Dumbguy_d
06-23-2010, 06:19 PM
Hi all, my names derrik I just found out about this site looks like a good place to ask questions and help eachother get through this awful condition!
So about me here is my story. So I'm a 23 year old male abit overwieght, I don't smoke and I drink maybe like 3 times a year. so it all started like 4 months ago I was at my friends house it's about 9pm playing cards ( should add it's a stressful card game, magic the gathering) than all of a sudden in the middle of playing I smelt like toast I stood up by than the smell was gone and now I get this pressure in my head like my forehead was being squeezed and same with my chest and it lasted for like 5-6 seconds and my heart was just racing, the squeezing lasted like 5-6 seconds, I got my friend to call the ambulance so I walked outside all I could think was this is it this is how it ends. So the squeezing happens again this time not as strong lasted even less than the last, by than the firefighters show up give me oxygen and ask me what happened check the vitals ect.. So than the paramedics show do the same thing sit me down in the ambulance and they take me to the hospital. I get a ECG done normal bunch of blood tests all come back fine so they release me, tell me could be a alergic reaction or something cause I did have food prior to this episode.
So I went and saw a allergist as soon as I could I found out I was allergic to dust pollen ect... And also peanuts and soy milldly so about a month goes by from the first episode and I was playing a computer game and I smelt like cigarette smoke and than it happened again just like previous time so I got my dad to drive me to the hospital and they did the ECG and blood tests a xray of the chest came back clean and they said
it could be muscle spasms or acid reflux so I was released alls well than I was at work about 3 weeks ago it's nearing the end of the day about an hour left I was building a mantle for a fireplace in our showroom than I was gettin hot and sweaty heart was pumping abit fast so I went to the bathroom to wash my face with some cold water and went back to what I was doing. Now my heart started to race alot more so I was panicing abit I went into the office to sit down and try to calm myself down but couldn't than I felt my head being squeezed and the office lady called the ambulance they got me and they did an ECG and some tests so the ECG was fine and the blood work showed I had low potassium and high creatinine. So they set me up with a cardiologist so I saw him the day after checked me out got me some forms to do more tests like thyroid, electrolites, renin, aldosterone. And got me to wear a 24 hour holter monitor, and set me up with a echocardiogram for the 7th of next month. Also he was gonna set me up with a neurologist too but I haven't heard from him since. I called to try to see him but they said he would call me.
So about a week ago I was chatting with my friend in my room and than I had this pain in my left arm that was in my inner elbow area and than moved to my bicept than into my armpit chest area I flipped and took myself to the hospital it was about 8 pm so I had another ECG and tests all came back fine so I asked them if my other tests came back and he printed them off I was still waiting on the renin aldosterone and the 24 hour urine sample test but it showed that all was well except my thyroid tsh was low <0.01 and my free t4 was 26 being that the normal range max was 22. I Aldo forgot to add that I had 2 thyroid tests from when the first episode happened and my free t4 was normal but tsh was still low at >0.01
So I made an appointment with my family doctor to followup with everything that happened 2 days ago and he looked at the tests and read the letter the cardiologist sent him. Still waiting on those other tests so I have another appointment this comming Monday. He told me that this is probably not cardiac related could be some form of anxiety. I told him when I was younger I would wake up in panic thinking I was gonna have a heart attack and there was a phase when I thought I had aids and was freaking out all day and I Just got over it. So he prescribed me some Ativan 1mg if I get one of these attacks or get real anxious wanting to go to the hospital to take 1.
Now yesterday I was watching tv in my room and my hands were getting sweaty prolly cause the cell phone than I smelt like coffee burning so I immediatly freaked and was trying to calm myself down cause I didn't really want to take the medicine but I did take it and it calmed me down pretty good and all those little aches and pains i got I didn't stress over how it's a sign of this and that was just relaxed. So yah long post but I thank you for reading! I really apppreciate it I was just curious why do I always think heart attack for any pain or anything and I think I developed OCD or something cause now I'm always chewing on my shirt collar :( was even doing that after the first episode. I almost always seem to be focused on my breathing like am I getting enough air and my pulse it's driving me insane! So yah until they rule out everything medical I'm just gonna be a nervous wreck. Thanks for reading.
Derrik
Edit-
I should also add that after I took the meds I went downstairs and saw that my family made some coffee. I also try to exercise 30 mins 5 days a week. I also get these weird pains that last a few seconds mainly in my arms and chest. And I think I have a jaw clenching problem now too cause my jaw gets sore for like 5 mins or so but I can't catch myself clenching lol..
So about me here is my story. So I'm a 23 year old male abit overwieght, I don't smoke and I drink maybe like 3 times a year. so it all started like 4 months ago I was at my friends house it's about 9pm playing cards ( should add it's a stressful card game, magic the gathering) than all of a sudden in the middle of playing I smelt like toast I stood up by than the smell was gone and now I get this pressure in my head like my forehead was being squeezed and same with my chest and it lasted for like 5-6 seconds and my heart was just racing, the squeezing lasted like 5-6 seconds, I got my friend to call the ambulance so I walked outside all I could think was this is it this is how it ends. So the squeezing happens again this time not as strong lasted even less than the last, by than the firefighters show up give me oxygen and ask me what happened check the vitals ect.. So than the paramedics show do the same thing sit me down in the ambulance and they take me to the hospital. I get a ECG done normal bunch of blood tests all come back fine so they release me, tell me could be a alergic reaction or something cause I did have food prior to this episode.
So I went and saw a allergist as soon as I could I found out I was allergic to dust pollen ect... And also peanuts and soy milldly so about a month goes by from the first episode and I was playing a computer game and I smelt like cigarette smoke and than it happened again just like previous time so I got my dad to drive me to the hospital and they did the ECG and blood tests a xray of the chest came back clean and they said
it could be muscle spasms or acid reflux so I was released alls well than I was at work about 3 weeks ago it's nearing the end of the day about an hour left I was building a mantle for a fireplace in our showroom than I was gettin hot and sweaty heart was pumping abit fast so I went to the bathroom to wash my face with some cold water and went back to what I was doing. Now my heart started to race alot more so I was panicing abit I went into the office to sit down and try to calm myself down but couldn't than I felt my head being squeezed and the office lady called the ambulance they got me and they did an ECG and some tests so the ECG was fine and the blood work showed I had low potassium and high creatinine. So they set me up with a cardiologist so I saw him the day after checked me out got me some forms to do more tests like thyroid, electrolites, renin, aldosterone. And got me to wear a 24 hour holter monitor, and set me up with a echocardiogram for the 7th of next month. Also he was gonna set me up with a neurologist too but I haven't heard from him since. I called to try to see him but they said he would call me.
So about a week ago I was chatting with my friend in my room and than I had this pain in my left arm that was in my inner elbow area and than moved to my bicept than into my armpit chest area I flipped and took myself to the hospital it was about 8 pm so I had another ECG and tests all came back fine so I asked them if my other tests came back and he printed them off I was still waiting on the renin aldosterone and the 24 hour urine sample test but it showed that all was well except my thyroid tsh was low <0.01 and my free t4 was 26 being that the normal range max was 22. I Aldo forgot to add that I had 2 thyroid tests from when the first episode happened and my free t4 was normal but tsh was still low at >0.01
So I made an appointment with my family doctor to followup with everything that happened 2 days ago and he looked at the tests and read the letter the cardiologist sent him. Still waiting on those other tests so I have another appointment this comming Monday. He told me that this is probably not cardiac related could be some form of anxiety. I told him when I was younger I would wake up in panic thinking I was gonna have a heart attack and there was a phase when I thought I had aids and was freaking out all day and I Just got over it. So he prescribed me some Ativan 1mg if I get one of these attacks or get real anxious wanting to go to the hospital to take 1.
Now yesterday I was watching tv in my room and my hands were getting sweaty prolly cause the cell phone than I smelt like coffee burning so I immediatly freaked and was trying to calm myself down cause I didn't really want to take the medicine but I did take it and it calmed me down pretty good and all those little aches and pains i got I didn't stress over how it's a sign of this and that was just relaxed. So yah long post but I thank you for reading! I really apppreciate it I was just curious why do I always think heart attack for any pain or anything and I think I developed OCD or something cause now I'm always chewing on my shirt collar :( was even doing that after the first episode. I almost always seem to be focused on my breathing like am I getting enough air and my pulse it's driving me insane! So yah until they rule out everything medical I'm just gonna be a nervous wreck. Thanks for reading.
Derrik
Edit-
I should also add that after I took the meds I went downstairs and saw that my family made some coffee. I also try to exercise 30 mins 5 days a week. I also get these weird pains that last a few seconds mainly in my arms and chest. And I think I have a jaw clenching problem now too cause my jaw gets sore for like 5 mins or so but I can't catch myself clenching lol..