sorry for posting loads but this is the only place i can speak about this.
Today i feel impending doom i just feel like my heart is going to stop!!
Looking at me no one would think anything is wrong as i look calm and ok BUT inside i just feel like my heart will stop and i cant stop thinking about it.
Im going to the doctors tomorrow to see if they can do anything, im waiting to hear from the cardiologist about having a holter fitted as i have palpitations/ectopic beats, but that wont be for another month :'(
I know that with saying don't worry it won't help you much. But still don't worry, doctors are there for a reason, they will find the solution to your problem. I mean they didn't just spend all these years in med school for no reason. Espcially if you trust your cardiologist their is no reason to worry about.
All you got to do is calm down. Really find something relaxing to do for today. And go early to bed at least to get a good nights sleep.
It's so hard when you feel like this . I know this sounds crazy but my son bought me a dog and she helps me so much. I promise things will get better okay. Do you have any friends ???
Try and buy something for yourself or buy some nice things for yourself .
i am new on here so I don't even know if you will receive this message . If you get this I hope we can speak again . I know how hard things seem but honestly if I got over this I know with help you will be ok . Lots of love Jean
I saw the cardiologist a few months ago and used an omron test but that didnt pick up anything so she discharged me. Ive had about 3 ECG's (last one about 2 months ago) they said my pulse was a little fast but ok.
I hate this feeling that you are experiencing just now. I had a monitor fitted for 48 hours due to my palpitations but all came back fine. They told me that they are normal palpitations brought on by anxiety. I always get feelings like my heart is going to stop. I am learning to control it, and I have to say reading things on here with people with similar symptoms is helpful.Your heart will be fine. Anxiety doesn't damage your heart. It's all to do with your brain going crazy and telling your body to feel this way.
You will be fine. I know it's hard, but keep telling yourself it is fine and that you are ok. I also gave up caffeine as it helped calm my nerves ever so slightly.
I used to find, a bath helped me and some relaxing music but everyone is different.
I really hope it eases off today. I had an awful episode last night but feel better today thank goodness. Here to chat if need be. Sometimes it's good just to talk it out!
If they didn't think you needed a scan then they probably are right BUT ask them again and say it could put your mind at rest . Tell me how you feel and when these things happen , night or morning or try and explain how you feel. Do you have friends or family ? What do you do during the day . I promise things will get better TRULY they will .
whats happened to you this last year or how ,one have you felt this bad . Try and tell me more soi can try to help .
i never thought I would get better but honestly I do feel better . Sometimes I am scared it will get bad again but it helps to talk. I haven't been to bed for two years now but I think soon I will do it yippeeeeee
You should insist then on getting a 48 hour monitor fitted. Tell the doctor how your are feeling tell him/her your worries and that you can't no longer be worried sick. Tell him/her tha you need to know if there is something wrong so that you won't feel this way all the time. If he/she won't respond try getting another consult.
I've been through all that with the holter etc as I have exactly the same: chronic anxiety, palpitations, heart skipping beats, health terror. Apart from ongoing psychotherapy which is obviously essential, the other thing I find brilliant is beta blockers. I have a prescription for very low dose (10 mg) propanolol tablets and if I'm going to have a stressful day (like, most of the time!) I take one in the morning... it slows my heart down to normal so (and this is important) I can't feel it. So I don't have that heart hammering effect which is telling me I'm anxious, and my heart is calm. Doesn't make me "normal"! – but it helps enormously.
That's how anxiety works, unfortunately. It always blames something physical in your body because that's easier (if you see what I mean – I don't mean anything's easy!!) than believing it's your brain causing the problem. In the end you will understand the brain/body link that gives you physical symptoms, but it can take a while. Took me about four years with the help of psychotherapy which I can't recommend highly enough, especially for someone like you (and me), as you say "Looking at me no one would think anything is wrong" – we keep everything inside, and talking about it to a professional listener is immensely valuable. Good luck with the docs and beta blockers. GPs generally are not good about anxiety/depression, they just seem to find it embarrassing, so I hope yours is okay.