hiallz5500
01-06-2013, 09:26 PM
Hey, this is my first post and I'm glad to be part of this anxiety only forum. Well for the past almost 2 years I have had these so called "anxiety/panic attacks". I put them in quotes because like the title says I can't believe if my doctors are right. I had these attacks on and off and today I had a TERRIBLE one probably the worst one. It probably lasted for an hour or more. I honestly thought I was gonna have a heart attack cause it was My first time having sudden left shoulder and arm pain but associated with a weird SENSATION. Not pain but sensation and with stomach tightness, nausea and sweaty hands and feet with shivers. I let worst case scenarios overcome me and i just har heart attack thoughts in my head.
Now my past. I had a cardiologist do an echo on my heart in 2011 and he said it was fine. I did anemic tests, chest x ray, blood clot tests and they all came back negative. This year about 1 month ago I went to a cardiologist again and they didn't do an echo or anything. We made an appointment 3 months ahead and all he said was no test was necessary And I guess that Kind of turned my mood off And in my opinion I think doctors don't ever really take you seriously anymore once they "rule" saying I have anxiety.
My first fear was lung cancer cause I heard of radon in basements caused
Lung cancer and I had shortness of breath from hyperventilation. I found out about hyperventilation and was relaxed for like 2 months. My next fear was blood clots and I was scared cause I ha shortness of breath that came and went I thought I had it because I used to sit on the computer for hours without break 3-4 years ago. Then I found out it was nothing. Now I m scared of heart attacks or heart disease in general. Even as I type I have some small pain on my left chest. Today's attacks was terrible like I said and I really thought I was going to die.
I have a bad habit of googling stuff too and look up things about 17 year old
Heart attack chances. I still get frightened thinking I maybe the minority that get one :(
This is ruining my life and I missed like 30 days of school of first semester cause I felt like either vomiting or chest pain and I hate saying it to people cause I think they wouldn't take it seriously. I feel like docs are lying and not trying cause after 1 echo test on my heart they think it's ALWAYS anxiety.
I honestly don't know what to do and feel like going back to a cardiologist for another heart test cause 1 out of the 3 ekgs(the third one) said It was borderline and abnormal and a doctor called and said it was a conductive delay thing. That's when I went to the cardiologist the second time and he said it was nothing with no test. All he did was look at the ekg and we waited 3 months in hopes of a test again but he said no. So now when I get these "attacks" I think of how I was screwed off by the cardiologist the second time and the EKG saying borderline and conduction delay.
I read news reports on teens heart attacks and am frightened. What is the possibility of a 17 year old having a heart attack or heart disease.
Please help and let me know what you all think.
-Sorry for any typos cause I was using my iPod to type
Now my past. I had a cardiologist do an echo on my heart in 2011 and he said it was fine. I did anemic tests, chest x ray, blood clot tests and they all came back negative. This year about 1 month ago I went to a cardiologist again and they didn't do an echo or anything. We made an appointment 3 months ahead and all he said was no test was necessary And I guess that Kind of turned my mood off And in my opinion I think doctors don't ever really take you seriously anymore once they "rule" saying I have anxiety.
My first fear was lung cancer cause I heard of radon in basements caused
Lung cancer and I had shortness of breath from hyperventilation. I found out about hyperventilation and was relaxed for like 2 months. My next fear was blood clots and I was scared cause I ha shortness of breath that came and went I thought I had it because I used to sit on the computer for hours without break 3-4 years ago. Then I found out it was nothing. Now I m scared of heart attacks or heart disease in general. Even as I type I have some small pain on my left chest. Today's attacks was terrible like I said and I really thought I was going to die.
I have a bad habit of googling stuff too and look up things about 17 year old
Heart attack chances. I still get frightened thinking I maybe the minority that get one :(
This is ruining my life and I missed like 30 days of school of first semester cause I felt like either vomiting or chest pain and I hate saying it to people cause I think they wouldn't take it seriously. I feel like docs are lying and not trying cause after 1 echo test on my heart they think it's ALWAYS anxiety.
I honestly don't know what to do and feel like going back to a cardiologist for another heart test cause 1 out of the 3 ekgs(the third one) said It was borderline and abnormal and a doctor called and said it was a conductive delay thing. That's when I went to the cardiologist the second time and he said it was nothing with no test. All he did was look at the ekg and we waited 3 months in hopes of a test again but he said no. So now when I get these "attacks" I think of how I was screwed off by the cardiologist the second time and the EKG saying borderline and conduction delay.
I read news reports on teens heart attacks and am frightened. What is the possibility of a 17 year old having a heart attack or heart disease.
Please help and let me know what you all think.
-Sorry for any typos cause I was using my iPod to type