Help!! Butterflies in chest

[Cie2017]

Hello, I'm new here. Recently I have been getting these weird sensations in my heart and surrounding areas. I can only explain it as butterflies. It's the same feeling as if someone startles you and you heart races and you get that weird feeling also. But this keeps happening alongside shortness of breath. I'm 22 years old, male and average weight for my height of 6ft1. I do suffer from panic attacks when I go to public places and I worry about my health a lot. So much that 4 weeks go I called emergency services because my heart rate was 140BPM+ a minute recently after drinking alcohol. The specialist who arrived done a EKG and explained nothing is wrong with my heart, no irregularities shown on the readings. He advised me to see my GP for some expert advice on how to cope with anxiety. I must also add this sensation only really happens when I'm trying to sleep and is always nearly accompanied by shortness of breath. It's happening as I am writing this message. Please can anyone give me closure? Is this anxiety related? If so can someone explain why it's happening before bed?

Thanks in advance, any help is appreciated very much.

[Yvaine]

Yes it sounds like anxiety. Take it from someone who has been to the ER over a dozen times in the short time frame of 5 months. After I had my baby I had SEVERE anxiety. Mainly over my health. One night when I actually didn't have anything on my mind, I rolled over in the middle of my sleep and I could feel this cold/hot sensation running throughout my limbs as if I could feel my blood flowing. I also got a rush of nausea. I got up out of bed and my vision started to go and my hearing went muffled. I was going to pass out. My husband took me to the ER and they did a battery of tests because I couldn't breathe either. They thought I had a PE. It was all just anxiety. Out of no where! It seriously mimicked something life threatening!! Please listen to the doctors, it's anxiety. Trust me. My heart rate DROPPED to the low 40s and my doctor told me to go back to the ER because my EKG she did in her office was wacky. Plus I was having chest pain. What was it? Anxiety. Also had my resting HR go to the 120s with BAD shortness of breathe. Anxiety. Also whatever you do DO NOT GOOGLE. I PROMISE you whatever Google will tell you that you have, you more than likely DO NOT HAVE. Trust your doctor and not Google. Google is the entire reason why I have health anxiety now. You will be fine tho (: it's just anxiety.