Very afraid of dying. Need answers!
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I'm 26 years old, 170lbs (slowly dropping the weight)
After I got out of the hospital for my supposed heart attack (was a panic attack based on my labs.) I still felt anxious and worried about my health. Before that I hadn't been getting a lot of sleep and work was stressing me out. A few days after my visit to the ER I had a meltdown on Tuesday, though after that I felt better: My left-most chest tension was all but gone and my anxiety was gone too. I felt better until I got a look at my fingernails, which looked red but were just a slightly deep pink, and looked up the reasons why they happened. The one thing that kept coming up was heart trouble, and as a result I felt anxious, dizzy and weak until Friday, with my chest tension and left arm aches. On Friday I had my follow-up appointment with a doctor, which went over fine and I left for work right after. I was fine at work until I got nervous and worried over my heart health again, but by evening I felt better. At 11pm I had a sudden, sharp left arm pain that stretched from my forearm to my pinky finger that lasted for a few hours and didn't change intensity (about a 4-5 on the pain scale) The next morning I woke up anxious, dizzy and shaky, but otherwise I was ok. I took Lexapro for the first time that morning, too. By mid afternoon I could feel the effects, but it was almost as if my anxiety symptoms were enhanced, even if I felt mellow and emotionless. Once I got home I experienced tense abdominal muscles, leg and arm stiffness and tingling in both my pinky and ring fingers on both hands, plus I felt dizzy and weak. On sunday I woke up feeling a bit anxious and weak, still sporting left chest tension and arm aches, and after I got up and walking the symptoms got better for me, to the point of going away completely by evening. I was feeling good until I checked my heart rate, which was in the mid 60's when sitting down and in the 70's and 80's when standing or walking. It was 59 when laying down in bed, as well. Now I'm stressed/anxious about my health AGAIN, even though my heart rate being that low is normal.
The symptoms I had throughout all of this DID NOT change in intensity or get worse, and I've been going through digestive detox for the past week so idk if that has any bearing on my overall health. I'm afraid to talk about this with my parents (who think I'm going crazy worrying about my health) and I don't want to make another trip to the doctor only to find that everything is fine. My labs during my stay in the hospital showed that I had not experienced a heart attack, my bloodwork came back good (they did a D-Dimer, too, which was 450/500) and two EKG's showed a normal heart rhythm. Idk what to do.....I'm afraid to fall asleep at night now and I fear this is ruining my life.
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albert48271 EF4468
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Hey man I'm 20 and I can 100% relate to you right now. I have been in and out of the ER for the last month (4 times to be exact) thinking that I am having a heart attack. I have been to 3-4 cardiologists and 2 physicians with 5 EKGs, blood work, an echo, and a 30 day event monitor. I get weird flutters in my chest, chest pains, and dizziness and nausea. Im constantly scared of dying throughout the day
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Scotgal EF4468
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You're afraid of dying when you have no reason to be, your parents are right. You are too obsessed with dying, you should be living, you're not. All if not most of your symptoms can be associated with severe anxiety. The only serious finding as far as your fingernails being pink/red, is if you had whats known as splinter hemorrhages, but what you described doesn't fit that finding. They're often associated with bacterial endocarditis. Your labs came back normal, stop worrying until you have something to worry about. Your too young to be worrying that you're going to die.