Anxytips
30-11-16, 15:23
Hi guys
I posted a very long My Story on here a few weeks back and I thought I would share an update with you all. So after various levels of Dr's and tests etc the Dr diagnosed me with Health Anxiety. Since the diagnosis I have been doing reply well and going to CBT sessions.
In the past 5 weeks I have had got a lot better and all my anxiety has been totally under control albeit I have been seeing flashes of black light in my eyes and having dizzy/lightheaded spells every day.
However.....I had been complaining about a lump that had formed on my left shoulder for months. The Dr ended up referring me for an ultrasound 2 weeks ago. The specialist there has seen I have something called Scapula Winging on my left shoulder and that mine is a very unusual case as it mainly happens with sport injury, to which I have done ZERO!
Whilst there he was asking about my flashes of light and was very concerned that my scapula winging has come on by itself and referred me for a nerve function test (EMG) and MRI scan of the neck, shoulder and brain! All my scans were done last week and now I have to see a neurologist next week for the results.(although my EMG is not until this coming Saturday)
Anyway on Thursday something really strange happened to me. I was sat watching TV and I wanted to get a glass of water so I stood up and all of a sudden I went extremely lightheaded and everything seemed to go a pale blue colour. I came back and sat down and within minutes my heart rate started to go mental. I have a monitor so used it and it said 144bpm! I got chest pains (3 out of 10 for pain score) and a weird warm sort of rush feeling in my chest (I had this before like a surge of adrenaline in my chest which I only get for a second or 2). I took a good hour for it to go down but was still hovering over the 90's mark. Normally mine is in the 70's.
Since the episode I have been feeling lightheaded each day but not a noticeable heart rate. However yesterday it happened again. This time I checked my pulse with my fingertips and felt my rate go really fast then really slow, then really fast then really slow again until my pulse stopped! I actually felt my pulse stop for about 2-3 seconds! In that time I then felt that same rush of warmth in the middle of my chest and then my pulse started again. I just wonder if all those chest sensations I have had since all this started 3 months ago were because my pulse/heart had stopped!?
Same thing happened again today and my heart rate has been going up to 127BPM. I called NHS 111 but they said because no severity of pain in chest or back go to local GP. I don't know what to do.
I keep thinking that I have had 3 ECG's in past 3 months and been told at the time they were all normal. I just want to know what is causing my heart rate to go mental/lightheaded/chest aches
Thought I was getting back on track but now concerned about my heart!
I posted a very long My Story on here a few weeks back and I thought I would share an update with you all. So after various levels of Dr's and tests etc the Dr diagnosed me with Health Anxiety. Since the diagnosis I have been doing reply well and going to CBT sessions.
In the past 5 weeks I have had got a lot better and all my anxiety has been totally under control albeit I have been seeing flashes of black light in my eyes and having dizzy/lightheaded spells every day.
However.....I had been complaining about a lump that had formed on my left shoulder for months. The Dr ended up referring me for an ultrasound 2 weeks ago. The specialist there has seen I have something called Scapula Winging on my left shoulder and that mine is a very unusual case as it mainly happens with sport injury, to which I have done ZERO!
Whilst there he was asking about my flashes of light and was very concerned that my scapula winging has come on by itself and referred me for a nerve function test (EMG) and MRI scan of the neck, shoulder and brain! All my scans were done last week and now I have to see a neurologist next week for the results.(although my EMG is not until this coming Saturday)
Anyway on Thursday something really strange happened to me. I was sat watching TV and I wanted to get a glass of water so I stood up and all of a sudden I went extremely lightheaded and everything seemed to go a pale blue colour. I came back and sat down and within minutes my heart rate started to go mental. I have a monitor so used it and it said 144bpm! I got chest pains (3 out of 10 for pain score) and a weird warm sort of rush feeling in my chest (I had this before like a surge of adrenaline in my chest which I only get for a second or 2). I took a good hour for it to go down but was still hovering over the 90's mark. Normally mine is in the 70's.
Since the episode I have been feeling lightheaded each day but not a noticeable heart rate. However yesterday it happened again. This time I checked my pulse with my fingertips and felt my rate go really fast then really slow, then really fast then really slow again until my pulse stopped! I actually felt my pulse stop for about 2-3 seconds! In that time I then felt that same rush of warmth in the middle of my chest and then my pulse started again. I just wonder if all those chest sensations I have had since all this started 3 months ago were because my pulse/heart had stopped!?
Same thing happened again today and my heart rate has been going up to 127BPM. I called NHS 111 but they said because no severity of pain in chest or back go to local GP. I don't know what to do.
I keep thinking that I have had 3 ECG's in past 3 months and been told at the time they were all normal. I just want to know what is causing my heart rate to go mental/lightheaded/chest aches
Thought I was getting back on track but now concerned about my heart!