Aleman200
05-08-20, 19:45
Hello lovelies.
Today marks the day my HA finally decided to beat me down. Since last night i had some very brief twinges in my left pectoral. It almost felt like someone was poking me with a thumb or a sharp nail.
After sleeping off a bit of drowsiness lets fast forward to this morning, the pain comes again, this time it hangs around a bit. Health Anxiety now rears it's ugly head. "Hey man, you might be having a heart attack, get to A&E" So of course without logically thinking. I did.
After 4 hours in A&E full of absolute panic with some very lovely doctors, I had undergone an ECG a full round of blood tests and a chest X-ray. All of which the doctor said was "Spot on and definitely nothing to worry about, you're 29 years old, try to relax" this obviously was blissful to my ears. Great! I said it's not a heart attack..right? The doctor said it was almost definitely a panic attack, as if it was a heart attack I wouldn't be sat there talking to her fine.
So of course now i'm home with my thoughts, I'm struggling to come to terms with a few things, that I hope some people can at least relate to and maybe weigh in with their stories/opinions, and obviously logic maybe missing due to hyped up anxiety brain but I hope you'll listen.
Can they really detect a heart attack that has happened or in progress just from ecg and bloods?
Does anyone else ever get stabbing pains in their left pectoral muscle during anxious times?
After being cleared by the doctor and still getting the pains, is it just posture related? I do tend to be at my computer alot (as per my job).
Today marks the day my HA finally decided to beat me down. Since last night i had some very brief twinges in my left pectoral. It almost felt like someone was poking me with a thumb or a sharp nail.
After sleeping off a bit of drowsiness lets fast forward to this morning, the pain comes again, this time it hangs around a bit. Health Anxiety now rears it's ugly head. "Hey man, you might be having a heart attack, get to A&E" So of course without logically thinking. I did.
After 4 hours in A&E full of absolute panic with some very lovely doctors, I had undergone an ECG a full round of blood tests and a chest X-ray. All of which the doctor said was "Spot on and definitely nothing to worry about, you're 29 years old, try to relax" this obviously was blissful to my ears. Great! I said it's not a heart attack..right? The doctor said it was almost definitely a panic attack, as if it was a heart attack I wouldn't be sat there talking to her fine.
So of course now i'm home with my thoughts, I'm struggling to come to terms with a few things, that I hope some people can at least relate to and maybe weigh in with their stories/opinions, and obviously logic maybe missing due to hyped up anxiety brain but I hope you'll listen.
Can they really detect a heart attack that has happened or in progress just from ecg and bloods?
Does anyone else ever get stabbing pains in their left pectoral muscle during anxious times?
After being cleared by the doctor and still getting the pains, is it just posture related? I do tend to be at my computer alot (as per my job).