Shortness of breath when heart speeds up

Hello everyone,

I've been getting very worked up lately about my heart. Randomly my heart will speed up and i actually get shortness of breath when this happens and light headed. One thing to point out is all my life i have gotten light headed when exerting myself. I recently left work early in fear of a heart attack, i was having chest pains every once in a while that would really jar me. But i had done push ups the night before so i may have pulled a pectoral muscle. Anyways i was so scared that i may have worked into an anxiety attack, i never had one, but my body was very weak and i was getting light headed. All this including the chest pains were making me very panicked. On the way there i was having trouble breathing and my finger tips went numb. I was hooked to an EKG and they said everything looked fine. Blood work was done and i was never called back. Also an ultra sound was done. They had no explanation because i am 22 yrs old. My father found out he has a faulty valve which leaks, and it will be fixed, could this be my issue? Also that was a month ago. The past week i get sudden heart speed ups and or just shortness of breath. I have been stressed a little with my job and other problems. I also tend to over worry about some things so maybe an Anxiety disorder could cause this? even when i'm calm and relaxed?. Can sleep deprivation also cause symptoms like these? I'm scared because i know if i go back to the docs they will just tell me nothing is wrong again after an EKG. To me i do not seem to think i'm stressed, i'm normally calm. But i guess i can be along with anxiety and not really notice it much. i dont know.

Sorry about all my questions, i'm really trying to pinpoint this.

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Sounds like you had a panic attack.  I recently, about a month ago, had a very similar incident and my fingers got tingly and numb.  If you google you find thisa common symptom of an anxiety attack/panic attack.  When I was younger I used to get them just out of the blue.

A leaky valve would have been caught on the ultra sound.  Bad news travels fast for tests so if you didn't hear any results, it's good. Still call them for the results.

If you'd like, the next best test for you would be a stress test.  This is a stress test for the heart.  They put you on a treadmill, you will be hooked up to an EKG, BP, and blood ox levels.  You then proceed up through 4 progressivley higher stages.  They will see your exercise tolerance and if your heart properly responds to exercise.