mary3
01-04-10, 14:34
I will try and keep this short and sweet! I have recently relapsed with my health anxiety. Although i have always worried about my heart normally i can keep calm and not worry but since my relapse am so anxious about it.
I went to the doctors for the first time admitting i was worried i had an irregular heartbeat and gave the doctor the reasons why i thought this. The dr was lovely, she checked my pulse and listened to my heart. She said my pulse was regular and that she couldnt hear any murmers and that it sounded like it was structually fine. So this reassured me for a week or so, but now im starting to think shouldnt i have a ecg just to prove this?
My rational side knows that this would only reasure me for a few weeks and then i would want some other test im sure.
My problem to today is that last night when one of my kids woke up in the night i noticed my heart felt strange. Its really hard to describe but it felt like a long beat with like a rush feeling (almost like you get when you have a temperature, like an inside shiver) but could only feel that senastion in my heart. Also when i got up i was a little anxious about this and when i felt my heart beating by puttung my hand on my chest under my left breast it felt like my heart was beating fast for say 10 beats and then slowing right down and then speeding up again. I know that breathing in and out increases and decreases your heart rate but does it do it this dramatic?
I have made another appointment at drs but cant be seen for a week. I really feel like this is getting on top of me now and am feeling tearful as i keep thinking i dont want to live my life with this anymore. Its just such a cruel illness.
Sorry this ended up being a long post! Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks x
I went to the doctors for the first time admitting i was worried i had an irregular heartbeat and gave the doctor the reasons why i thought this. The dr was lovely, she checked my pulse and listened to my heart. She said my pulse was regular and that she couldnt hear any murmers and that it sounded like it was structually fine. So this reassured me for a week or so, but now im starting to think shouldnt i have a ecg just to prove this?
My rational side knows that this would only reasure me for a few weeks and then i would want some other test im sure.
My problem to today is that last night when one of my kids woke up in the night i noticed my heart felt strange. Its really hard to describe but it felt like a long beat with like a rush feeling (almost like you get when you have a temperature, like an inside shiver) but could only feel that senastion in my heart. Also when i got up i was a little anxious about this and when i felt my heart beating by puttung my hand on my chest under my left breast it felt like my heart was beating fast for say 10 beats and then slowing right down and then speeding up again. I know that breathing in and out increases and decreases your heart rate but does it do it this dramatic?
I have made another appointment at drs but cant be seen for a week. I really feel like this is getting on top of me now and am feeling tearful as i keep thinking i dont want to live my life with this anymore. Its just such a cruel illness.
Sorry this ended up being a long post! Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks x