ingey1968
09-07-2015, 07:15 AM
My name is Ross , I just turned 47 and have suffered with heart related anxiety for about 4 years now. I'm overweight by at least 40 pounds (258 and dropping) , have sleep apnea , high cholesterol (borderline) and I smoke (trying to quit). Not a good mix I know.
My anxiety isn't constant, I can go a year or two without it coming back. It's usually just when I have chest discomfort which I do now. The Dr recently put me on Zoloft 50 mgs. This is my fourth day of that. Besides that I take zocor and prilosec.
I pace pretty much all day when anxiety hits , usually after a couple days of it I tire myself out and something will happen that triggers me to hyperventilate. So then I naturally think my heart is giving out and panic more. So then I rush to the ER. Keep in mind I've only been in ER 3 times in last 3 years so not a weekly thing.
My last trip was two days ago, I had blood work, EKG and echo stress test. All came back fine. I realize most of my issues I bring on myself by stressing but its hard relaying logic to your body .
For those who suffer from this daily, my thoughts are with you, I could not imagine how tough that would be and hopefully here you can get some peace of mind to help cope with it . I know just talking about it helps me a lot .
My anxiety isn't constant, I can go a year or two without it coming back. It's usually just when I have chest discomfort which I do now. The Dr recently put me on Zoloft 50 mgs. This is my fourth day of that. Besides that I take zocor and prilosec.
I pace pretty much all day when anxiety hits , usually after a couple days of it I tire myself out and something will happen that triggers me to hyperventilate. So then I naturally think my heart is giving out and panic more. So then I rush to the ER. Keep in mind I've only been in ER 3 times in last 3 years so not a weekly thing.
My last trip was two days ago, I had blood work, EKG and echo stress test. All came back fine. I realize most of my issues I bring on myself by stressing but its hard relaying logic to your body .
For those who suffer from this daily, my thoughts are with you, I could not imagine how tough that would be and hopefully here you can get some peace of mind to help cope with it . I know just talking about it helps me a lot .