I'm in a desperate state to get a diagnosis, what do you think these symptoms are from?

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Good day

I hope someone has or has had similar symptoms to me, I feel very alone. I am breathless a lot lately not really in episodes as such like a panic attack, but more of a general all day feeling. I am absolutely sick of it.

I am always lightheaded/dizzy, I feel like I cannot breath, I'm not panting or breathing fast but I feel I cannot get air. I just don't know what to do with myself. Doctors say anxiety but I am thinking of asking for another opinion because of my other symptoms which are below.

I feel I cannot breathe, sometimes its worse than others, normally if I have it that day its a general feeling of breathlessness like I cannot stand up for long.

Feel like my airways are constricted.

Lightheaded and dizzy

Pain in various areas of my body but more arms and upper area

Headaches in the morning which sometimes go away during the day but not always

Fuzzy head

Feeling faint

Tingling hands sometimes

My hands always look a shade of blue/grey

My chest feels tight

I get acid feeling in my throat and a lot of burning

Dry throat

I just feel rotten

I have had a couple of ECG's and an echo, a brain scan and various blood tests but could something have changed with my heart so drastically since the last time I had it checked 6 months ago? The breathing symptom has only been in the last 3 months, could this be something that's getting worse?

Dr says anxiety but I’m not sure because it’s all day, every day getting worse, and I don’t get palpitations anymore?!

I feel invisible and am out there within the NHS begging for help, I am not living any more, If you can shed any light please help me.

Thanks

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Hi Gem, I'm no doctor, but the blue hands, hard to breathe etc, sounds like it could be associated with shallow breathing, not getting the oxygen around the body, which could be from anxiety. But on the other hand it could be from lack of circulation too.  Heart or lung function?  Although 6 months ago is when you had the tests done, and nothing showed then, so I am not sure. But whatever it is, if its' affecting the colour of your hands, and you have tingling in your hands, it sure would be worth getting a second opinion.  I don't know how your costing works out in England (I presume that's where you are), but I would keep going till someone can suggest a way out of this, no matter what it is, anxiety or something else, you want to start getting treated to get a normal life back.

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Thank you, is this even possible when my oxygen levels have been checked with one of those finger things plus I check them myself and they're always fine.

I don't believe I have anxiety, my heart doesn't race etc so how can that be? This is something bad I know it

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I hope you can get another opinion soon to ease your mind and get some sort of answers. All the very best.