tinytim
30-12-06, 11:13
Hello All, I am a 30yo male from the beautiful mountains of Colorado, (see lots of snow right now). I was thilled when I saw this Forum, and realised that there are a LOT of people who are suffering through this same stuff.
I am 6'4 275 lbs, and, up until this whole panic attack stuff, was a lifetime natural (no steroids) Powerlifter. Up until the attack I was running 3 days a week about 2-3 miles, and strength training 3 days a week. Now I can't even lift a shovel of snow without thinking I am having a Heart Attack.
Here I am again at 3:30 am sitting on my couch after what I hope was another brutal panic attack.
This all started 2 months ago when I was rushed to the Emergency room in an ambulence after the local MD's thought I was having a heart attack. My BP skyrocketed to 200/120 I had chest pains, numbness/ prickly/tingly feelings all over and I felt like I was detached from my own body. It was terrifying.
At the hospital all the blood tests came back normal the 5 ecg's they took looked normal, and the chest X ray looked normal. I wa released to go home and relax.
Today represented the 3rd attack since the first one. Today it happened after shoveling snow. I was out for about 90mins, taking it easy, checking my heart rate regularly, and I kept it under 120bpm.
One of my neighbors made mention of how you have to watch it when shoveling snow, if you are not careful you can have a heart attack! I shrugged it off and finished up the shoveling.
After the shoveling I felt a bit of anxiety and tried to control my breathing and even sat down and worked on a puzzle to take my mind off of the tightness in my chest. A full 4 hours after shoveling the snow I suddenly dectide that something else is wrong. My chest is getting sore it is so tight, there is a burning sensation in my back and my arm is beginning to feel both sore and numb at the same time I asked my wife to take me to the hospital because I was sure I was having a Heart Attack.
She noted that there was 3 feet of snow on the road and that we were not going anywhere, that did not help. I popped 4 asprin and 1mg Ativan. After about 20 minutes and a hot shower I felt much better.
but still tight, sore and feeling like I had just gone a couple of rounds with the camp.
Here I am 12 hours after the episode, and I am still rather sore,
Is this normal? I did some searching and it seems this to be the case for many panic sufferers. I don't think I had a heart attack today. I suppose there is a potential for some angina, but does that happen 4 hours AFTER physical activity?
Thanks for listenting,
Tim
We're tiny, we'er toony, we're all a lttle loony
I am 6'4 275 lbs, and, up until this whole panic attack stuff, was a lifetime natural (no steroids) Powerlifter. Up until the attack I was running 3 days a week about 2-3 miles, and strength training 3 days a week. Now I can't even lift a shovel of snow without thinking I am having a Heart Attack.
Here I am again at 3:30 am sitting on my couch after what I hope was another brutal panic attack.
This all started 2 months ago when I was rushed to the Emergency room in an ambulence after the local MD's thought I was having a heart attack. My BP skyrocketed to 200/120 I had chest pains, numbness/ prickly/tingly feelings all over and I felt like I was detached from my own body. It was terrifying.
At the hospital all the blood tests came back normal the 5 ecg's they took looked normal, and the chest X ray looked normal. I wa released to go home and relax.
Today represented the 3rd attack since the first one. Today it happened after shoveling snow. I was out for about 90mins, taking it easy, checking my heart rate regularly, and I kept it under 120bpm.
One of my neighbors made mention of how you have to watch it when shoveling snow, if you are not careful you can have a heart attack! I shrugged it off and finished up the shoveling.
After the shoveling I felt a bit of anxiety and tried to control my breathing and even sat down and worked on a puzzle to take my mind off of the tightness in my chest. A full 4 hours after shoveling the snow I suddenly dectide that something else is wrong. My chest is getting sore it is so tight, there is a burning sensation in my back and my arm is beginning to feel both sore and numb at the same time I asked my wife to take me to the hospital because I was sure I was having a Heart Attack.
She noted that there was 3 feet of snow on the road and that we were not going anywhere, that did not help. I popped 4 asprin and 1mg Ativan. After about 20 minutes and a hot shower I felt much better.
but still tight, sore and feeling like I had just gone a couple of rounds with the camp.
Here I am 12 hours after the episode, and I am still rather sore,
Is this normal? I did some searching and it seems this to be the case for many panic sufferers. I don't think I had a heart attack today. I suppose there is a potential for some angina, but does that happen 4 hours AFTER physical activity?
Thanks for listenting,
Tim
We're tiny, we'er toony, we're all a lttle loony