Heart, anxiety or both?

Posted By Heather on February 16, 1999 at 15:42:54:







To put it bluntly I have been through hell for the past 7 years. I awoke one night to a racing heart beat of 170. To make a long story short, i have continued to have heart problems (Tachacardyia, PVC's,) ever since.  My major complaint has always been chest pain.  This pain starts whenever my adrenalin "goes off". I feel an adrenalin release and then I have a squeezing pain between my shoulder blades in the back for a few seconds with each wave of adrenalin.  Usually when this happens I take a Xanax and/ or nitroglycering and the pain goes away.
   This has had a profound effect on my life.  I have begun to wonder if this is a psychiatric complaint, a cardiac ailment or a combination of both...I have had a cardiac catheterizaion 3 years ago that was normal.  Possible diagnosis has been coronary artery spasm, panic attacks, a combination of both and MVP.
   i have had my adrenalin tested and it was normal.  Why would my adrenalin release ALL THE TIME?  Would this be anxiety related? Currently I am on Toprol (50mg), Xanax (.5), Imdur (which doesn't help) and recently started Zoloft (50mg).
   Sorry this is so long, but could anxiety be causing all of my symptoms or for instance, could anxiety trigger some cardiac problems?