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Anxiety - Ectopic Beats
I got health anxiety close to 3 months ago, due to the death of a friend, and started having hypochondriac-like obsessions because of my slight risk factor of dying of a heart attack like she did.
After having anxiety for three months, I'm now learning, that my risk for a heart attack or cardiac event is EXTREMELY low. But it seems like it's too late.
The worst symptom of this anxiety are these ectopic beats/palpitations/pvcs which drive my off the deep end. They make me toss and turn and prevent me from relaxing, because that's when I get them the most.
Generic Alphrazolam seemed to help them somewhat, but I don't want to be dependent on a benzo to stay calm, because they're highly addictive. The doctor put me on a 0.5mg dose, and it's extended release. I'm apprehensive about taking it, although I was given a 0.5mg dose of regular Xanax by the ER, and didn't find myself craving it.
I just want the palps to go away. The anxiety would be so much more manageable if I didn't have them. It's not a fast or slow heart rate. It just feels like my heart is being squeezed for like 3 seconds, then a strong beat afterwards.
Been tested, no heart problems, and everything is normal. I didn't have any of these symptoms before I got anxiety, so how do I make them go away?
I'm seeing a therapist, but it seems like it's not quite helping yet with the symptoms.
I'm petrified that I'll be stuck like this forever, and will have to rely in medication to "cope" with it. I just want my normal life back.
Everyone is so pessimistic.
Help me, please!!
Tell me how I can conquer these symptoms. The SYMPTOMS.
After having anxiety for three months, I'm now learning, that my risk for a heart attack or cardiac event is EXTREMELY low. But it seems like it's too late.
The worst symptom of this anxiety are these ectopic beats/palpitations/pvcs which drive my off the deep end. They make me toss and turn and prevent me from relaxing, because that's when I get them the most.
Generic Alphrazolam seemed to help them somewhat, but I don't want to be dependent on a benzo to stay calm, because they're highly addictive. The doctor put me on a 0.5mg dose, and it's extended release. I'm apprehensive about taking it, although I was given a 0.5mg dose of regular Xanax by the ER, and didn't find myself craving it.
I just want the palps to go away. The anxiety would be so much more manageable if I didn't have them. It's not a fast or slow heart rate. It just feels like my heart is being squeezed for like 3 seconds, then a strong beat afterwards.
Been tested, no heart problems, and everything is normal. I didn't have any of these symptoms before I got anxiety, so how do I make them go away?
I'm seeing a therapist, but it seems like it's not quite helping yet with the symptoms.
I'm petrified that I'll be stuck like this forever, and will have to rely in medication to "cope" with it. I just want my normal life back.
Everyone is so pessimistic.
Help me, please!!
Tell me how I can conquer these symptoms. The SYMPTOMS.
It's not that I believe they're going to hurt me. I know that they won't.
They're just so sudden, and strong, that when I relax, it catches me by surprise, when I least expect it.
It's like someone walking along, and then out of nowhere, someone jumps out from around the corner.
Yeah, you could get used to that, but not if it keeps happening when you're not expecting it. You're walking and walking and it doesn't happen for a while, so you start to relax and continue your walk, and then BAM! Someone else jumps out from around another corner and it startles you again because you weren't expecting it.
I feel like, if I'm not on high guard all the time, then they're gonna be worse at scaring me. Once I'm startled, it takes quite a bit of time for me to calm back down again, and I become reluctant to do so if I'm just gonna be startled again.
And it's even worse because the intensity is never constant. Sometimes, I get the soft ones, and I'm like, "That wasn't so bad." and then out of nowhere, BAM! The strong ones hit.
That's what drives me crazy about them.
They're just so sudden, and strong, that when I relax, it catches me by surprise, when I least expect it.
It's like someone walking along, and then out of nowhere, someone jumps out from around the corner.
Yeah, you could get used to that, but not if it keeps happening when you're not expecting it. You're walking and walking and it doesn't happen for a while, so you start to relax and continue your walk, and then BAM! Someone else jumps out from around another corner and it startles you again because you weren't expecting it.
I feel like, if I'm not on high guard all the time, then they're gonna be worse at scaring me. Once I'm startled, it takes quite a bit of time for me to calm back down again, and I become reluctant to do so if I'm just gonna be startled again.
And it's even worse because the intensity is never constant. Sometimes, I get the soft ones, and I'm like, "That wasn't so bad." and then out of nowhere, BAM! The strong ones hit.
That's what drives me crazy about them.
The more you can relax during these the better. You don't have to feel anxious to be anxious. It may still be your anxiety that creates this and then your anxiety builds even more. You've survived so many of these that you now know they are not going to hurt you, so try to just go with them and not get upset and see what happens.
As of now, the palpitations are the cause.
I'm over just about every other fear I'd had that caused this, death, cardiac problems, etc.
It's strictly about the palpitations now, which anxiety brought on, and now they themselves give me the anxiety.
I'm over just about every other fear I'd had that caused this, death, cardiac problems, etc.
It's strictly about the palpitations now, which anxiety brought on, and now they themselves give me the anxiety.
Anxiety can be very complex, and it's best to work on what is causing them than to try and figure it all out. It often makes no sense and can be very frustrationg...as you know. Work on the cause, and go from there.
These things are so confusing, and it's hard to find a trigger.
When I'm walking around or in constant movement, I either don't get them, or they're very faint.
When I first wake up in the morning, I don't get any for like 30 minutes, then they lightly start to come on, but if I don't eat anything, they're not that bad, and I can deal with them,
But when I get out of bed, run downstairs, eat something, then go back up to my room and try to watch TV or something, they're stronger than ever.
O_O
When I'm walking around or in constant movement, I either don't get them, or they're very faint.
When I first wake up in the morning, I don't get any for like 30 minutes, then they lightly start to come on, but if I don't eat anything, they're not that bad, and I can deal with them,
But when I get out of bed, run downstairs, eat something, then go back up to my room and try to watch TV or something, they're stronger than ever.
O_O
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