dave1234
09-05-09, 00:21
Hi everyone.
1st post after reading some of the useful info on this site. I hope my story will provide help to others and help me finalise some worries i have.
In a nutshell i was 25 when i got my first panic attack, i played football 2/3 times a week, don't smoke, drink little, don't do drugs and physically fit, but one night i woke up with a sore chest, beating heart etc and so went to the doc. he felt it was indigestion and was fine. A few months later the pain came back on and off, back to see doc and after about 1 year and numerous visits to the doc i was told i had a heart murmur.
Chest pains and heart murmur:ohmy: it sent me nuts. i had to wait to get ecg and eventually echo cardiogram but the stress and anxiety was too much. all tests came back all clear but after my test i suffered a nervous breakdown and doc advised me that i was suffering from ptsd. :scared15:
i was told at that time that my chest pain was chostochondritis which i know now i have had on and off for almost 18 months now. from that point i began getting cbt and i am almost finished this - the worry sparked other fears - death, heart attacks, strokes, brain tumours etc. but the good news is that even though i have chest pain i still go to the gym and play football also. the high heart rate doesnt bother me anymore and i am finally regarding exercising as a healthy thing again and i wont drop dead no matter what pains i get.
the final thing i need to overcome is chronic pain and fear of stress itself. sometimes i feel if i am anymore laid back i would fall over :roflmao: but i feel as though im doing everything to avoid stress to lessen the pain in my chest or potentially harm my health - this means i stress about stress and my confidence has drained.
does anyone else have a similar story? i get the feeling once you hit 25 dreams and ambitions start to fade away and the anxiety of life kicks in. sometimes i think of my parents health and their mortality too.
1st post after reading some of the useful info on this site. I hope my story will provide help to others and help me finalise some worries i have.
In a nutshell i was 25 when i got my first panic attack, i played football 2/3 times a week, don't smoke, drink little, don't do drugs and physically fit, but one night i woke up with a sore chest, beating heart etc and so went to the doc. he felt it was indigestion and was fine. A few months later the pain came back on and off, back to see doc and after about 1 year and numerous visits to the doc i was told i had a heart murmur.
Chest pains and heart murmur:ohmy: it sent me nuts. i had to wait to get ecg and eventually echo cardiogram but the stress and anxiety was too much. all tests came back all clear but after my test i suffered a nervous breakdown and doc advised me that i was suffering from ptsd. :scared15:
i was told at that time that my chest pain was chostochondritis which i know now i have had on and off for almost 18 months now. from that point i began getting cbt and i am almost finished this - the worry sparked other fears - death, heart attacks, strokes, brain tumours etc. but the good news is that even though i have chest pain i still go to the gym and play football also. the high heart rate doesnt bother me anymore and i am finally regarding exercising as a healthy thing again and i wont drop dead no matter what pains i get.
the final thing i need to overcome is chronic pain and fear of stress itself. sometimes i feel if i am anymore laid back i would fall over :roflmao: but i feel as though im doing everything to avoid stress to lessen the pain in my chest or potentially harm my health - this means i stress about stress and my confidence has drained.
does anyone else have a similar story? i get the feeling once you hit 25 dreams and ambitions start to fade away and the anxiety of life kicks in. sometimes i think of my parents health and their mortality too.