Junot
18-02-13, 00:31
Hi everyone.
Last night I faced something I have never had before. After falling asleep for about 30min I woke up with an abdominal discomfort (like squeezing and/or mild burning) that started to irradiate to the left part of my chest (right above the breast), neck and upper back accompanied by an urge to defecate. I have experienced similar symptoms - pretty common in me - before BUT never did I wake up with this! This fact left me absolutely fearful, ad I thought that it could only be a myocardial infarction. My heart started racing up to sustained 140bpm and I could feel it beating, among other symptoms such as lightheadness.
I called my mom and we decided to call an ambulance to rush me to the hospital. I got an ECG done, normal only with sinusal tachycardia, I got my ions checked, normal as well, and cardiac markers determined (creatine kinase, cardiac troponins and myoglobin). Only creatine kinase was only a bit over the normal range, so the doctor repeated the exam 6 hours after. Normal, so any cardiac organical event ruled out once again.
I've been through this for 6 years now and have seen from general practioners, neurologists, psychyatrists and cardiologists and all rule out a cardiac basis for my symptoms, diagnosing panick/anxiety. But still I am always so afraid and worried about heart problems because of the symptomology. It's like it's stronger than me.
So, all this to ask you guys if any of you have ever woken up during your night sleep feeling these sort of symptoms (palpitations, chest/abdominal discomfort, and so forth). The fact of waking up in my sleep feeling like this truly scared the hell out of me in a way that I was not able to control.
Last night I faced something I have never had before. After falling asleep for about 30min I woke up with an abdominal discomfort (like squeezing and/or mild burning) that started to irradiate to the left part of my chest (right above the breast), neck and upper back accompanied by an urge to defecate. I have experienced similar symptoms - pretty common in me - before BUT never did I wake up with this! This fact left me absolutely fearful, ad I thought that it could only be a myocardial infarction. My heart started racing up to sustained 140bpm and I could feel it beating, among other symptoms such as lightheadness.
I called my mom and we decided to call an ambulance to rush me to the hospital. I got an ECG done, normal only with sinusal tachycardia, I got my ions checked, normal as well, and cardiac markers determined (creatine kinase, cardiac troponins and myoglobin). Only creatine kinase was only a bit over the normal range, so the doctor repeated the exam 6 hours after. Normal, so any cardiac organical event ruled out once again.
I've been through this for 6 years now and have seen from general practioners, neurologists, psychyatrists and cardiologists and all rule out a cardiac basis for my symptoms, diagnosing panick/anxiety. But still I am always so afraid and worried about heart problems because of the symptomology. It's like it's stronger than me.
So, all this to ask you guys if any of you have ever woken up during your night sleep feeling these sort of symptoms (palpitations, chest/abdominal discomfort, and so forth). The fact of waking up in my sleep feeling like this truly scared the hell out of me in a way that I was not able to control.