CharlieM
11-07-13, 12:47
Hi everyone,
Hope you are all enjoying the lovely weather and having one of your good days :)
As those of you who comment on heart related posts will know, I have had a shocking 9 months of heart anxiety. It got so bad in June that I considered asking my family to section me just so I could be in hospital when the inevitable heart attack happened!!!
My gp prescribed me Amitriptyline for neuropathic pain relief as she was convinced my pain was real, but suggested that it had nothing to do with my heart. She thought that I had been so anxious about my heart that I had caused muscle/ nerve issues due to tensing and bad posture.
I have a referral to a neurologist and my CBT starts on Friday (tomorrow).
Anyway, after 2 weeks of 10mg, 1 week of 20mg and 3 weeks of 25mg Amitriptyline, all pain has gone. I am driving again, haven't checked my pulse, am sleeping like a baby, socialising, exercising and feeling so positive. Gone are the butterflies, the feelings of doom and my obsessive heart attack thoughts.
I will of course stay grounded, still attend my neurologist appt and go through the CBT.
I am well aware that anxiety and panic can bite back after long periods of feeling normal, but I genuinely think that this med is a miracle cure for neuropathic pain symptoms!!
Charlie
Hope you are all enjoying the lovely weather and having one of your good days :)
As those of you who comment on heart related posts will know, I have had a shocking 9 months of heart anxiety. It got so bad in June that I considered asking my family to section me just so I could be in hospital when the inevitable heart attack happened!!!
My gp prescribed me Amitriptyline for neuropathic pain relief as she was convinced my pain was real, but suggested that it had nothing to do with my heart. She thought that I had been so anxious about my heart that I had caused muscle/ nerve issues due to tensing and bad posture.
I have a referral to a neurologist and my CBT starts on Friday (tomorrow).
Anyway, after 2 weeks of 10mg, 1 week of 20mg and 3 weeks of 25mg Amitriptyline, all pain has gone. I am driving again, haven't checked my pulse, am sleeping like a baby, socialising, exercising and feeling so positive. Gone are the butterflies, the feelings of doom and my obsessive heart attack thoughts.
I will of course stay grounded, still attend my neurologist appt and go through the CBT.
I am well aware that anxiety and panic can bite back after long periods of feeling normal, but I genuinely think that this med is a miracle cure for neuropathic pain symptoms!!
Charlie