how many things does an ecg rule out? I had one yesterday and it was perfect but I can't help but still be worried about my heart. Something just don't feel right I can't get over this anxiety of my heart, if that's what it is. I hope!
If the ecg was normal, your heart is fine.
I can tell you that anxiety plays tricks on your mind. It draws you to negative thinking You are feeling symptoms caused by anxiety and adrenaline that your brain sends out.
Those symptoms cannot hurt you or your heart or anything else. Even though they feel scary. The more you think about it, the worse they get.
Now is the time to learn to manage your anxiety. When you calm down your mind, your symptoms will calm down.
I listen to meditations for anxiety on you tube. They totally calm down my mind and body and my symptoms diminish greatly or go away. Many to choose from!
One called Detachment from Overthinking
One called Mindful meditation for relaxation by Glenn
Also have breathing meditation for anxiety
You are OK! You are in control, not anxiety. ❤️😁
I just think when I feel my chest and side it doesn't feel like it's beating right. Obvs I know all I can feel when I put hand on chest is vibrations so that doesn't tell me anything. But it always feels different I dunno how to explain it. Like there is a lump under left armpit too. I think it may be enlarged.
I know what you mean. But the ecg would have detected any irregularities in heart rhythm. Like I said, anxiety can cause the heart to skip beats, race, slow down, pound,etc. Dont be so focused on that because you will get more symptoms.
you may be willing your symptoms to occur because you are telling your brain something is wrong even though it isn't.
Focus on other things.
People get enlarged lymph nodes a lot . Any virus, even a cold can cause them to enlarge. 99.9% are harmless.
For your peace of mind, discuss this with your doctor.
Counselors can help, too! 😁
I don't know why I can't accept it. I'm making myself feel sick. It just don't feel right. Sick to death of it. thanks for your words though.
Hi Les you have got health anxiety and things won't settle down until you go and get the proper treatment.The problem with health anxiety comes from the fact that all the heart tests in the world won't convince you that you have a strong healthy heart.You need to get the proper treatment which is therapy to break this cycle.
I've started it but it hasn't helped. 30 minutes over the phone a week is all the NHS offers me. Brilliant eh! A year I've had this now. It's not even health anxiety now it's pure heart. I wake up I think of my heart. Until I go to sleep I think of my heart. I'm dead inside, no fun to be around. Life really sucks right now.
Ask your doctor to refer you to see community mental health services.l know it takes time at least you will get a bit more help than that.Listen Les you are not powerless.Google self help for health anxiety and try to take a bit of control back.Buy a self help book and practice relaxation techniques.Also research anxiety and learn as much about it as you can.
I'm not really having chest pains. I just have pains down left hand side and I'm worried as I can feel a heart beat there. I dunno what to do tbh. Life sucks right now. Thanks for all your help - even though I'm impossible to help. Lost cause
No no, Les you are NOT a lost cause. You just have to retrain your mind from always thinking about your heart. You can made yourself very anxious and then depressed because you don't seem to want to admit that your heart is OK. A heart beat felt at your wrist area is your pulse. Sometimes trapped gas can feel as tho your heart is acting out of the ordinary.
What you need to do is RELAX and refocus your thoughts and not allow them to continually focus on your heart.
No it's up my left hand side like under my armpit. Just went out to my friends leaving do as they are going travelling bur my heart was literally beating out of my chest. It wasn't beating fast, around about 70bpm. But it was beating so hard. Like thudding. What has that ecg yesterday missed 😞
Hi Les sorry to hear about ur symptom i am the same like you every time i worry about my heart and have done lot of ecgs echos 24 hour holter ecg but nothing help me i have anxiety if heart flutter or palpitation i think of my heart and i think i m gonna die----- Here are some tips i give you follow it i hope you will be relax----1---stop googling symptoms the main reason of the anxiety is google it poop oit alot of bad thing which might we don't have.......2: you discuss here and you feel it will calm ur mind i think not it will trigger ur anxiety more bcoz here some one will post heart failure blah blah more so u diffenilty think that i might have this------3:: go to doctor and discuss about some anxiety medicine if u take it combo it will b good for you like klonpin + propnolol together or there is leaxpro with propnolol -----4: if u still have anxiety about your heart don't waste money on other tests just do a CT angiography it will make your mind more clear.......5::::: if u do echo and u search it on net it will poop that echo is not always perfect and as well as stress test also not 100% accurate:::and simple ct scan or mei only count calcium and other problems didnot give confirm evidence so my advise is that u dont have any thing wrong it ur anxiety try to avoid to search symptoms on internet google and as well as here to don't search if after doing that u think u still have anxiety about ur heart so then go for CT angiography it will make ur mind clear---- i m sorry i don't wanna make u worry i know what ur passing through i m same with u and after ct angiograpy i m relax--------hope u will feel fine soon
The ecg didn't miss anything. The strong thudding heartbeat is very common with anxiety, you have to understand and accept that. I get that too. Please take control of this because if you don't, anxiety will and you will live in fear your whole life!
I wasted over 20 years with fear and worry just like you about my health. What a waste of my life! Nothing bad ever happened. Please don't do this to yourself. Get some counseling in person.
Just woke up and straight away have pains in left arm et al. Literally the second I open my eyes