deno1617
31-03-07, 15:00
Hi,
I have been suffering with anxiety and panic attacks for a little over a year now. I think they stemmed from a bout of flu that I had at Christmas 2005 during which I was extremely ill (probably for the first time ever in my life) and felt so bad that I thought I would die!! Dramatic I know but it was really bad with infections following on afterwards. I was off work ill for several weeks and when I did go back - even though I was still dizzy and not up to the mark - I became quite panicky and started experiencing panic attacks and a feeling of constant anxiety - a bit like the feeling you get when waiting for an interview. One of the main symptoms I started having was a sort of lurching pain in the top of my chest followed by a "rush" of heat and a feeling of complete and utter dread with a prickly feeling following the rush of heat.
These feelings completely freak me out and I find it very hard to calm down after them as I feel like they may be connected to a heart problem.
I have mentioned them to my doctor but she thinks it is more to do with the anxiety than anything else - although she hasn't once examined me or listened to my heart! I am also peri-menopausal which doesn't help as I am not sure whether the symptoms I have are from this or as I mentioned above. Generally, I am just confused! I am now unable to work at all and have been off sick since last September. I am currently taking 10mg of Prozac a day, 20mg of Propanolol - 3 times a day, as well as meds for reducing blood pressure.
Please can you reassure me (or otherwise) regarding the lurching pains?
Thank you so much.
Diane
I have been suffering with anxiety and panic attacks for a little over a year now. I think they stemmed from a bout of flu that I had at Christmas 2005 during which I was extremely ill (probably for the first time ever in my life) and felt so bad that I thought I would die!! Dramatic I know but it was really bad with infections following on afterwards. I was off work ill for several weeks and when I did go back - even though I was still dizzy and not up to the mark - I became quite panicky and started experiencing panic attacks and a feeling of constant anxiety - a bit like the feeling you get when waiting for an interview. One of the main symptoms I started having was a sort of lurching pain in the top of my chest followed by a "rush" of heat and a feeling of complete and utter dread with a prickly feeling following the rush of heat.
These feelings completely freak me out and I find it very hard to calm down after them as I feel like they may be connected to a heart problem.
I have mentioned them to my doctor but she thinks it is more to do with the anxiety than anything else - although she hasn't once examined me or listened to my heart! I am also peri-menopausal which doesn't help as I am not sure whether the symptoms I have are from this or as I mentioned above. Generally, I am just confused! I am now unable to work at all and have been off sick since last September. I am currently taking 10mg of Prozac a day, 20mg of Propanolol - 3 times a day, as well as meds for reducing blood pressure.
Please can you reassure me (or otherwise) regarding the lurching pains?
Thank you so much.
Diane