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What's wrong with me??

I am a 28yo female that is having problems trying to figure out my problem.  Once I was driving and all of a sudden my hands and feet started tingling, palpitations I became dizzy, short of breath, chest pains, and I started hyperventilating. Fortunately my cousin was with me. We stopped at the nearest ER and after they calmed me down, the doctor automatically assumed it was anxiety. He did no test or lab work, he just shot me in the behind with vistaril, wrote me a prescription for it, and sent me out the door!!!! So the "attacks" became more frequent. I  have palpitations all day. Also I go day to day not feeling "right". It seems like everything is unreal, or Im living life in a haze!! I am having appropriate conversations, and doing all the right things, how?......I dont know. Its like Im on auto pilot! It also seems like I have developed a light sensitivity!! I went to the doctor, she did an ekg, it was fine,but she also put me on a 24hr holter monitor. I showed some pvs and pacs and some round of tachycardia. So she sends me to a cardiologist. He now has me on a 10day holter. Ended up going back to my primary because I had developed insomnia, she ordered me ambien, and she gave me the trial of lexapro because of course she thinks I have anxienty AND depression! Took one pill and never took another because it made me feel psychotic!! The cardiologist's  nurse called me 3days ago and told me they wanted to start me on metoprolol. Now I feel palpitations all day long. And I am starting to have chest pains. I don't have an echocardiogram schedule until next week!!! Im still not getting any sleep because when I go to sleep, I wake right back up with palpitations and my heart skipping beats. While Im asleep and I have them, my fight or flight response kicks into over drive and I find myself standing up in the middle of the floor!! I am terrified!! Im not ready to die!! What could be wrong with me!!?????

Samantha
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Thanks for the info. This is my 1st post on here. Im just terrified!
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242509 tn?1196922598
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OK given you age and symptoms it really sounds as if this was a panic attack that triggered your palpitations. Irrespective of this, a tachycardia was detected on your holter monitor and so you should ask the person who read the report what they plan on doing about the tachycardia, There are many medications which can in most patients decrease the burden of these tachycardias, but in some patients ( and given you level of anxiety I suspect this may be your case) an ablation is sometimes offered. This is an EP study to determine what the tachycardia is and in > 90% of cases it is successfully ablated. Speak to your cardiologist about this. But do so in a slow and deliberate way, without the pressured speech I note in you original question, because most physicians do not react well to being placed under extreme pressure.
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159619 tn?1707018272
Be patient, these doctors always resspond, sometimes it taes a day or two but they will get back to you with very good advice.

Although there may be something wrong, after reading your post, especially the tone, it really sounds like anxiety to me as well. It is possible to have heart diseas at your age, but 28 year old females are pretty low risk. Do you have many risk factors like smoking, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or family history? If you could add this before the docotor responds you will get a better informed answer so you should really try to get it on the thread before they respoond.

Good luck!

Jon
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Anybody? Please help!
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