Am I ok?

[misskld]

About 1 month ago I experianced an anxiety attack, I thought I was having a heart attack and I thought I was going to die.  I had my boyfriend rush me to the hospital at 11pm and when I finally got in they did an EKG and a chest x-ray on me.  They told me that my heart and lungs were fine and gave me a prescription for Ativan(1mg).  I took that for about 3 weeks then i stopped taking it for a week and now my family doctor gave me a prescription for Paxil(10mg) to take for 30 days starting today.  I still have pain and a tightness feeling in my chest and I feel like im short of breathe constantly thoughout the days, everyday, even when i'm calm.  Is there any chance that the doctors had missed something?  Or am I just worrying myself to death?

[JSGeare]

And another thing: YES, you ARE OK.

-S

[JSGeare]

YES to both. They might have (I doubt it, but its possible) "missed" something, and "yes," yout are worrying yourself to death.

But lets get down to brass tacks, here. The Paxil may be just fine -I don't know- but I'm concerned that something coming from your head isn't being addressed by a "head" doctor -a psychiatrist. If what you "have" is just a tempoary, here and gone kind of thing, then probably the med will help with symtoms. But it won't help with CAUSES, and I'll just BET you wonder WHY you had an "anxiety attack." At the very least, I would get a consult with a shrink, to evaluate whether the Paxil is really the right thing, and to consider whether a brief course of therapy may be helpful. Ask your doc for the referral -and go check it out.

And BY THE WAY, I see that you haven't filled in any profile infomration about yourself. We're not a bad class of folks here on the anxiety forum, so paint the picture for us -then we can visualize you a little better. And snoop around -you'll find others whose questions are very much like yours. Believe it or not, you will be a help to each other.

OK?