Anxiety

[MQP1990]

So for about a year now I've been suffering from a range of things it all started after a few stressful events main one was someone very close to me had a heart attack after that I was driving in my car when all of a sudden I lost all control I didn't feel right I started panicking I was scared  I thought this was the end for Me I thought I was having a heart attack (I'm 26.) I went to the doctor the same day the doctor thought I was crazy they did EKG which was normal blood work normal chest X-ray normal I felt a little at ease but it didn't last I kept asking myself over and over what the hell was that and will It again to the point I wanted to avoid everything i could that might make it happen again...but I sucked it up and kept trying to live constantly worrying having scary symptoms chest pain shoulder pain stiffness in upper body rapid heart rate heart palpitations dizziness all things that make it worse so few weeks later I'm in my car again with a friend on a hot summer day and I noticed my heart was beating kinda hard to I checked my pulse as I obsessively do now and it was in the 100's I freak it gets worse I can't breathe I get out of my car rush to my girlfriends work place where I drove to pick her up and tell her I'm having a heart attack to call an ambulance the paramedics show up test my blood pressure and puls which was both high and they look at me like I wasted they're time and resources I take the ride to the emergency room EKG again oxygen level 95 everythings fine I feel like a total fool so now at this point I decided to make an appointment with a doctor tell him my symptoms ect and he says it's anxiety and possibly depression two things I've never had problems with so I was put on meds lexapro and beta blockers and it's now nearly a year later and I've gotten worse I think I'm dying and that there's still something wrong with my heart I never have any energy and my overall quality of life is just awful. Does anyone know where I'm coming from and do you have any advice? Does this get better or easier?

[EsotericTrivia]

I would suggest maybe going back to the Psychiatrist and trying a different drug.  I do the beta blocker thing to for my imagined heart issue, and have a lot of anxiety, I am going through the wringer right now so not the best to give advice, but at least know you have fellow suffers.  The one thing my psychologist told me that I took comfort in is if the imagined heart problem hasn't killed you by now its probably safe to stop worrying.

[MQP1990]

Thank you for the advice I will try that.

[notmymojo2]

Does get easier* and cure not cute*

[notmymojo2]

I have very bad anxiety and I got mine from having a panic attack on drugs. I'm almost positive I have PTSD but anyway, you're scared about your heart. You had one bad experience in a car and now your constantly worrying you are gonna do it again. You have anxiety about getting anxiety? Does that make sense? I do it all the time and it's horrible. Anxiety cannot kill you but I do understand when you say the quality of life is very low cause at points it almost inbeerable, I know this sounds stupid but this is a trick that got me thru my first wave of anxiety and panic. Sit down close your eyes and focus on your breathing, nothing else. Breathe in thru your nose and out thru your mouth and take deep breathes. You should start to feel a release of tension on your chest. Do it 6 times. It will calm yourself down. It doesn't get easier, you just have to learn to cope with it. Tho there is not cute for anxiety you can get rid of it. You just have to work at it and understand it's not harmful.

[MQP1990]

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