Going to be a long post. Please accept my apologies in advance but after 3 years of struggle I need someone to restore my faith whether this is my anxiety , depression or health issue. Age : 31 , Weight 190 Its been 3 years now I am struggling with these symptoms and now thinking of giving up. Had lot many tests for each and every part of my body. Countless ECG , EKG , Stress Tests , Brain MRI , Upper , Lower GI , Colonoscopy , Barium X ray , Heart 2D Echo , Chest CT , 2 month Holter and Event monitor , Calcium Score and countless TROPONIN , D DIMER , Vitamin D , B and Thyroid tests. Except Thyroid and Vitamin D they didnt find anything. To give a background i started getting these small episodes of sudden dizziness / brain fog and somehow I heard many news about Cardiac Arrests while people were on treadmills. I guess this was something which plagued those anxious thoughts in my mind. No wonder I was not able to continue for workouts. Slowly these diziness were taking place and one day when I checked my blood pressure at local pharmacy it was 160/95 but then within 3 minutes it was like 125/88. Within 15 minutes I had feeling like dizziness , fear etc. with fluttering chest. I called 911 and those people came to rescue me within 5 minutes. As per ER doctors everything was normal but the fear of dying dint let me sleep whole night. I had similar episodes within 2-3 days and I rushed to ER again. Since then I was going to ER almost 2-3 times a month. Each time different symptoms which were making me think more **and cherry on top is my body mimics symptoms if I hear or read any bad news about anyone** Fortunately my GP is really great and he helped to do as many tests and somehow I started living with these symptoms assuming its Anxiety . **Recently for last 2 months I am having these brain fog or dizziness symptom for whole day. As per my GP there is no need to do any tests not even EKG or stress test but on other side my mind says all tests were done 2 years back . Things might have changed. ** ** I started getting sudden lightning kind of pain in middle of chest or sometimes I can feel like there is gas or bubble like feeling near my lower ribs , stomach and heart. I feel those heart flutter symptoms which I used to get while I was on Event monitor for 2 months but as per Cardiologist machines didnt catch them so it was Anxiety. All these symptoms went back and now suddenly for past few days these lightning pains , back pains making me feel like I am having heart issue.** **I dont know if its a fear or what but I cant even walk for 50 steps. I suddenly get nauseous and feels like I will collapse . Sometimes I feel good and I can easily walk 3-4 Kilometers and do cycling without any issues. So I really dont know what should I do** **It seems these things are possibly impacting my career and I really want someone to help me here. All these symptoms feels like they are real. I cant walk , I cant sit without thinking of it , Legs swelling all time , fatigue etc.** Please please advice me. I am really worried now and cant go to GP or anywhere to avoid exposure to CORONA.
sorry that you are going through this. I know how difficult it can be.
It sounds like you are caught in the anxiety cycle. That’s when anxiety causes bodily symptoms which then causes you to become more anxious and then back to the symptoms. This repeats itself over and over again until the cycle is broken.
with all the testing you have had done, relax, you are fine.
You’re having symptoms because you are telling yourself that something is wrong .
what i did to break the cycle is I let it all go. I allowed the symptoms but I did not get anxious about them. I let them happen. While they were occurring, I practiced my mindfulness breathing which you can learn on YouTube. there are also some great meditations for anxiety, overthinking, etc.
i wasnt worried because I know any symptoms that are caused by anxiety are harmless.
Enough was enough! I wasn’t going to live feeling scared and anxious all the time. eventually, 99.9% of my symptoms went away. You see, it’s not the symptoms that are the problem. It’s the unmanaged anxiety that causes the symptoms.
Have you ever considered speaking with a counselor? It can be very beneficial. Think of what is causing anxiety in your life.
you may need a medication to relax you a little bit and take the edge off of the anxiety.
you need to also break the cycle of seeking reassurance. That’s not going to help you get better.
you need some support right now with anxiety management. you’re going to be fine! Take one day at a time.
i just want to say im sorry this is happening to you. but i can imagine its just anxiety. why? because EVERYTHING you said VERBATIM has and is happening to me. im currently in the middle of a meltdown panicking simply because i feel nauseous. NAUSEOUS! but in treating it as if im dying. im scared it could be corona. the best part of having health anxiety. i wish i had more to offer you. but this isnt your fight alone. we are more than conquerors.