Hi everyone, I joined this forum because recently I've had several episode where I've been convinced I was about to die. I the last few weeks I've been convinced I was having a heart attack, my lung had collapsed, my ribs were broken and countless other things.
For example, I couldn't sleep all last night due to heart palpitations and a fast, irregular heartbeat as well as the sensation that I was crushing my rib cage when lying down and was unable to breathe.
Usually it's at it's worst during the night, however sometimes it carries on into the day - today I was short of breath, had chest and rib pain, a fast heart beat, had difficulty swallowing, felt woozy, lightheaded and came very close to fainting.
I know a lot of these things are symptoms of anxiety but I still think I could have a serious problem as I bind my chest. Recently I've only used a safe gc2b binder although I probably do bind a few hours over the 12 hour limit and in the past I used to bind in a very unsafe way.
I'm to limit the time I bind and start use a sports bra instead but until I know if that helps I was wondering if anyone else has had any similar experiences or any idea what this could be?
Thanks so much