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Odd palpitations

I have been taking Celexa for almost 6 weeks now and in the past 2 weeks, I have been having odd heart palpitations. It starts out as a dull pain and then there's a rush of heat in my chest, then I feel my heart and it feels as though it's beating really fast. I just went to the doctor last week and my EKG was fine. I have a panic disorder, which is why I take Celexa. I have had my blood checked numerous times and numerous EKGs to find nothing wrong with me.

1. Could this be related to the medicine?

2. Could this be a dulled panic attack?

3. Could it actually be something worse?

Thanks,

Cody
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I'm 19, btw. Lol. My panic disorder is drug-induced. It seems to happen out of nowhere for no apparent reason. I used to smoke a lot of weed, drink a lot, and do acid and shrooms. I have been completely clean for two months and I feel great for the most part. I quit smoking cigarettes and I also don't drink anything with caffeine in it. I'm trying my best to change my ways before I turn into some kind of monster. I now know why everybody tells kids not to use drugs and why they are illegal.
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Well,
You are  16... That is a few decades before I started thinking heart.
I have burning sensations and I get really hot sometimes.
The feeling is from adrenalin. The charge of scoring in a game is similar or... really, the same thing.
If you can figure out what makes you feel dread... or for me, it was a "fear of discovery"... type of feeling. (Like: Wow, did anyone see me screw up)... I have a fear of Trucks, heights and bridges, from an accident on a bridge, with a truck. I had forgotten, until I had some significant driving issues, that kept getting worse. I was molested as a young teen, and I had issues with the high school, much later, then problems with schools in general.
It was because I did not ask for help, when I was a kid. Then I let things go.
So getting help for things when you are young, prevents issues from harming your whole life.
Sometimes kids get wound up in "suceeding" and making decisions about their educational/vocational direction.
I let my daughter work at a sanwich shop for a year after she graduated, before I put pressure on her to start paying rent. She paid twice as much to move out. But the roomate parade convinced her that waitressing was not her only interest.
I think a part time job is helpful in figuring out what you don't like... LOL
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I do go to counselling every week. It has been helping. I just still have the fear in my head that I may be having a heart attack, stroke, etc. everytime it acts up. The medicine has been somewhat working, but I try not to freak out every time it acts up. I just can't help but think something is wrong with me even though every test has showed nothing, other than the panic disorder I've been diagnosed with.
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Hi
What I read here sounds like panic symptoms.
If you are taking an antidepressant, I would hope you are in Therapy. Many docs will prescribe a pill, and not insist on therapy. That is a mistake, and therapy is truely indicated for panic attack.
50 minutes for a session is a good amount of time. Psychiatrists, who dispense pills, may spend very little time with you. (10-15 min)... which is definately NOT enough.
A good therapist will help you get past this.
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