There’s been a lot I have not spoken about yet beacause I feel like talking about it makes it worse for me. I refused for a while to go back onto this site for answers but I have to talk to people that are going through similar things. My heart “problem” always changes, my heart beats too hard, fast or I just feel lightheaded and out of breath. I feel like I bruised and opened a piece of my chest with my finger from always feeling my heartbeat. I place my phone over my heart to listen to how it’s beating and I’m always afraid it beating incorrectly. I was checked by a cardiologist about 2 months ago or so and he cleared my heart told me that all is well. But is it possible I can develop something after the 2 months pass? Like an actual heart problem. My parents don’t want to take me to a specialist anymore because they know it’s anxiety, but I am still not convinced. I’m scared for my life. Please help. I know my post was confusing, feel free to ask me anything.
Exactly the same how can you listen to your heart with ya phone
Do u ever hear thud thud thud in ears i do all time it's like my hearts calm then not hear thud thud in ears then I think my hearts beating abnormal then it will. Be big thud in ear always left hear then it will be constant I have sensation of impending doom I always think my hearts going to stop
Do u ever get sensation like ya a float in head x
Hey Alex, my heart goes out to you. It seems you are living your life full of fear and negative anticipation. It must be draining for you, and poor love. What is it that you are afraid of??? You have seen a heart specialist and been giving the all clear. I sense you are having trouble accepting this prognosis- am I right? Is it just your heart or do you worry about your health in general? The way you described your heart beat could indeed be anxiety related. See your doctor about treating your anxiety. Please keep me posted sweetheart and thank you for returning to the forum. it gives me pleasure to help you. Donna xxx
Hey. A simple heart rate check you can do for yourself if to check your own bpm.... set a timer for 15 seconds on your phone and your two fingers on your wrist and nd count yhe beats until the 15 seconds are up.up . times the number by 4 anndd that is your heart rate
Yea checking by wrist but it can't tell if its abnornal or not only using stethescope I've had ecg and heart listened 2 by 2 diff docs they both said sounded normal but I get this intense feeling that it's not it always sounds abnormal but when I use finger pulse monitor the wave pattern in symmetrical
Hi Alex,
I get this too, doctor said it was anxiety. Have you had an echocardiogram?
Yes, all clear..
Yea I get that feeling
Thank you for your reply Donna. I suffer from severe health anxiety. Everyday I wake up with a sense of unreality. I always feel fake like I’m in a dream that I can’t wake up in. My heart feels weird. I’m just scared that everyone is saying it’s anxiety but there’s an actual health issue there. I don’t want to die yet, too young to be going through any of this stuff.
I feel I could have wrote this!! I’ve been suffering with health anxiety for years and it’s gotten much worse since having my son 4 years ago. My worry is mainly my heart...heart disease runs strongly in my dads side of the family (however my dads heart is fine) but I always worry something has been passed on to me. I have a Fitbit which detects my heart rate, it helps me sometimes to calm myself down. Sometimes I feel my heart is racing even tho it isn’t. I have IBS and only the other day had a flare up, since then I’ve had localised chest pain..like a stabbing pain..it lasts seconds but is noticeable. I’ve had it twice after eating to unsure if it’s related to my stomach. Sorry for the long post! I sometimes feel I’m losing my mind as some days it takes over. I hate worrying and I’m so afraid I’m going to die..it’s such a awful thing to have at a young age (I’m only 30) I just wish it would go away.
Hi Alex
Well that's excellent news, you have been seen by a heart specialist quite recently and have had an echocardiogram which is normal.
Your anxiety probably escalated waiting for appointments and waiting for test results, at least it did with it me (had mine a couple of years ago).
I decided to take medication to help me get better and it did help me get back on my feet. I have had a blip recently because I tried stopping my meds but am back on them now. So I am going through the withdrawal and restart symptoms.
Another thing is when I had my echo they put a lot of pressure on your ribs and I was really sore and tender for a long time. I still get sore ribs sometimes, comes and goes.
Try to stop worrying, if youcan't, see your doctor about it, perhaps he can recommend therapy sessions of other.?
Take care now x
Same! I have a 3 year old daughter and after she took a seziure 3 weeks ago I have been a bag of nerves. Shaking and tense all day everyday. I've ibs too and if I have dioreah it sends me into a panic. 😑 I too feel like im really loosing my mind at the moment 😣 xx
Hey honey, please rest assured you are not going to die! I totally understand how hard this is for you. You're right, this is a hell of a lot for you to have to deal with day in, day out. Thinking about it I have had moments where the world feels strange, the ground uneven, and a swimmy feeling, if (there's such a word,) and a locked in feeling. Its really hard to describe isn't it? I don't think I've had it as severe as you have. Please see your doctor as they must be able to give you something to help. My heart goes out to you Alex, I'm sending you a big hug. Keep me posted. Donna xxx
I don't know how old you are, but I assume you are a teen, since you said that your parents won't take you to a specialist anymore. The important thing is that you have been cleared by a cardiologist. How often do you perseverate on your heart? Do you worry about it when you are doing other things, are there times when you are actively doing something, and you suddenly remember that you are not worrying about your heart? What about when you are gaming or with friends, or in school? I am much older than you, but I had a terrifying incident years ago that involved smoking something that I was stupid and young enough to do. However, I found out that I am very sensitive to panicking over things and conducive to guilt feelings. The night of this incident, the first thing I noticed was that my heart went from normal to a fast hard pace and it would not stop or slow down. I was so scared that I didn't realize that the chemical had caused my heart to speed up to a point of feeling as if it would burst. After that incident, I feared that I had damaged my heart, which was the beginning of a lot of worry over physical symptoms, when the real problem was panic/anxiety. Of course I panicked so the rest of the evening was hell. I was living in Madrid at the time and my parents were visiting with some friends. I caught a bus in a panic and made it to their friends' house. The woman knew something was wrong and gave me my first valium. The rest is history. I don't know how long I worried about my heart, but I was a senior in high school at the time and almost dropped out; I also developed fear of leaving my house. For some time I worried about having a heart attack, went to the emergency room on the base several times, had EKGs, etc. I understand where you are coming from. It sounds like you are anxious over "things." You say that your parents know it is anxiety, but you are not convinced. Anxiety can cause heart palpitations, skipping beats; focusing on your heart, as I always took my pulse, made it speed up b/c I was focused on it. These, and many other symptoms are called psychosomatic, our mind and body are interrelated, when your thoughts are anxious, they cause a chain reaction of fake symptoms that anxiety-ridden people mistake for physical symptoms. I was given valium by the psychiatrist, and even had a Spanish psychiatrist my first year out of high school. There is also another symptome that I experienced and worried about before the onslaught of anxiety. My heart would speed up very rapidly and skip beats, only to slow down. I asked a coach about this, he told me that it was either not enough carbon dioxide or too much, I can't remember which. If you experiencing this, it was a periodic symptom that I had, which eventually went away. As I said, that was many years ago, I am still alive and still have anxiety, but have managed to control it. I think the important thing you need to do is first, educate yourself about anxiety. There are myriads of more resources out there than when I was your age. The fact that you have forums online is an example of this. What are some things that are bothering you? Write your thoughts down when you are having these attacks, what other things in your life are bothering you, you would be surprised. Perhaps you need to talk to a counselor that you can trust. How do you feel about yourself? We live an a very anxiety-ridden world and it is not getting any better. Life for teens is much more difficult and problem-oriented than years ago. Also, you might think about God, now I realize that we live in broken bodies in a broken world. Everyone has problems, it's just a matter of which problems. Best wishes.