The last week or so I have felt very lethargic. I have pain in my jaw, arm numbness, mainly in my left arm. I feel like I'm so lightheaded I could pass out. All of this with chest pain had made me really worried that something is wrong with me more than just anxiety. I've been to numerous cardiologists, and all of them have said my heart is fine. I'm only 26, have no family history of heart disease, and don't smoke. All of my symptoms are signs of a heart attack or stroke, which only makes me think about what I'm feeling more. I have dealt with these feeling for years, but never this bad. I went to the ER last night and after many tests, the doctor told me it was just anxiety and general chest pain. My face is also numb at times too. The main thing that worries me is the lightheadedness. I'm always lightheaded. Have been for years, but I usually don't feel like I'm going to just pass out. Had anyone ever had symptoms like these, and if so, what did you do about them?? Thanks.
Following. I have chest pains daily and my cardiologist and doctor have said I'm fine, including a few emergency room doctors.. I just cant understand how anxiety can make you have such physical pain that supposedly isn't dangerous! Ugh!
I don't understand it either. If you look up every possible symptom of anxiety, all of these are symptoms. It just doesn't make sense. I have seen so many cardiologists these last few years, plus my GP every month, and probably 20 ER doctors in the last two years, and every time they say it's anxiety. I just got taken off Lorazepam for the first time in over two year and got put on Buspar. I don't know if the change in medicine is making me feel like this or what. I hate going to the ER. They always act like I'm making a bigger deal than what it actually is, but I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack and can't help but going there sometimes.
People will NEVER understand it unless they go through it.. Mine is postpartum so before last December, I literally thought anxiety was some made up thing for people that didn't want to do anything. Now that I have it, I feel so horrible thinking anyone ever faked this. I had no idea how severe it truly is until I felt it day after day.. That being said, I'm also on Buspar. I'm going to my therapist on thursday and hopefully discussing adding a pill because at night I get super anxious thinking about everyone going to sleep and not being awake in case something goes wrong..
Do You find your eating habits have changed since your heart fears began? I'm literally terrified to eat anything greasy at all. I used to eat fast food 4 times a week, and now I haven't had beef in almost a year, and hardly any grease. I'm constantly thinking I'm one burger away from a heart attack.. (my doctor actually told me last visit to go eat a cheeseburger because I've lost so much weight from anxiety and she thought it would help me haha)
They will never understand, which I understand because if you've never felt like this, it's hard to say you can understand. Greasy food doesn't bother me anymore. It did a few years ago when this all first started. For me, this comes and goes. I always have anxiety, and always feel like something is wrong, but I deal with it 85% of the time. For some reason, I have a few bad days, but they're always in a row. I'll go like 3 weeks and not have anything that I can't handle, and then boom, 3-4 days straight where I feel like I'm losing control and I convince myself that this can't be anxiety. I haven't found out why yet, and once again, maybe switching medication might have something to do with it, but having an answer would be nice. My GP always says "it doesn't sound concerning to me" about every symptom, especially new symptoms, that I have. It's frustrating because the symptoms ARE concerning to me. Do these doctors feel like this?? No. No one I know feels the way I do so it sucks that no one can relate. I know there are other people who do feel like this though, and that's why I turn to websites like these. I would never wish this upon anyone, but having other people having the same symptoms and feelings gives me a little bit of comfort because I'm not alone. The biggest thing to remember about heart anxiety is (which i know is tough because I still worry) that 1.) you can't pinpoint heart pain. If you can pinpoint the pain, it's most likely not heart pain. 2.) If it was pain caused by the heart, most likely the doctors would have found something by now. That's not 100% true, which people like us would love to have a certainty about what's causing this, even though we would still worry most likely, but for the most part, something would show up on all of the tests. My fiancées mother had had like 5 heart attacks, and every time she has gone to the ER, they have detected it right away. She has never been to the ER with chest pain and not had a heart attack or something from her heart causing the pain.