PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE someone help me everytime i have a panic attack i feel its not a panic attack and this time its going to be a heart attak! i hate feeling like this im 22 and feel seriously my days are numbered or i am going to die of a heart attack sometime soon!! i seriously thought i was getting better up until early on i started getting serious shooting type pains in my left side as if it was in my left breast and it was soo painful im sat here in tears because my left arm is numb! i hate feeling like this i dont know what to do anymore! iv been back and forwards to hospital and doctors who assure me its ANXIETY after numerous ecgs, blood tests etc! i just seriously feel they are just piling me off the pains spreading to the centre of my chest i seriously cant cope and the pains getting stronger i have just took 2 paracetamol and it hasnt touched it also breathing deeply is not helping should i go to hospital? im beyond despair and dont know what to do someone please reassure me im going to be ok as im not listening to myself that its just anxiety! 
Laura what do you think happens when you have a heart attack
Hello Laura trust me! I'm 66 and had health anxiety all my life and I'm still here! If I had a pound for every time I've felt like you I'd be in the Bahamas! At ur age the chances of you having a heart attack are virtually nil especially after u have bn checked! Please don't do this to yourself. Use any method you know to calm down. Listen to music, find a meditation guide on google, deep breathing etc. something will work for you. I promise! You just need to be pro active. Chill flower . You will be fine!
im not entirely sure but what im feeling at this moment it definetly feels from my heart its sharp shooting pains in my left breast area going to the centre of my chest and my legs and arms are numb im so scared as i say i have had 5 ecgs and all fine but i have put that down to not having pain during the test
The thing about heart attacks is they usually work I know
if I got all the symptoms then they lasted a nano second before I lost consciousness
I think we would have a lot of millionaires if everyone with heart attack feelings had one
there are some women who have heart attacks and don't get rushed to hospital and then find out !!
thank you both for replying, im just literally petrified im scared stiff i feel like i cannot breath its so horrible, i know i have been checked but because the symptoms are so real i just feel something bad is going to happen i have tried breathing into a paper bag, nothings working i have what feels like a lot of pressure on the right side of my head to running into my neck and thats scaring me too i just dont no how im going to carry on in life if im like this at my age im so scared that the time i dont go hospital because iv been reassured its anxiety thats when something bad is going to happen x
CALM DOWN,nobody EVER died of a panic attack...seriously calm yourself down for a few minutes.its inportant to calm down because once you do im sure you will feel less anxious-you have to try-your chest pain is hightened due to the anxiety x
Anxiety can almost become like a superstition. If I don't worry about symptoms then it will be something serious! If you are at all analytical.......and most health anxiety sufferers are......then please try and read books by dr Claire Weekes. There are various titles. She explains in her books WHY these things happen including probably what's been happening to you! Remember anxious people are allowed to be ill! You may have a respitory infection that is causing symptoms. Easily treated ! Give it a day or so and if symptoms are different from those that you,ve been checked for then a visit to doc won't hurt. Hope you are feeling a wee bit calmer. E.
i know hun but i know deep down its anxiety but i keep saying to myself what if,, what if this time it isnt anxiety and im actually going to pass out or something i am absolutely petrified these pains seem to be getting worse it goes for like a couple of minutes then comes back 10x worse i just wish it would stop i dont know why im feeling like this
Hi Laura huni, I am in the same position I get into these panic attacks my heart goes so quick and I actually feel like headed. This occurs with me as I have health aniexty and if I get it into my head there's something wrong with me thus happens. I also get arm pain too mainly left arm.
honestly today I've been bad all day too with thus as I had a sore back goggled and it said a possible heartattack. So you can guess, I've been short if breath and heart pounding all day.
please try and stay calm and take deep breaths slowly hopefully will help xx
has any one taught you breathing exercise or methods to reduce anxiety
There are also a number of things you can do to get help
1. get Gp to refer for CBT
2. Take a look at "Books on Prescription" ( use google ) for a list of recommend self guide books
thanks for replying hun i just cant help but think its to do with my heart if i have had ECGs and blood tests when the pain wasnt there that woudnt show up if i was going to have a heart attack in a few days etc would it so i think thats what i keep on thinking that they have missed something everyone keeps saying im too young but the pain is so severe it is not going away no matter what im sorry you are going through this too i really do know what your going through hun its horrible horrible feelinng and i wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy! i am actually petrified that i am not going to wake up when i go sleep my hearts pounding at the moment and the pain is such a shooting pain going all over my left breast/spine and front middle of chest area my arms are tingly aswell as tingly legs, thank u for your advice tho im definetly trying it now so i hope it calms down before i go sleep as im just having sleepless nights every night scared of not waking up xx
hi jimmy no nobodys taught me i have been told to do them but i panic even more as when i start breathing slow through my nose out through my mouth i feel my heart pounding even more so i get more panicky its just such a viscous circle i hate it so much going to have a look on youtube and google now to see if there is any videos to help relax me, im also going to go back to my GP in morning as its getting too much for me now
The are MP£ you can download on to your phone or ipod and listen to that are relaxing
Ok the bit Google doesn't tell you
bloods will cover operating system liver kidneys heart enzymes iron etc
ecg tells you how heart is working same a s plugging today's cars into a computor and finding the carburrettor is blocked an ecg can show blocked arteries incirrct electrical pulses if all 4chambers are working if the valve is a working
bp tells them what the pressure is going in and out
PAIN in left arm is for myocardial infarction due to complete blockage note complete and if you get that pain you are so very ill but your ecgs are fine you do not high bp your bloods are fine so as u r still on the site you don't and are not having a heart attack
turn off Google get a cup of hot something put on some music or a funny film and relax
stop crying wolf one day many years down the line you may well be ill and then you will not be believed
Gillian your last comment in my opinion is fairly harsh ( perhaps it was not supposed to be taken in the context it's written I dont know ), Anxiety can be terrifying without making a critical point such as crying wolf.
I know I am like that too-I always think when I go for tests it's not there so doesn't show so the doctors don't find it. I'm the same I panic before bed that I won't wake up and my wee kids will be on there own but I always do get through.
Try to even read a book or watch a bit if TV, it might take your mind off it.
can you talk yo anyone? I used to keep it all bottled up but I told my husband and mum so now I can tell them and if does help slightly. Keep deep breathing it should help you xxx
Ps - make a cup of hot water and let it cool slightly drink this - promise it will help too xxx
any things worth a try - I always tell myself that xxx 
Agreed jimmy, it does read a bit harsh. Anxiety can be very frightening. I suffer terribly with it and have spoken to laura before briefly as share very similar symptoms and feelings and fears. I think its actually important to encourage speaking to other people even if its for the same fears and worries over and over again. If people care no one will ever not believe you! I msg or ring my mum everyday with the same anxiety issues and all she ever does is show support of which im extremely grateful.
laura hun if your phone supports apps theres some great ones to help anxiety...some have recorded sounds or relaxation guides etc others have bits where you can log exactly how you feel almost like a diary. Stay strong sweet x