Xploit85
10-18-2014, 12:07 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm 29 years old, male.
Over a month ago, when I was going to bed, I noticed a tingling sensation in my left arm. I immediately started to panic, thinking it was heart attack (everyone always hears, if you tingle in the left arm, its a heart attack) I ended up not going to the ER or calling 911, I wasn't able to sleep at all that night, though. The next day, I ended up going to the ER, going through all kinds of tests and finding out that I wasn't having a heart attack. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure (put on 25mg metoprolol tartrate twice a day) and I started taking the medicine. That week, I kept feeling chest pains, tingling, neck pain, jaw pain. I went to the ER I think 3 times that week, all EKG's and blood work tested out fine. CT scans, etc. On the 3rd ER visit, the doctor wanted me to stay over night in the hospital, to get fully examined. The next day I had more blood work, stress eco, and everything once again checked out fine. Cardiologist who reviewed my stress eco said my heart was healthy.
2 weeks passed along, I was feeling better, going to the gym and losing weight (I was very out of shape when this started, still not in the best shape, but getting better) and my wife decided she wanted to divorce me and have an affair. This took a huge toll on me at first, but I wasn't necessarily having anxiety at first. In the last week, my symptoms have been very bad. Chest pain, back pain, jaw pain, and arm tingling, shortness of breathe all the time. It's like it lives with me and never leaves. When I work out, I feel great for awhile, then it creeps back.
This week I went to the doctor about all this, he put me on 25mg of sertraline and been taking it for four days now. I've been so fatigued, haven't worked out, and just laying around the house with no motivation. I'm sure this will pass, but it's very hard to cope. I also should note, I have no trouble sleeping and most of the time I sleep through the whole night. When I check my blood pressure and sometimes its high, I feel this rush come down over me and I start to panic and question if I'm having a heart attack, literally all the time. Sometimes my mind can only focus on negative things such as heart attack.
It's hard for me to accept that stress/anxiety can cause my body to have arm tingling, back pain, etc for long periods of the time everyday. A lot of time during the time, it's hard to take a full deep breathe, because of something. When I'm not thinking much, I can breathe fine, but I end up focusing on it and I struggle.
I'll keep my story a bit short, but I'd like to know if you guys think I have anxiety? I'm so scared its heart related, even though countless doctors have told me its not, but its so hard to accept when you have chest pain.
Thanks!
Edit for a side question:
I was prescribed Hydroxyzine for small anxiety attacks, has anyone tried this? I haven't taken one yet.
I'm 29 years old, male.
Over a month ago, when I was going to bed, I noticed a tingling sensation in my left arm. I immediately started to panic, thinking it was heart attack (everyone always hears, if you tingle in the left arm, its a heart attack) I ended up not going to the ER or calling 911, I wasn't able to sleep at all that night, though. The next day, I ended up going to the ER, going through all kinds of tests and finding out that I wasn't having a heart attack. I was diagnosed with high blood pressure (put on 25mg metoprolol tartrate twice a day) and I started taking the medicine. That week, I kept feeling chest pains, tingling, neck pain, jaw pain. I went to the ER I think 3 times that week, all EKG's and blood work tested out fine. CT scans, etc. On the 3rd ER visit, the doctor wanted me to stay over night in the hospital, to get fully examined. The next day I had more blood work, stress eco, and everything once again checked out fine. Cardiologist who reviewed my stress eco said my heart was healthy.
2 weeks passed along, I was feeling better, going to the gym and losing weight (I was very out of shape when this started, still not in the best shape, but getting better) and my wife decided she wanted to divorce me and have an affair. This took a huge toll on me at first, but I wasn't necessarily having anxiety at first. In the last week, my symptoms have been very bad. Chest pain, back pain, jaw pain, and arm tingling, shortness of breathe all the time. It's like it lives with me and never leaves. When I work out, I feel great for awhile, then it creeps back.
This week I went to the doctor about all this, he put me on 25mg of sertraline and been taking it for four days now. I've been so fatigued, haven't worked out, and just laying around the house with no motivation. I'm sure this will pass, but it's very hard to cope. I also should note, I have no trouble sleeping and most of the time I sleep through the whole night. When I check my blood pressure and sometimes its high, I feel this rush come down over me and I start to panic and question if I'm having a heart attack, literally all the time. Sometimes my mind can only focus on negative things such as heart attack.
It's hard for me to accept that stress/anxiety can cause my body to have arm tingling, back pain, etc for long periods of the time everyday. A lot of time during the time, it's hard to take a full deep breathe, because of something. When I'm not thinking much, I can breathe fine, but I end up focusing on it and I struggle.
I'll keep my story a bit short, but I'd like to know if you guys think I have anxiety? I'm so scared its heart related, even though countless doctors have told me its not, but its so hard to accept when you have chest pain.
Thanks!
Edit for a side question:
I was prescribed Hydroxyzine for small anxiety attacks, has anyone tried this? I haven't taken one yet.