Am I at risk for a heart attack?

[Jessica95404]

Ok, so I'm really scared and my doctor won't take me seriously since I'm not over 50. For about the past 8 months, I have been having chest pain and tachycardia, and abnormal heart beat. It's often accompanied my sweating. Last night was a little different though, and really, really scary. I went to bed, like I always do. Sat watching TV for a little while. Then I suddenly got wave after wave of tachycardia and flutter. I used my bp wrist cuff, which confirmed abnormal heart beat and a rate of 102 (at rest in bed). My bp was weird too, it was 120/89 on both wrists. Then I got chills, not sweats. I bundled up, but I was shaking so bad that my jaw was clenched and chattering. I got in the shower with really hot water, to where I wasn't cold anymore, and the shaking still didn't stop. I was in the shower for probably over a half an hour. It wasn't until I was about to get out that the shaking stopped. Then the chest pain started. It was different then it usually is, it was deeper and a larger area. Then I got shortness of breath, just sitting in bed. But here's the thing, I'm a 37 year old female, so my doctor is not taking me seriously. I told him about my symptoms and all he has checked is my thyroid, which is normal by the way.... lucky me, it's not my thyroid. Now I'm not one to always think there is something wrong with me. I'm actually the opposite, I usually refuse to believe there is anything wrong.

But my husband died back in September from a heart attack (possibly, they didn't an autopsy, but that's another post), and he had just turned 30! So it's not like it's completely crazy to think this could be a problem. I realize it could all be due to the stress of loosing him, but I really think it could be more serious. It's also possible that I am starting menopause early (mother was early), but so many of the symptoms can be similar, so I don't know. I really hope it's something like menopause or grief, but I have a bad feeling it's not. I have never been the best at taking care of myself. I have never been one to eat right, have an exercise plan, ect. I'm not really overweight or anything. But my doctor didn't even check my cholesterol or anything. Just because I don't have high blood pressure doesn't mean I don't have high cholesterol. I don't know, maybe I'm worried about nothing, but last night scared the crap out of me.

It might also be worth noting that I have had kidney pain off and on for a couple of years as well. Don't know if it has anything to do with what's going on, but just for a clear picture.

[sldh]

Are you tired? Are you strangely tan or do you have discolored skin anywhere at all? What was odd about your blood pressure--is that high for you?

[rieo-lonley]

Ask your doc if you can have a stress test done to check to see if anything is wrong with your heart I had one done it takes about 25 minutes or ask another doc