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I am a 28 yr old female, for the past 7 months i have been suffering from what the doctor thinks is anxiety, my heart rate is constantly fast. I had an ecg which showed up as abnormal so was given an echo scan which showed up fine, i was given blood tests which again was normal. for the past 2 nights i have been woken with a sharp pain in my left side under my chest bone, this has then moved into my arm making it feel weak as though the blood isnt flowing properly, i have put off going to emergancy rooms as i feel that i am just going to be told its my anxiety. Help im concerned dont no who else to turn to. xxx
i have been to the doctors today and have been given some beta blockers, i have only taken 1 today but i have noticed a huge differance in my heart rate and have now been refereed to a specialist so hopefully might find out what is going on. I will keep you posted. xx
Great advice above! If it were me, I'd seek out my own Cardiologist for an evaluation and go from there. I don't think it's normal even with anxiety for your heart rate to constantly be high, it normally comes and goes. You may benefit from wearing a Holter monitor which monitors your heart 24/7 for any irregularities. If everything is still okay, seek help for your anxiety. We're always here if you need us, and I hope you get some answers quickly. Take care.
After you got checked out by the doctor and were told you had anxiety, what did he/she tell you to do about it? You have not said you feel stressed but little things can lurk in the back of our minds and cause anxiety symptoms.
If they said nothing, then the best thing to do is to start by keeping your breathing in check. By doing this you can lower your heart rate and the anxiety lessens. Try taking a deep breath in through your nose, hold it for five seconds and count this out in your head, then let it all out through your mouth. Do this until your heart rate comes back down.
Even when you don't feel stressed, there is some trigger that is in your subconscious that can cause you to hyperventilate and not even know it so the breathing helps a lot.
Give it try and see if it works. In the mean time, if you keep experiencing these symptoms, then you should look into seeing a psychologist so they can teach you some cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
All the best.
If they said nothing, then the best thing to do is to start by keeping your breathing in check. By doing this you can lower your heart rate and the anxiety lessens. Try taking a deep breath in through your nose, hold it for five seconds and count this out in your head, then let it all out through your mouth. Do this until your heart rate comes back down.
Even when you don't feel stressed, there is some trigger that is in your subconscious that can cause you to hyperventilate and not even know it so the breathing helps a lot.
Give it try and see if it works. In the mean time, if you keep experiencing these symptoms, then you should look into seeing a psychologist so they can teach you some cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
All the best.
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