Please reassure me...PLEASE!!!
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Please reassure me...PLEASE!!!
| Wed, 06-21-2006 - 8:05pm |
Hi guys-Today started off great, I had blood work done then took my daughter to the ocean and she ran and I ran after her and we played in the waves. I felt great that she was finally out doing something. Then...on the way home the anxiety and pain in my chest came back and hasnt left. Please reassure me that Im not having a heart attack! Its right in the middle of my chest, an uncomfortable feeling that occasionally spikes then could go away for hours. Can a 36 year old have a heart attack? I have no family history of heart disease but my cholestrol was (probably still is)high and Im about 45 pounds over weight. Im so scared, I called my mother and she said she would take me to the ER tomorrow to put my mind at ease. What if I dont make it until tomorrow? I already took .75 xanax in 5 hours, thats a lot for me. I hate being alone! Im starting to resent my husband for traveling so much but thats why we are selling the house and moving so he can get a new job. This pain started around the time I had the panic episode when I was driving and almost went to the hospital 2 weeks ago. Then I started Lexapro. My blood pressure and heart beat was fine at the dr, it would have been detected if something was wrong, right? I go back on the 26th to go over the blood work. I need to make it until then, please reassure me that the odds are in my favor that its not my heart, please.
Donna
Donna

checked you out when you felt this way before I would assume it
is panic! I am NOT A DOCTOR!!! If you have felt this way before
and it has stopped then I wouldn't worry.
I have chest pain sometimes when I get worked up with anxiety!
I am HAPPY FOR YOU that you got out and enjoyed the water with
your daughter! I too live in Florida you got to love the ocean!!
This is so GOOD that you got out and had some FUN!!!
If the pain continues I would get it checked out!! LET US KNOW
HOW YOU ARE!!! Judy
Chest pain is common with anxiety, anyone else ever feel it?
Donna
I am glad that you are feeling better today.
Sheri Ann
Donna -
I can totally relate to you.
Jennifer
"Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evi
Hi Donna,
My name is Shasta, and I can totally relate to how you feel. I am so happy that your mom is being there for you, that is so so important for ppl with anxiety.
The girls all had great advice as always, ask your dr. about this, and also, if you ever start to feeling really bad, and it doesn't go away, don't hesitate going to urgent care. It is nothing to be ashamned of, or feel embarassed about, and they will treat you with the utmost most care. Chest pains are nothing to mess around with, and I am sure they will try to get you right in.
I have been to the several times myself and it started when I was about your age. I had EKG's and other heart tests, and everything was a-ok! Just that nasty panic & anxiety!
So just take it easy, be kind to yourself, and maybe take it easy for a couple days.
And do rely on your mom, she sounds wonderful!
Sometimes we try to 'do too much' because we thrive for normalcy, and we over-do it...I know if I try to go out, and do too many things in a day, it can really hit me towards the end of my 'outing' So take it easy, and please keep in touch!
Let us know how your dr. appt goes too!
Sending Big Hugs! shastagold
Have a good day-
Donna
Yay Donna!
Sheri Ann
I totally know what you mean. It is amazing how you can get into a bad funk where you are totally in your own little world which is a very scary place and can be totally convinced that you are dying because of some ache or pain. Then later on it is like the cloud lifts and you are yourself again. It is like 2 different worlds and boy does it feel good to feel normal again!
Kim