Negative echo and stress, so why the discomfort?

[pavopooh]

I have been having episodes of chest pressure and shortness of breath on and off for several years, it has always been blamed on my thyroid (hypo), and have lots of periods of bradycardia (my heart rate is 54-60) but this week I was hospitalized overnight twice for chest pressure, dizziness, nausea, and sever shortness of breath.  My vitals are ok, all except my heart rate that would go from 120 (resting) to normal than to 46 then to normal augh!  My oxygen levels was 93% on room air, and I am very very tired.  I have had 1 near fainting spell, and episodes of sever sweating followed by being very flushed.  No one seems to know what is going on.  My stress test from Sept was neg, my cat scan, MRI, chest x-ray, and ecg were negative, they did an echocardiogram which is also negative.  They are making me think I am nuts!!  One of the nurses I work with told the docs they should consider re-duing the stress, she said "I know her and this is not what she looks like" I really feel terrible all the time.  No energy, and now when I eat I get nauseated, short of breath and chest pressure that does not want to go away.  anyone have any ideas????

[pavopooh]

WOW!! I am glad you are doing better.  I was actually in the hospital overnight twice last week for these same issues, then started feeling better -- they keep saying nothing is wrong- really making me feel crazy - then woke up the morning, heart rate 48, short of breath, weak, very very tired, and chest full of butterflies :-(  getting really tired of feeling like this

[S_Chaney]

I can;t say that it IS a heart issue, but if it helps I'll share a little of my story.

At age 33I went the to ER during work for chest pains and shortness of breath.

They did an ecg and troponin tests and everything came back fine (though they only did a single troponin on admission). And I was discharged.

Over the next year it kept happening over and over. The doctors ran all kinds of tests. Ecg, stress tests, blood work.... Everything came back fine. At the time I was also the picture of perfect health. 2% body fate, well muscled and in the gym 5 days a week.

So needless to say the doctors started looking at me like I was a head case. A hypochondriac with too much time on his hands.

Also needless to say, they all had to pull their feet out of their mouths when a year after the first episode I had my first heart attack.

To make a long story short, there is NO test that can rule out a heart problem. They are all "inclusive" not "exclusive". If you are having recurring symptoms then something is causing them.

For me, the only viable test was an angio. That showed the blockages the other tests (including nuclear imaging) couldn't find. I ended up with a 100%, 90% and 70% blockage when I had my first MI. And no test was able to show it other then an angio.