chest pressure. I have asthma so I just assumed it was that and would take my inhaler which seemed to help at the time. The chest pressure kept reoccurring more frequently to the point it was constantly there (still is).

I went to see my doctor and she said my lungs sound clear, but I had developed a dry cough from it. My blood pressure was also high as well as my pulse. She had me go to the hospital to get a chest X-ray which came out normal. She also has me get a blood test for possible blood clot in my lungs (this scared me) but it also came out normal.

I was rushed to the hospital the following day because the pressure was so severe I felt I couldn't breath. I could even hear myself wheezing. My oxygen levels were fine, but I still had high blood pressure and high pulse. I got sent home and met with a lung specialist the next day.

The lung specialist has me so a breathing test and checked my lungs. My lungs are clear and I passed my breathing test but again high pulse and high blood pressure. I was sent to the hospital for a CAT scan to rule out blood clot. It was normal. Later that day I had an echogram done for my heart to make sure my heart was functioning properly. It was also normal.

Relieved tests came out good but still scared and frustrated to what is going on. So one day I had heartburn that would not go away. I saw my dr and she put me on anti acid meds thinking I have gerd. I started taking them a few weeks ago and met with a gastrologist.. I can say the meds helped some at first so I was like okay this is what it is. However the pressure and cough was still there just not as severe.

I started feeling the pressure and cough come back more intensely despite being on acid reflux meds. I was sent for a barium swollow which came back normal! I'm so frustrated. So then I get sent to my endocroblogist to have my thyroid checked because I do have an underachiever thyroid. She also checked my cholesterol and both came out normal. I still have high blood pressure and pulse.

So I've been through all this in a month. I cried in her office because I can't figure out what's going on. She mentioned to me I may be suffering from severe stress and anxiety where it's manafesting itself physically. She told me stress and anxiety can create havoc for your body. It causes weird symptoms. Basically your symptoms are created by your anxiety and your anxiety is created by your symptoms. It's an awful feeling. She put me on 10mg of Prozac but I've only been on it for a week and haven't noticed a difference yet..

I'm not entirely convinced it's anxiety either, but when all the medical tests come back normal what else is left? This too has affected my life so negatively. I stopped going to the gym because I feel so awful. I don't want to do much other than be at home because it takes too much effort and energy to do anything else. I'm also scheduled for an endoscopy but feel at this point it probably won't show anything. All I can do is wait and see if the Prozac helps and if it does I will be doing things to help me mentally.

I will keep you posted on what happens. Good luck I hope you feel better. You're not alone!

Thankyou for your replies... I honestly feel like doctors don't understand my situation at all. The moment the Dr decides it's anxiety it's like they are blind to everything else. 5 minutes in the emergency room and the doc said your having a panic attack and never came back to check on me again.. that's the main reason my wife refuses to let me go back to the emergency room when I'm in the middle of a panic attack. I feel like if I had to I could deal with the attacks but what is scaring me the most is knowing my blood pressure is up above 180 to 200 almost everyday and I know sooner or later the anxiety is going to cause something more serious like heart attack or stroke. I am taking blood pressure meds and working on a diet plan. I will definitely get my thyroid checked after reading about it here. Thanks again for all the replies it feels good knowing I'm not the only one suffering from this God awful anxiety. One last question when your blood pressure spikes and drops have any of you noticed changes in your vision?? My vision seems cloudy and different even 48 hours after the attack??