Echo-Stress test

[Anxious4ever]

I have a stress test in a week or so and wanted to know a few questions if you guys don't mind.

I have read they use the Bruce protocol, is this correct?
Also I'm so confused about the grade% I want to see how I can do this same test at my gym but
I can not find each grade/incline difference.
http://www.topendsports.com/testing/tests/bruce.htm

Is the test pretty tough, how long did you last?

I like to try my own that way I won't be surprised and raise any anxiety when I have this test, this kinda crap
makes me nervous.

[Anxious4ever]

What I was told is that I had SVT from my Dr. and the Dr at the E.R.
They would be specific on what it was correct?

NSVT sounds a bit more scary then SVT.

They have seen it on the 24 hour monitor and EKG.

Damn now I'm worried I have NSVT....

[Anxious4ever]

The sad part is I have all this time to wait for the test, that is the hardest part is wondering if there is some thing wrong.

I end up surfing the web going through different heart diseases and see if I have any matches on the symptoms.

If I had heart disease would I be able to get on a treadmill for 30mins day or would I be exhausted and not be able to finish?

[Anxious4ever]

Thank you michellepetkus

[MichelleP_3811]

Considering the amount of anxiety you are feeling crying isn't a bad thing. It is the body's way to release stress and anxiety and fear so go ahead and cry but also try to self soothe if you can.  Talk to yourself like you would a small child who is afraid and remind yourself that it's going to be OK because odds are highly in your favor that it will be fine.  They are doing the test not because they think there is something wrong it is just a standard of practice is all.  Odds are if there was anything seriously wrong it would have shown signs on the ekg so please try to stay as objective as you can.  It is normal to be fearful just try to do your best to walk through the fear and allow yourself to cry if you have to.  There is no shame in it.  HUGS.

[Anxious4ever]

Mornings have been the worst for me right now, if I had any heart disease wouldn't it be picked up by the chest xray and all the blood work I had done?

Also by the many of EKG's and the 24 hour heart monitor?

The Dr said I have SVT they did not explain to me what kind or if it was a run of PAC's.

My svt has been caught on a EKG and the 24 hour heart monitor....

I'm still freaking out daily, I still can't sleep or eat very well, its flipped my life upside down and I can't not handle waiting to find out if there is something wrong.
I cry atleast once a day, I have a break down.

[is_something_wrong]

I forgot to say; I didn't know that Klonopin could be taken as needed. I know one guy at work, who suffers severe anxiety and former substance abuse, taking it (daily) and he finds it very helpful. Personally, I believe it's healthier to take Xanax as needed than coctails of mood-stabilizers, antidepressants and antipsychotics which some people with anxiety are taking instead of Xanax. Again, it's hard to say who is right and wrong.