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Mitral valve prolapse possibility?

Mitral valve prolapse possibility?

Hi,

So I am an 18 year old girl with a range of symptoms that make me think I have mitral valve prolapse. First of all, it is in my family- my mother and grandmother have been diagnosed ( my mom said with MVP tachycardia). One thing to keep in mind as I go through my symptoms is that I can be a hypochondriac and get a bit obsessive over these things, so I've been hesitant to go to a doctor about any of this for years. Also, the anxiety and such could be explained by the fact that I have gone through stressful situations with family in my life (which could also mean all of this could be caused by depression). I'm posting all of this up to confirm that I should go see a doctor, or that my symptoms could be explained by other things that don't mean anything.

So, first of all I have always had problems with anxiety and panic attacks. I went to see a psychiatrist about a year ago, and I was convinced I had ADD, and he diagnosed me after I explained why I thought that. But the medication made me depressed (Ritalin) and I stopped taking it. Since then I feel like all the symptoms I told him about could be explained by anxiety.

One thing that has bothered me for a few years now is that I'll randomly have pain throughout my abdomen and chest that's really painful. I feel like every month or so I'll have this and it usually lasts an hour or so at most. Maybe just gas?

Something that really makes me think I have MVP is every once and a while my heart will feel like it is beating really hard and weird, my mom said palpitation is definitely a sign of it.

I am always tired, could just be depression, but I read a symptom of MVP is chronic fatigue.

I also read about dysautonomia. That talks about chronic fatigue syndrome and irritable bowl syndrome, which would make sense, and also that  it is linked to people with MVP.

Basically all of the stuff I have talked about is pretty minor, only the anxiety and fatigue messes up my day to day life. If anyone has any advice or thinks they know what could be going on, that'd be great. Feel free to elaborate, I'm interested in anything a professional has to say as I want to go into a medical career.

Thanks.
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