Ramakin
21-08-17, 16:13
Hi all,
Im new to posting here but have been reading the forums for a while now.
About 9 months to a year ago, I had a strange feeling in my chest. My wife was out and I was sitting down to eat some home cooked Chinese food.
So I was alone at the time. My wife doesn't often go out without me, but I don't go out alot. I was looking forward to the food and TV too.
Anyway about half way through eating I got this strange feeling in my chest. If I had to describe it. It felt like my heart was missing a beat. There was like a pause in my upper body (mid chest) upwards for a split second.
This happened again a few second later. It happened a few more times over the next hour or some. I stopped eating after the second or third one and went outside as I was getting very hot too and panicking.
It didn't help much so I just took my self to bed early and eventually fell asleep.
This was much better by morning but not gone. By lunchtime of that day it was still happening and I was so worried I went to see my doctor. He checked me over and said my heart sounds fine and my blood and oxygen stats were ok too.
He asked me to come back in a couple of days and have an ecg done.
This I did which took about 10 minutes max. The nurse took the results to the doctor who came and saw me. He said everything was as he expected and my heart was fine.
It didn't feel fine to me. But he also did some blood work and sent that off which all came back fine. Low cholesterol and kidneys and liver all fine, thyroid all fine. Every test was fine.
He said he wanted me to loose a bit of weight but other than that I am health.
After a while and getting into a diet I was happy with. Everything settled down and I was fine.
Until about 6 weeks ago when it started to happen again. So much so I ended up in accident and emergency, where they strapped me to another ecg for testing.
Everything came back fine and the doctor there said apart from a slightly raise bloods pressure all is normal and that he thought I was having a panic attack.
He was going to right to my GP dr and tell them everything too.
So I went to see my GP, I have two. This was the other one from the first time. She did another ecg and another set of blood work. And also ordered a 24 hour ecg monitor.
Again all the tests came back good. All my ecgs have been fine and bloods the same.
She said its anxiety attacks and panic attacks. I am on medication for that now and I was getting better. I also started doing a lot more exercise although the diet is slipping a little so I need to kick that back into gear. Im a 41 year old male, with a reasonably healthy life, yes I could do with loosing a few pounds.
Today I went walking at lunchtime and it was a brisk walk. About half way round I felt funny. Don't know how to describe it. But I felt like my heart was working right. Then I had one of these flutters where it feels like my heart misses a beat. But slightly more intense than before like it happened twice in quick succession.
I stood around for a bit because the guy I was walking with had to pop in the shop. However I went very cold in my head and shoulders. But felt like I was blushing... I asked my friend if he thought it was cold in the shop which he replied with, yes its certainly not warm in here with their air con on.
We then left and walked back slightly slower. I was very uneasy about walking back as I was worried I was going to have a heart attack.
Nothing happened on route back.
However this afternoon I have been very worried about it and very tired to the point I can't keep my eyes open sometimes. Until I started writing this.
I've had no pains to speak of when any of this happens. It's just a very strange feeling like my heart misses a beat and that makes me panic and get hot and worried. I have no control over this and nothing seemed to cause it or equally nothing I do seems to stop it.
But I do know I've had 3 different doctors examine me now and they are all saying the same thing. But im finding it hard to believe them. Panic and anxiety should make me feel like this. So every time this happens I start to doubt the doctors.
I just don't believe them and im worried about dying from heart failure. It's very hard to explain.
Does anyone else relate to my symptoms. If I could at least find others that have the same issues as me we might be able to help one another.
Many thanks for reading. And all comments welcome.
Im new to posting here but have been reading the forums for a while now.
About 9 months to a year ago, I had a strange feeling in my chest. My wife was out and I was sitting down to eat some home cooked Chinese food.
So I was alone at the time. My wife doesn't often go out without me, but I don't go out alot. I was looking forward to the food and TV too.
Anyway about half way through eating I got this strange feeling in my chest. If I had to describe it. It felt like my heart was missing a beat. There was like a pause in my upper body (mid chest) upwards for a split second.
This happened again a few second later. It happened a few more times over the next hour or some. I stopped eating after the second or third one and went outside as I was getting very hot too and panicking.
It didn't help much so I just took my self to bed early and eventually fell asleep.
This was much better by morning but not gone. By lunchtime of that day it was still happening and I was so worried I went to see my doctor. He checked me over and said my heart sounds fine and my blood and oxygen stats were ok too.
He asked me to come back in a couple of days and have an ecg done.
This I did which took about 10 minutes max. The nurse took the results to the doctor who came and saw me. He said everything was as he expected and my heart was fine.
It didn't feel fine to me. But he also did some blood work and sent that off which all came back fine. Low cholesterol and kidneys and liver all fine, thyroid all fine. Every test was fine.
He said he wanted me to loose a bit of weight but other than that I am health.
After a while and getting into a diet I was happy with. Everything settled down and I was fine.
Until about 6 weeks ago when it started to happen again. So much so I ended up in accident and emergency, where they strapped me to another ecg for testing.
Everything came back fine and the doctor there said apart from a slightly raise bloods pressure all is normal and that he thought I was having a panic attack.
He was going to right to my GP dr and tell them everything too.
So I went to see my GP, I have two. This was the other one from the first time. She did another ecg and another set of blood work. And also ordered a 24 hour ecg monitor.
Again all the tests came back good. All my ecgs have been fine and bloods the same.
She said its anxiety attacks and panic attacks. I am on medication for that now and I was getting better. I also started doing a lot more exercise although the diet is slipping a little so I need to kick that back into gear. Im a 41 year old male, with a reasonably healthy life, yes I could do with loosing a few pounds.
Today I went walking at lunchtime and it was a brisk walk. About half way round I felt funny. Don't know how to describe it. But I felt like my heart was working right. Then I had one of these flutters where it feels like my heart misses a beat. But slightly more intense than before like it happened twice in quick succession.
I stood around for a bit because the guy I was walking with had to pop in the shop. However I went very cold in my head and shoulders. But felt like I was blushing... I asked my friend if he thought it was cold in the shop which he replied with, yes its certainly not warm in here with their air con on.
We then left and walked back slightly slower. I was very uneasy about walking back as I was worried I was going to have a heart attack.
Nothing happened on route back.
However this afternoon I have been very worried about it and very tired to the point I can't keep my eyes open sometimes. Until I started writing this.
I've had no pains to speak of when any of this happens. It's just a very strange feeling like my heart misses a beat and that makes me panic and get hot and worried. I have no control over this and nothing seemed to cause it or equally nothing I do seems to stop it.
But I do know I've had 3 different doctors examine me now and they are all saying the same thing. But im finding it hard to believe them. Panic and anxiety should make me feel like this. So every time this happens I start to doubt the doctors.
I just don't believe them and im worried about dying from heart failure. It's very hard to explain.
Does anyone else relate to my symptoms. If I could at least find others that have the same issues as me we might be able to help one another.
Many thanks for reading. And all comments welcome.