AcceptUncertainty

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Date posted: 2y

Fear of heart attack

I’m so fearful that I’m having a heart attack and was given meds for acid reflux. I’ve had 2 ECG that were normal and a chest x ray. I’ve been dealing with these symptoms since November. Not sure if I’m just hyper aware to the point that my mind is imagining all of the symptoms of heart attack. When I don’t think I’m having a heart attack, I notice improvements. It’s so hard. It’s an achy feeling at my left breast bone that switched to the center of my chest where the sternum is located. I’ve also felt it on the right side with these sensations running through my arms. When I get worked up, I gasp for breath, get dizzy, and experience heart palpitations. I guess coming to the current moment has been my savior when I think about it. It’s the future thought of what if I have a heart attack that is scary and that lies in the future.

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Date posted: 2y

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Date posted: 2y

@kirstenrisk Well, at least I know that I am not alone in this. My doctors are tired of me. They were basically like you’re healthy unless you have some rare heart condition that isn’t detected. Then I have these moments where I’m fine and I’m like well Geesh why can’t I stay in these calm moments where everything is fine.

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Date posted: 2y

@kirstenrisk I’m 39yrs old.

Anna,hi!

Date posted: 2y

@kirstenrisk You be being an emt, I’m sure that is great exposure for your health intrusive thoughts. I would get intrusive thoughts about kids, but I am a teacher lol.

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Date posted: 2y

@kirstenrisk This is me but mine started after I endured several loss of loved ones during COVID. I’m also a counselor who treat OCD myself. After my most recent loss in November, I went on a spiral.

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Date posted: 2y

@kirstenrisk My OCD seeks 100% certainty that I’m in good health and I worry about leaving my family behind.

rmme23

Date posted: 2y

I have health anxiety ocd too and recently have felt pain/burning in my chest. Center of my chest between my breasts. I wasn’t given any tests or imaging but told to take omeperazole for four weeks. I know my anxiety makes it worse.

rmme23

Date posted: 2y

@kirstenrisk I’m 40. I have an autoimmune thyroid disease but other than that I’m told I’m in good health despite me always scared I have C. 🙄

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Date posted: 2y

@rmme23 I agree that it sounds like acid reflux. The er doctor recently told me that anxiety triggers acid reflux.

rmme23

Date posted: 2y

@AcceptUncertainty I got really bad heartburn when I was pregnant and this felt different. Is heartburn and acid reflux the same thing? 🤣 I didn’t know anxiety could trigger it!

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Date posted: 2y

@rmme23 Absolutely, it will give heartburn ❤️‍🔥 and chest sensations. Yeah, after the 2nd er visit, the doctor was like take the acid reflux meds because there’s nothing wrong with you. They basically gave me the boot 🥾 out of the er😆 I guess they were saying that they have real emergencies.

rmme23

Date posted: 2y

@AcceptUncertainty It’s weird cause I’m not getting the burning that goes all the way up my chest. It’s just pain in this one area lower but basically my dr did the same thing. She’s like this sounds like classic acid reflux take meds for 4 weeks and ✌🏼 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Date posted: 2y

I am a registered nurse, and also have been dealing with these symptoms since January that felt like I was having a heart attack. I am under 30 years of age. I was driving my car, and experienced extreme chest pain that radiated down my left arm and up into my jaw. This has been going on in myself for over a month and I wore a Holter Monitor for a few days without getting my results back yet. I’m scheduled for an ECHO in March, but I had ECG, X Ray & a CT when I went to the ER. I’ve experienced it radiate to my sternum and under my right breast as well, but not as common as under my left. They think I have Pericarditis (inflammation of the heart sac that has symptoms that mimic a heart attack) but suggested to do an echo to see my ejection fraction, and be positive nothing else is going on. I hope you find resolution soon with your symptoms you’re experiencing.

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Date posted: 2y

@hi.im.mol I also wore a heart monitor for a week and nothing was found. So I’m at that point where I need to be sitting with uncertainty regarding my what if thoughts. They found 2 cysts in my left lobe of the thyroid and I have fibroids. None of which they felt were resulting in my symptoms. I have moments where I snap back into the present moment and experience no symptoms at all. I just need to snap back permanently. The symptoms feel so real.

PRIV8

Date posted: 25w

Acid reflux symptoms are annoying

I have bad cough and now weird chest symptoms, sometimes pain, sometimes burning, sometimes like a stabbing feeling or idk how to tell it. I know its not dangerous but its really annoying, i didnt had this bad acid reflux for years and idk why it happend... i cant eat anything. I dont have that acid taste in my mouth, its just the chest pressure and cough. I took meds but it didnt helped... What are ways to recover from acid reflux or eliminate it without meds? I kinda feel like mine is there because of stress... but now acid reflux makes me more stressful so its just feeds itself. I know its not dangerous but sometimes im afraid it will do something bad to my body. Or if not, its still stressful to deal with it and i dont want to lose my control of my emotions and start to get depressed and afraid cause i wont recover from this....

Cooki_brooki23

Date posted: 19w

Health ocd obsessed over heart/lung related issues

I have gotten maybe about 8 EKG’s within the lest 2 years? I’ve also gotten an echo done, and I got a heart monitor to track my heart over the course of maybe 2 weeks, back last year. Even though I have been to the emergency room so many times because of panic attacks that I thought were heart attacks, and went with a Cardiologist I still obsess and worry. I always think that I am going to develop some kind of heart problem after getting the tests done. Like if they’re just suddenly going to appear/my heart will suddenly have an issue. I especially get nervous when the pain is in the center of my chest + I get a tight feeling like I have pressure on my chest and can’t breathe completely. Please someone share their experience of how they controlled their health anxiety, especially if it’s related to this.

suzie90

Date posted: 15w

Health OCD/anxiety shortness of breath

Just wondering if anyone else has shortness of breath caused by anxiety? I’ve been going through a really tough three months anxiety wise (POTS flareup; grief; migraines; panic attacks etc etc). Two days ago a new symptom appeared and it’s knocked me. Shortness of breath 😭 bc I’ve got POTS I’ve had a lot of heart tests done (multiple ECGS, 24 hour holter monitor) which all came back fine apart from the obvious tachycardia that comes with POTS. I had an echocardiogram done on Monday but no results back yet, but I had a consultation with my doctor yesterday and she said that’s probably good news bc they don’t mess around when it comes to your heart. And also my doctor has urgently referred me to a mental health team for therapy bc I basically broke down on the phone to her. One thing I’m mostly panicking about is this shortness of breath. I’ve had it with panic attacks before but this is mainly anxiety riddled feels like my breathing is too noticeable/wheezy without actually PHYSICALLY being wheezy. I’ve done my oxygen and it always stays between 97-99% so I know I’m getting enough oxygen but it does not feel that way and it’s so scary !! I also had a clear chest xray about ten months ago. Idk I feel like I’m just spending every day scanning my body because it feels OFF. Then I’ll finally relax JUST before I fall asleep and all my symptoms disappear. Then I wake up, have a nice 20 seconds before I start scanning again. It’s exhausting. Just looking for some support :(

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