43 year old
femaleCondoms
Female condoms
Female sexual dysfunction with mvp (trivial) - checked yearly by cardiologist - February had 24 hour heart
holterHolter monitor (24h) (showed pvc's and pac's), stress test (
normalNormal saline flush), echocardiagram (
normalNormal saline flush -other than the mvp). Was having
panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks throughout the day - doctor said I was probably overtly aware of the pvcs/pacs. Recently started having what I believe to be nocturnal
panicPanic disorder
Panic disorder with agoraphobia attacks - will be sleeping (which is hard for me to do anyway) and then it's like someone has jolted me . That's when I will have a surge in heart rate (up to 125bpm from the mid to upper 50's), blood pressure will go up to 180/90, feel like I need to have a bowel movement, get shaky, then chills. This is very frightening. This will last about 20 - 30 minutes but then takes hours to get back to sleep. Doctor says that it is anxiety and prescribed Paxil (10mg) and to increase my Toprol XL to 50mg a day (taken at night). I do not want to take the Paxil, I would rather have a behavior change if this is in fact anxiety. I am self employed and have a lot of stress running my own company. Is this in fact anxiety or should I be having my doctor check for something else? I have these at least four times a week and they are normally anywhere from 11:00pm - 3:00am. It seems too frightening to just be anxiety????