So yesterday I had my heart holter and echo done.. Aside from a little bit, I didn't feel my heart racing nor did i have anxiety.. I was even able to have intercourse without heart palps.. The minute I took my holter off to turn in today, it came back.. Fully anxious, worried, hearts racing.. It just won't end. I was feeling so great yesterday and this morning. It was amazing feeling like I was back to normal.. Absolutely amazing.. I just wish I could see a normal heartrate again.. These meds feel like they're taking forever to work (I'm only on day two but I'm impatient).. I've done breathing exercises.. I've tried ignoring it.. I've tried doing other thing.. And yet it comes back to worrying about this heartrate.. I wish I would've never gone into the doctor this past time and saw that it was still high.. Its so stressful wondering why I was calm 70 or 80s up until the d&c.. I just seriously want to go into my doctors office and cry, and I don't even know why. I'm just so frustrated.. It seems like every good day I have lately, it gets completely ruined by a 3 second thought.. I'm trying to tell myself that if they saw anything on the echo yesterday super alarming they would have contacted me immediately, but I still can't calm.. I'm just so sick of putting off things in my life for this ridiculous behavior that I'm doing.. I wanted to take my kids to the zoo tomorrow. That's all. And now I know because of this nonsense I will back out because I'm too scared. I've never been so disappointed in myself or my body. Just had to vent.
This isnt your fault you know. If this was so easily controllable we would all be cured this forum would not even exist. Be patient. Meds take weeks to level out and therapy can keep you calmer and help you along the way. Reread what you wrote it holds some answers for you. Your three second thought ruins everything..mhm why do you have such a need to believe that thought? Its a thought. You dont have to believe all your thoughts. You tell that thought you disagree and will no longer be entertaining it. Tell it you have decieded that you choose to be positive so if a positive thought is provided you will be happy to listen it. Lol..but you get the point the being made here. The holter monitor has officially taught you this is anxiety. This whole anxiety mess has to be handled differently. What you fight gets stronger and what you resist persists (i read that on pinterest very useful) . What it means to me anyway is surrender this. When you feel anxious surrender any emotional connection of adding more fear or any thoughts on it. Its not ignoring it its just not emotinally attaching to it. The minds funny it will validate anything real or imagined it has no clue its what you believe or feel that guides all this anyway. Be patient this takes time. You will get to zoo in time. Believe me they dont care as much as you think they are just happy to be with you and do something fun. There wre some funny and great movies out. You might fortunate here without realizing it if that 3 second thought is the trigger get out an index card and write all the reasin this thought is garbage and carry it around after reading it every time immediately to do an activty of some sort. You want that thought connected with no emotion going forward so it has to be basically retrained. Hang in there
I know the feeling!!
I went to the docs and felt fine even felt stupid going as I could laugh and joke. Then I came home and fifteen minutes later my heart is thudding and I'm shaky with jelly legs. So annoying.
I was the same last night, I felt so bad so just lay down for ages but it didn't help and then I told my husband and he made me get up and help with stuff and guess what yep it went!! I didn't even think I was anxious but it's all in the subconscious.
Go to the zoo, a change of scenery will keep ur moms occupied
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Racing heart is really hard to deal with I understand your pain. A couple things that has helped me is watch what your eating. Any type of sugar/caffein/Stimulant/Alchohol/Drug/Sodium/
Processed food/fast food in the long term and short term can cause racing heart anxiety. Also big meals and not chewing properly can cause it. Also try meditation 2-3 times daily even if your not anxious.. It will prevent it if you do it regularly. I promise you .. You will see an improvement if your consistent. When the racing heart happens.. Just think of it as exercise .. And when it higher.. Intense exercise. It's just adrenaline and it won't kill you.
If your doctor saids it's ok. Try magnesium supplements as they help calm the body. And help the heart rhythm and stop a lot of palpitations. If anything just eat more greens. Diet will really help. I used to have it bad., but now it's once or twice a week for a short time.
Thanks everyone.. I went to visit a friend yesterday and didn't really feel my heart racing at all.. Then I came home.. It was beating so fast I was terrified I was going to die. I really considered going to the hospital for a Xanax to calm it.. I just don't get why my body suddenly can't handle the anxiety like it did just last month.. Anyways when I finally was tired I went to lay down and it calmed down a considerable amount.. Still a bit high, but that's ok.. My chest is a bit sore today so when I woke up, the first thing I thought about is my heartrate.. I cannot wait for this medicine to kick in. I did however get to take my daughter to the park yesterday for the first time in 9 months, then we went to visit my friend and go out to eat!! I panicked the whole time I was at the park because I couldn't tell my heartrate, but I hid it so That it didn't ruin her time.. At this point it's just trying to get myself to see that it's ME that is raising my heartrate, and if i stay calm, so will my rate.. I don't know why I get so anxious.. Before I lost all my weight, I was at the doctors one time and it was 149.. And I wasn't concerned.. Seriously I don't know what used to be wrong with me that I didn't find any potential health problems bad but.. Lol
Also, does anyone else have a considerable amount of decreased anxiety if they're in a car?? If im sitting in the car and seeing how busy the world is, my anxiety is usually nonexistent.. Would living in a car be too much of a drastic step? Haha
Yes when you keep yourself busy or if your doing something where you need to focus or you are focusing on something theirs no room for anxious thoughts. A lot of people get anxiety because the moments they feel
Good.. Their mind is wondering when is the anxiety going to hit.. It's always waiting for it. Once you break that cycle.. Anxiety will leave. The medication will help with that.