Ella13
15-10-12, 22:25
Ive had anxiety for a while and have had many different types of anxiety based illnesses, I had never had any sort of chest pain whatsoever (apart from the standard palpatations which actually dont bother me too much) until i read a couple of recent news stories about Sudden Adult Death Syndrome. I then read into it more (BIG mistake) and ever since then my anxiety has gone into a new level.
Ive been feeling sick and dizzy constantly, im having palpatations every day that are taking my breath away n then feel like someones pushing down on my chest with stabbing pains in my upper chest and under my rib cage. I also feel like somethings stuck under my rib on the left hand side. My heart also races and then slows down every few hours and i'm not getting to sleep from thinking about it.
I had never heard of SADS before until i read those stories of these girls my age who had flu like symptoms, went to bed feeling unwell and then just never woke up because their heart just stopped. I read more into it and found out there were so many stories of fit and healthy people around my age (23) dropping down dead for no reason whatsoever.
I read that some of them were heredatory, Ive asked my parents and apparantly we have no family history at all of any sort of heart problems/heart disease so that has rested my mind a little bit, however i am still going to the doctors tomorrow to enquire about an ECG.
Has anyone had one of these before? Do you have to go through the NHS or can the doctor do one there and then, i heard it only takes a couple of minutes?
Sorry for the long post but any advice/people feeling the same will make me feel so much better!! Thanks
Ive been feeling sick and dizzy constantly, im having palpatations every day that are taking my breath away n then feel like someones pushing down on my chest with stabbing pains in my upper chest and under my rib cage. I also feel like somethings stuck under my rib on the left hand side. My heart also races and then slows down every few hours and i'm not getting to sleep from thinking about it.
I had never heard of SADS before until i read those stories of these girls my age who had flu like symptoms, went to bed feeling unwell and then just never woke up because their heart just stopped. I read more into it and found out there were so many stories of fit and healthy people around my age (23) dropping down dead for no reason whatsoever.
I read that some of them were heredatory, Ive asked my parents and apparantly we have no family history at all of any sort of heart problems/heart disease so that has rested my mind a little bit, however i am still going to the doctors tomorrow to enquire about an ECG.
Has anyone had one of these before? Do you have to go through the NHS or can the doctor do one there and then, i heard it only takes a couple of minutes?
Sorry for the long post but any advice/people feeling the same will make me feel so much better!! Thanks