chris_1982
24-11-10, 10:14
Hi
I have been reading the forum for a while put this is my first post. I have had aniexty for about 15 years. It comes and goes and I can have long periods where nothing happens but it always comes back when I have some kind of health problem, like a couple of years ago I had a thin Melanoma removed and had to have a few dysplastic moles removed too and it sent me into a spin that took about three months to get over, this after going to a councillor a few months before who convinced me I was perfectly healthy. Anyway its normally because I am scared of fainting so when I feel sick or stressed the aniexty kicks in with me thinking oh no I am going to faint, probably because I fainted as a child after a injection.
However lately I have been getting really worried about my heart rate, its driving me absolutley crazy. It started when I woke in the middle of the night thinking I heard the phone and my heart felt like it was coming out of my chest. So I went to docs and he gave me an ecg appt in the meantime I had another attack, this time at work and had to drive home thinking my heart is going to give in any minute, it finally settle when I visited doc. I then had the ECG which took 3 goes to get a good reading but it was ok just a bit of fast heart rate no problem. Anyway I put to back of my mind then last night it happened again, I had to wake my Mum up which is quite embarassing for a 28 year old, I am only living at home because I wanted to wait the first two years out after the melanoma which is lucky because I could not have coped last night. Now I am at work and my heart while not racing is around 80 when its normally around 60 probably from the stress of last night but I am worried this is going to keep happening. It doesn't help that I have been going through a root canal which has taken longer than usual. I have already been for three clean out visits with four weeks inbetween and the infection is hanging in there and I now have to wait until January for my next appointment and I went dizzy on one appointment. Plus I have to have a couple more moles off early December (just a precaution, 99% sure they are nothing) Infact the only thing I appear to think logically about lately is my skin. very strange.
I guess my question after going on and on is, is it normal for my heart rate to be elevated today after what happened with the heart racing last night? and is heart racing when I was a sleep and not anxious normal? I have asked my skin doctor to refer me for more councilling and she is really nice and has referred me but I don't know how long that will take.
Chris
I have been reading the forum for a while put this is my first post. I have had aniexty for about 15 years. It comes and goes and I can have long periods where nothing happens but it always comes back when I have some kind of health problem, like a couple of years ago I had a thin Melanoma removed and had to have a few dysplastic moles removed too and it sent me into a spin that took about three months to get over, this after going to a councillor a few months before who convinced me I was perfectly healthy. Anyway its normally because I am scared of fainting so when I feel sick or stressed the aniexty kicks in with me thinking oh no I am going to faint, probably because I fainted as a child after a injection.
However lately I have been getting really worried about my heart rate, its driving me absolutley crazy. It started when I woke in the middle of the night thinking I heard the phone and my heart felt like it was coming out of my chest. So I went to docs and he gave me an ecg appt in the meantime I had another attack, this time at work and had to drive home thinking my heart is going to give in any minute, it finally settle when I visited doc. I then had the ECG which took 3 goes to get a good reading but it was ok just a bit of fast heart rate no problem. Anyway I put to back of my mind then last night it happened again, I had to wake my Mum up which is quite embarassing for a 28 year old, I am only living at home because I wanted to wait the first two years out after the melanoma which is lucky because I could not have coped last night. Now I am at work and my heart while not racing is around 80 when its normally around 60 probably from the stress of last night but I am worried this is going to keep happening. It doesn't help that I have been going through a root canal which has taken longer than usual. I have already been for three clean out visits with four weeks inbetween and the infection is hanging in there and I now have to wait until January for my next appointment and I went dizzy on one appointment. Plus I have to have a couple more moles off early December (just a precaution, 99% sure they are nothing) Infact the only thing I appear to think logically about lately is my skin. very strange.
I guess my question after going on and on is, is it normal for my heart rate to be elevated today after what happened with the heart racing last night? and is heart racing when I was a sleep and not anxious normal? I have asked my skin doctor to refer me for more councilling and she is really nice and has referred me but I don't know how long that will take.
Chris