anxiety or heart ? or both ? long 14 yrs

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My doc told me I has a 3 beat run of V-tach non sustained , and after 14 yrs and many test and many cardios telling me nothing was wrong with my heart The second heart cath in 2009 revealed a anomoly of my herat and I have to have a c slice . Im mad for all those ppl and and docs treating me like I was crazy when I felt something was wrong. and low and behold !!!!yea I have anxiety ,but I dont know if the anxiety and pills caused this or my heart acting up caused the anxiety ???????? I mean who wouldnt be scared Im on xanax 4 mg ,200mg lopressor , prilosec daily
I have taken all the benzos , had buspar ,serzone,paxil (it sucked) fell my life has been taken over by fear . now I cant sleep and I want to eat all the time .last month I hardly ate at all ...scared sorry I just needed to vent .Im so mad at the health community

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kitty5439 · Answer

Thank you for responding to my post . I have to tell I know EXACTLY what you are talking about with having serious medical issues and being dismissed as anxiety!!  about 30 mins ago I was and I was cooking all of a sudden I was sweating really bad and shaky I checked my sugar and it was high (not normal  for me ) I still feel awful it just makes no sense . I do take lorcet 10/625 daily im prescribed 4 a day but cant take that much thurs I had a cortisone shot from my rheumy so maybe that did it  ? dont know . I like you am documenting everything!! I have even taken my records with me to another doc and have confronted the ones who have said I has this illnes and gave yet another pill only to find out  it was bull. I am not being mean im just so frustrated !!! that I can not even cry anymore like yrs past . I iwsh I could describe in mords to you my pain and frustrarion maybe they will jump off the screen lol  . Im sorry you got hurt by that Prozac which is what i'm supposed to be on ?? but if i took everything they gave me I would be a zombie or dead .. I dont even know what normal feels like anymore .......  {{{ hugs}}}

bbxx · Answer

Oh, so sorry to hear this. Unfortunately today, many doctors see (anxiety) on the report and they assume one is a hypochondriac. I dont know what drugs you were on, but you can research them to learn if they affect the the heart rythm or not, I was on prozac for a couple years and then I developed heart block. I was told by my cardiologist it was acquired, and then later another cardiologist said It was most likely acquired. Both said from Prozac.  So there are two right there who attrributed the block to the meds. That said, theres nothing you can do about the past, but you can change what you put in your body from here on out. 
Anxiety is not healthy, but I do not believe taking drugs is healhty either. In fact, my balance and vision and some other things are messed up from a drug I was on for many years for CFS. When I go into the doctors or hospital I am very clear with them. I am documenting everything, because if they attibute someting to anxiety when it is not, like they have done to me in the past with a couple serious issues, inspite of me KNOWING the difference between anxiety and a real medical issues, I will be sure that everyone hears about their mistake. Not trying to be  mean, but I could have died a couple times from their blame the anxiety attitude. Hang in there and get your heart taken care of. Forget about the past and be good to your body now. If your doctor wants you to take something, research it to death and be sure you discuss all the issues with him/her first. Sometimes things mess up for other reasons. For example if your potassium is off it can mess up your rythm. So then you could eat foods higher in that. Just things to think about.