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Anxiety causing heart to flip flop
Ok i have posted allot about my anxiety and just when i thort i woes getting on top of things it has seem to come back with full force
The last 2 days i have had this feeling in my chest
It feels like my heart is doing a back flip then a littiel flutter the first 2 times it has happen i fell to my knees and all most past out then to day i have been getting this twitching in my left chest about 2 cm from my nippiel towards my armpit im not to sure if its my heart of just a musical twitching but its frecking me out i went to the hospital the first time it happend thay done some test and all came back fine
I talked to my Psychiatrist and he said he has bever herd of this happening and said its all in my head but it isn't it is VERY real
I just wont to no if this is happening to anyone els as it is starting to worry me as it is happeing 5 to 10 times a day
The last 2 days i have had this feeling in my chest
It feels like my heart is doing a back flip then a littiel flutter the first 2 times it has happen i fell to my knees and all most past out then to day i have been getting this twitching in my left chest about 2 cm from my nippiel towards my armpit im not to sure if its my heart of just a musical twitching but its frecking me out i went to the hospital the first time it happend thay done some test and all came back fine
I talked to my Psychiatrist and he said he has bever herd of this happening and said its all in my head but it isn't it is VERY real
I just wont to no if this is happening to anyone els as it is starting to worry me as it is happeing 5 to 10 times a day
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I'm goin on a camp with an anxiety grop for 3 weeks
That sounds awesome! In all these years, I've never heard of such a thing. I hope it works, you're definitely going to have to tell us all about it. Who organizes such a group?
That sounds awesome! In all these years, I've never heard of such a thing. I hope it works, you're definitely going to have to tell us all about it. Who organizes such a group?
The chest pain will go away immediately once you stop worrying about it unless you pulled a muscle which sounds unlikely. Many people live with chronic headaches so don't be too hopeful you will get rid of that problem, however your heart isn't telling your brain it is dying, so they aren't related.
No no meds ATM I'm doing CBT and in to weeks I'm goin on a camp with an anxiety grop for 3 weeks but if that and the CBT don't work then we going to try meds but I'm feeling a lil better day bye day but still got all the symptoms like the head an chest pain but I've been told it can take a few months for them to go away
Sounds like a plan. You still going to therapy? I forget, are you on any antidepressant, or anything for the anxiety?
Thanks my cardio dr thinks there is nothing wrong but he is still putting me on a 30 day monitor to se if anything happens but I'm just takeing it one day at a time
You've already had thorough work-ups from your cardiologist, not to mention other docs, and you're right about the SVT, it's not always serious. You're obviously continuing to follow up with your cardio, which is what is important.
He'll determine the best test(s) to do to put your mind at ease about this symptom. I only mentioned the Holter monitor to explain that some symptoms don't show up on an EKG, and something like a PVC has a better chance of happening on a Holter monitor, which is an easy test to do. There are all kinds of heart monitors that can be worn outside a medical facility setting, from standard Holter monitors, which are typically worn for about a day or so, to wireless Holters, which can be worn up to a period of a few weeks or longer, and event monitors, which can also be worn for longer periods of time. Your doc will choose something that is appropriate.
Don't get yourself overly anxious about this...there are many benign cardiac symptoms related to anxiety. You're under the care of your cardiologist and have been checked out more times than necessary.
Let us know the results of the testing and what the cardio says. Hang in there!
He'll determine the best test(s) to do to put your mind at ease about this symptom. I only mentioned the Holter monitor to explain that some symptoms don't show up on an EKG, and something like a PVC has a better chance of happening on a Holter monitor, which is an easy test to do. There are all kinds of heart monitors that can be worn outside a medical facility setting, from standard Holter monitors, which are typically worn for about a day or so, to wireless Holters, which can be worn up to a period of a few weeks or longer, and event monitors, which can also be worn for longer periods of time. Your doc will choose something that is appropriate.
Don't get yourself overly anxious about this...there are many benign cardiac symptoms related to anxiety. You're under the care of your cardiologist and have been checked out more times than necessary.
Let us know the results of the testing and what the cardio says. Hang in there!
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PVCs and other benign cardiac symptoms, like palpitations are totally normal with anxiety. IF indeed that's what's going on, it is absolutely nothing to worry about.
PVCs are not always easy to diagnose as they occur so randomnly, without any kind of regularity. A standard EKG will most likely not catch it unless you happen to have one while you're hooked up. I've experienced them plenty (I have a heart murmur) and they are a scary sensation. Any sensation dealing with the heart is worrisome to us. It look me a while before I could shrug them off...and my anxiety was pretty much under control when I first erxperienced it.
If you continue to experience symptoms, you could always ask for a referral to a cardiologist, who could probably easily reassure you with a simple exam, and maybe a test or two. A holter monitor is a heart monitor, like an EKG, that you wear for 24+ hours...that's usually how something like PVCs are discovered. Most liklely, none of this is necessary, but at least you know there are some options if you need some more reassurance.
Obviously, you need to keep working at addressing that anxiety. It takes time to really get it to a manageable level. Hang in there buddy!