janine85
28-07-10, 21:09
Hi there
I'm new to the forum.
Needing some answers/ advice on panic attacks i think im having them.
My doctor has diagnosed severe heartburn but I am not convinced.
Basically two weeks ago i suffered my first attack, woke up in the night, racing heart, hot and cold sweats, suffocating feeling in my throat and chest pain. I made all this worse by worrying that i was having a heart attack - it felt like i was going to die!!!!
We phoned the nhs who told me to drink some water, control my breathing and try to calm down, eventually an hour later i went back to bed with a feint pain in my chest.
Excactley a week later the same thing happened. all with the above issues plus stomach pain and severe difficulty breathing, I was taken to a&e who did ecg, xray, ultrasound and bloods.....all normal.
I have recently changed doctors and this is the first time i have seen my new dr, he said it seems to be severe heart burn and has put me on gastro tabsfor a whole month but said it should be gone within three days but still take tabs for the month, however it has happened the ;ast two nights in a row. I managed to deal with these two attacks myself and didnt wake anyone.
I dont know how to explain or tell my doctor that i think im having attacks.
Im 25, non-smoker for 4 months, mild asthma and some stress with work. my mother suffers from anxiety.
Please help me im at my wits end, many thanks.:)
I'm new to the forum.
Needing some answers/ advice on panic attacks i think im having them.
My doctor has diagnosed severe heartburn but I am not convinced.
Basically two weeks ago i suffered my first attack, woke up in the night, racing heart, hot and cold sweats, suffocating feeling in my throat and chest pain. I made all this worse by worrying that i was having a heart attack - it felt like i was going to die!!!!
We phoned the nhs who told me to drink some water, control my breathing and try to calm down, eventually an hour later i went back to bed with a feint pain in my chest.
Excactley a week later the same thing happened. all with the above issues plus stomach pain and severe difficulty breathing, I was taken to a&e who did ecg, xray, ultrasound and bloods.....all normal.
I have recently changed doctors and this is the first time i have seen my new dr, he said it seems to be severe heart burn and has put me on gastro tabsfor a whole month but said it should be gone within three days but still take tabs for the month, however it has happened the ;ast two nights in a row. I managed to deal with these two attacks myself and didnt wake anyone.
I dont know how to explain or tell my doctor that i think im having attacks.
Im 25, non-smoker for 4 months, mild asthma and some stress with work. my mother suffers from anxiety.
Please help me im at my wits end, many thanks.:)