what can this be

yeah i have GAD and PTSD and when i went to the ER they said oh its just anxiety but not im scared i have a heart problem which im sure i dont because they didnt look worried when they checked my blood pressure and just sent me home im dizzy when sitting and standing and when i stand up by heart starts to pound and dizziness gets worse and i sometimes get lightheaded and thank you for the reply 

he he I have got Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome PTSD panic and anxiety Migraines and high blood pressure/heart irrythmia when in panic mode so I totally symperthise for you its blooy scary stuff..... I'm sure they did ECG on you to rule that out.I only started getting panic attacks last year,I went to A&E 3 times in 10 days (light headed/numb head in parts,dizzy faint cet)before I eventually got diagnosed by my doctor,do you take meds for anxiety?

they did not do an ECG on me i get needle like pains in my chest but was told its anxiety and that im to young im only 19 but still scary... i probably should of asked for one now i regret it but of course everyone who goes into the er with anxiety they look at us like ya ya ya your fine go home right? lol i keep telling myself its anxiety and that it will pass but to every time i stand up my heart to race and dizziness gets worse and weak legs its like how much can take of this.. and im not on any pills atm i used to be but i didnt like how they made me feel so i stopped but im gonna be seeing a therapist this week and i was told they might want to put me on pills so we will see are you on any? is it helping you

I think they didnt do ECG cause they knew what it was if they thought it was heart related they would have defo done one...Your not on your own Lilly,you will believe now that know one understands you if it is anxiety/panic,its taken me literally 15 yrs after PTSD to work out what anxiety is truly about,its a word banded about these days.but to truely understand it....when I get panic its like my chest is in some huge vice been tightened with two knuckles/stillettoes been crushed very hard against the heart/chest/ribs,its physically painful pins and needles hands and feet sometimes numb head,muscle spasms/palpatations,at first I thought I was literally dying,I rang 999 for an ambulance..it is properly SCARY stuff.Now I'm aware its not now even with the sympoms.i've been on medication for CVS and PTSD panic disorder,I first tried EMDR and then talking therapies also CBT.Ive taken many meds from low dose anti psychotics to anti Dep's cet...they either didnt work or they gave terrible side effects,Ive been taking Diazipam for the last 18 months as soon as I feel panic I take some and within 2 mins its totally gone although I would say these medications are only as a last resort after trying other methods I mentioned earier but they work for me.when I'm in panic mode my blood pressure shoots up,I have a BP moniter at home and I can see my heart making irrythmic beats and BP rising in real time its mad....then returns to nomal after meds,I was diagnosed with GAD it was 10yrs after that I started with panic disorder after a relationship with my brother and girlfriend suddenly ended within wks of eachother,Have you got extra stufff your worrying about at the moment,I could be wrong but i see myself in you before I was truely aware,its not phyical.its not heart problem its fight or flight kicking in.Im not a doc,but read as much as poss about anxiety/panic massively under estimated and misunderstood condition.I'm still learning after 2 decades of it,regulary seeing doctor and psychiatrst.you said you got/had low potassium which when very low can be very dangerous on your heart,After my vomiting episodes mine use to get so low I have to be admitted to get re fuelled,anyroad I wish you the best Lilly in your journey and hope you find some answers soon,I'm sure you will

try this for now,distraction techique when feeling anxious/panic

1.descibe 5 things you can see in your room.

2.name 4 things you can feel (feet on floor cet.)

3.name 3 sounds you can hear.

4.name 2 things you can smell.

5.think of 1 good/posative thing about yourself,

concentrate think VERY VERY hard use your senses experience each smell touch vision cet to the MAX.....dont just scim over it...good luck you,

 

thank you so much for this long reply you made me feel so okay and made me less worried about what i feel day to day thank you.. i hate how long you have been dealing with this and its still a struggle but you have things in front of you that help and will continue to help you to live a life everyday.. it takes a lot of work to get back to "normal life" but its possible and for how long you struggled and keep fighting is a motivation its truly hard to believe what i feel everyday is anxiety related but i know it is but my mind tells me different i try and fight everyday i pray everyday for a better life and to live like a 19 year old should im starting my intense therapy monday thank god its a monday-friday program for therapy i hope this helps me i hope to be back on my feet soon... and everytime i go to the doctor my blood pressure is normal also 117/75 or 120/85 always normal and when i was at the ER the doctor listened to my heart beat and said it should beautiful and is beating how its supposed too thats why i thought if he was worried about it they would off checked ASAP instead of just telling me to relax and its just anxiety its just weird how it starts to race when i get up but also i noticed its the worse when i know i need to leave my comfort zone so thats another sign of anxiety and i tried those techiques you listened before! they do help again thank you so much for your reply you really did calm my nerves and i hope all is good for you! 

Hi Lilly happy I could assist,If you use social media I would join one of the closed groups for anxiety/panic and also PTSD groups there closed so you are comfortable speaking to others or just to read other peoples stories just like you,you will learn so much from it,as you learn very little from docs/psychs they like to keep there cards close to their chests,but speaking to people that are going through the same as you,it really helps,makes you feel you have your own little family that REALLY do understand and care for youi didnt say but I have trouble leaving the house since christmas,getting better,now its sunny though,anyway...where ever you are have a lovely w.end stay posative Lilly.Hope your therapy works out too.

 

aww thank you so muc its sunny here as well high 65 degrees and i have trouble leaving the house too for how i always feel i try to push myself but then i give up because i start to panic ugh i hope one day i can say i can go anywhere again and of course it always helps a lot when i hear peoples stories and they sounds so familiar to me makes me smile not because they have anxiety too but because we arent alone in this again thank you and i hope you have a wonder weekend too! 

thank you for the reply! and i had my ears check my my pcp i had fluid in it back months ago was given pills and then i went back and it was gone but the dizziness was still there but its just getting worse and idk if it is my anxiety or a heart problem but when i went to the ER they didnt looked worried when my BP went up when i stood up said its my anxiety and sent me home idk what to do anymore and ive tried doing the manoevres by myself at home and it didnt seem to help 

Hi Lilly,

I had labyrithitis which caused me some of these symptoms. I would get dizzy and my heart could race. It would cause dizziness on moving around etc . basically, your balance is controlled by the labyrinth in your ear. When it's affected we feel dizzy. Also, the body tries to make us balanced again and adrenaline gets released that I believe sets off our heart racing. I got the symptoms re recurring and had a bad bout where I was falling to the side and my heart would race too. The only thing that came back on my blood test was low b12 and my symptoms went after taking b12 a while.

I think the hard bit is when you have anxiety and you have such symptoms for people not to put it down to anxiety. I have cardiac arrhythmia and didn't know this so one time when I was younger I was so scared that something massively was wrong when my heart started racing and I felt really weird that I went to the emergency hospital and was told it was a panic attack. So, it was seen as anxiety and I had this very scary time for about 6 months. The symptoms went when I became pregnant (no idea why) and I was only told 4 years later that I had cardiac arrhythmia. I still get the heart racing occasionally but am not afraid of it as it's positional most of the time which means I can manage it by changing my position, breathing really deeply or sometimes even coughing hard. I'm not saying you have this or labyrinthitis (virus that attacks the inner ear) just I had these symptoms an know how scary it is and that in my case there really wasn't anything seriously wrong and that was 22 years ago for me.

Would also like to add that caffeine didn't help and ended up making my heart really race and giving it up really helped. Best advice I got from any professional was that the heart is a muscle and it is programmed to pump quickly sometimes (like when you're running) and that these increases in speed don't harm it.

Hope that helps

Beverley

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I wondered if you were menopausal,but obviously not!!!  Is your diet good or do you skip meals to try to be slim? 

Noo i usually eat my 3 meals a day not always the best meals but i try