citoyenlambda
17-05-16, 04:14
Great.
I was relaxing just now, watching TV when I started to feel weird, like a sense of foreboding or something. I knew something would happen without knowing what. Suddenly I feel a huge thud in my body, strongest just below the rib cage (where the stomach is) but I felt the shock from little finger to toe. I thought it may have been a palpitation but I know these would have been higher up and on the left (I used to get palpitations when stressed and drinking caffeine, since I ditched the latter I haven't had any in a long time).
What followed (weakness in the legs, sweating) was probably just a result of anxiety over such an alien feeling. I went and took my BP/pulse, perfectly normal as usual, 117/66 58 bpm. According to my BP monitor I am the picture of cardiac health. A weird feature of my anxiety is that my heart doesn't really care about what my brain is thinking, it always merrily beats at my usual resting rate even if I'm feeling scared and my skin turns clammy and my legs are weak.
So, probably not the heart, any chance it might have been my stomach acting up (had eggs and toast and yogurt and I had a bit of trouble digesting, having a lot of gas) or a weird ab muscle spasm? In fact, I went to my GP today, he did a physical check-up, he said it was all clear. If it was something scary like an abdominal aneurysm (the only serious thing related to the heart it could probably be, which happens mostly to old people anyway) he would have heard it when he listened to my pulse there or felt it when he checked that area. I'm getting my blood work done tomorrow, to attempt to buy myself some peace of mind over my general health.
However, I'm really concerned about my heart, I don't get nearly as much exercise as I should, and I know cardiac problems can't be found with a blood test, but being Canadian, no GP is ever going to refer me to a specialist for weird and infrequent symptoms.
This is pretty much ruining my life, it's always something, sometimes it feels like it changes every day.
I was relaxing just now, watching TV when I started to feel weird, like a sense of foreboding or something. I knew something would happen without knowing what. Suddenly I feel a huge thud in my body, strongest just below the rib cage (where the stomach is) but I felt the shock from little finger to toe. I thought it may have been a palpitation but I know these would have been higher up and on the left (I used to get palpitations when stressed and drinking caffeine, since I ditched the latter I haven't had any in a long time).
What followed (weakness in the legs, sweating) was probably just a result of anxiety over such an alien feeling. I went and took my BP/pulse, perfectly normal as usual, 117/66 58 bpm. According to my BP monitor I am the picture of cardiac health. A weird feature of my anxiety is that my heart doesn't really care about what my brain is thinking, it always merrily beats at my usual resting rate even if I'm feeling scared and my skin turns clammy and my legs are weak.
So, probably not the heart, any chance it might have been my stomach acting up (had eggs and toast and yogurt and I had a bit of trouble digesting, having a lot of gas) or a weird ab muscle spasm? In fact, I went to my GP today, he did a physical check-up, he said it was all clear. If it was something scary like an abdominal aneurysm (the only serious thing related to the heart it could probably be, which happens mostly to old people anyway) he would have heard it when he listened to my pulse there or felt it when he checked that area. I'm getting my blood work done tomorrow, to attempt to buy myself some peace of mind over my general health.
However, I'm really concerned about my heart, I don't get nearly as much exercise as I should, and I know cardiac problems can't be found with a blood test, but being Canadian, no GP is ever going to refer me to a specialist for weird and infrequent symptoms.
This is pretty much ruining my life, it's always something, sometimes it feels like it changes every day.