anxiety or heart disease?

[jim_35]

hello to everyone,i have strange issues with heart rate,i was diagnosed with panic disorder and ocd and take cipralex
20mg ,every morning that wake up have tachicardia and some digestive problems and think that have some heart issue and panic  that  i will die ...I make all exams blood tests,go to cardiologist but all was normal .But every monrning i wake up i feel my heart beats faster and feel bad :((
any help will be appreciated ::))
ty

[jim_35]

ty for reply:))
happens some times sudddenly have heart racing  and some  body  shake but i measure pressure make electrocarrdiograph  and is normal this happens to me usually when wake up ...but is very scary ::((

[tom_h]

Jim, before I can give you an educated guess, I need to know more about your symptoms.  Just how "fast" is your heart rate.  You need to measure it and get back here.  Also give me other symptoms of what you're feeling.

If your racing heart is due to some electrical problem within your heart, it's not "heart disease".  My heart at one time was in superb condition, and yet I had an electrical problem.

RIght now, I'd say that if you don't abuse you body with somking, drugs or alcohol and are in reasonably good shape for 35, chances are that you don't have heart disease, but some other condition.

Get back to us with more info.

[seaweib]

Anxiety or heart disease is always a tought question since anxiety sufferers and 'worriers' are naturally likely to fear heart problems.  Ultimately I think you have to ask that of the doctor and have the appropriate tests done.  If everything comes back negative (which it sounds like it has for you), there comes a point where one does have to chalk it up to anxiety, face the fear and move on with life.

Heart problems are nothing to take lightly so it is not advisable to initially assume it's anxiety.  But if the doctor says your fine, at some point you have to trust them and trust that you're fine and tackle the anxiety issue.