chamber of heart acting up..

I have had fainting and dizzy spells since i hit 23 now 25 At night sleeping is hard to do these days with chest pains the pounding of the chest and a heart rate thats 145 and higher these pain at times move in my arm and even up my neck and shoulders .. I have spasms in my legs mainly cafes sometime in my back and chest I cant sleep because of the pain in my legs and i get headaches... Went to doctor because i was fainting and chest pains they ran all kinds of test said i was healthy did make me wear heart monitor for a week showing my resting heart rate was 145 when im resting and asleep.. he said i had Angina and that one of the cambers of my heart was acting up.. so put my on beta blockers which didnt help made my resting night worse... now sometimes i cant feel my fingers on my left hand they go numb and sometimes cant feel my legs they also go numb my fingers turn bright red to purple and swell up I dont know whats wrong but I'm afriad one night I wont wake up..

[cindy707]

Hi iread your post and am so sorry that you are going thru this at such a young age.  I am hoping that the doctor that you went to was a heart doctor jennipher.  A couple of things here...something just doesn't ring right with me with your post.  The fainting is a huge no no w. any human being and i don't believe it can be explained away w. angina...a couple of symtoms (symptoms) do look angina based but most importantly you have to remember that angina is not a disease...it is a symtom of an issue that is going on w. your body.  The red flags for me are that your resting heart rate is way too high altho not alarming it is still too high and that is what the beta blocker is for is to block the adrenaline in your heart to calm it down so that it beats at a more relaxed rythm so it looks like that got taken care of.  Ususally when people faint or get dizzy many times it is blood pressure related or oxygen defiency related as are a couple of your other symtoms (symptoms).  O2 defiency can definately cause your hands to become numb and cold as well as your legs and the issue w. your headaches.  Which chamber did the doc point out was the culprit here?  You have four of them.  Personally i think you need to get a second opinion because because alot of this just simply does not add up to me.  The chest pains that radiate into your back and neck is also a red flag.  At your age you shouldn't be going thru this especially w. the way that modern medicine is today.  Along w. the beta blocker i would think that the doc would have told you to take an aspirin a day to thin down your blood a little to avoid any clot issues if you are tolerant of aspirin because of the elevated heart rate.  I am unsure of what city you are from Jennipher but you may want to post it on our site or go onto the heart disease site and put it out there that you are looking for a good thorough doc in your area for a second opinion.  Angina may be the symtom of many things that are going on w. your heart and the classic symtom is a deep pain or crushing sensation behind your sternun which definately is oxygen based from the muscle of the heart not getting enough air.  Seems to me that the doc would have given you the diagnosis not just the symtom of angina....did he or she?  Try to give us a little more info as to what they said in terms of a diagnosis.  And don't worry it takes ALOT to stop the heart and this really isn't one of the things that will do it...the heart is the main pump of the body and it has to be a very extreme situation for this to happen so don't worry about not waking up in the morning.  For me it would just be more irritating and worrisome than anything and this is exactly what happens when a doc doesn't sit a patient down and explain everything that is going on.  If you love your doc make a second appt. w. them for a consult and write down all of your questions and read them off one by one by one....good luck Jennipher....

[jennipher7785]

Thank you cindy707!!! Well here's the thing it started with my Right Arm one day at work swelled up and arm was purple like blood was not going anywhere couldnt move it I mean i seriously count move it. Work told me to go to doctor to I did he didnt take Ex rays just told me I had tentinitus ( sorry for spelling ) so I was sent on my way... Well not 2 weeks later noticed chest pains It felt like someone just stabed me and it went away.. well started new job and i started getting weak I couldnt walk leg pain charely horse as we call it and leg swell feeling up needles running up my legs not fun... went to doctors told me take deep breath and i blacked out I freaked doctor out... he sent me to another doctor because he couldnt figure out what was wrong now this doctor ran test make sure didnt have lupus or ms ... well then wore heart monitor came back I was having faster heart rate when resting... He told me I had angina and that one of chambers of my heart was acting up!!  this doctor was not a nice doctor he told me I couldnt have serveral things wrong with me meaning several symptoms which is not true you can and be many things... But he told me take beta blockers and sent me on my way... So no he didnt check which part of my heart was acting up he didnt even care to find out why I was getting weak because my legs were in so much pain why i have purple fingers and needles in toes.... But I lost my job from going to docs and having to stay home because i couldnt move... which my fault but lost my insurance.. so I was hope someone felt as I did and still so anymore I cant breath because feels like someone is siting on my chest still walking is hard and have headaches everyday and same ole fast heart beat that feels like its pounding out of my chest i cant walk 2 feet with out getting dizzy and heart pounds .... But I dont know what is wrong with me besides I dont feel right!!