nhf
16-05-11, 11:18
Hi all
I am new to the site but have been reading the many threads on here and feel so reassured that I am not the only one!
Back in February I had a bit of a 'turn'. My heart started racing and I was convinced I was going to faint, sat there taking deep breathes which in turn made my arms go numb/tingle as I was over breathing. I was convinced to go see my doctor by my mum (I have a big phobia of Dr's/hospital etc.) so I went along expecting him to tell me the usual, loose some weight, eat healthier, exercise...... however he took my BP and listened to my heart and said - you need to go to hospital. This is where my anxiety started :( I was taken by ambulance as my doctor wouldn’t let me drive and I couldn’t get reach anyone to take me.
I was taken to hospital and they did all the standard tests and everything was normal and they let me go home that afternoon but as my blood pressure had been high they wanted me to have a heart scan.
I convinced myself there was something wrong with my heart and every little beat that didn’t feel quite right made me anxious/panic. I have since had the scan and the woman who performed it gave me the results unofficially as she could see how upset/anxious I was over the whole thing. Nothing wrong!! :) yay
I had convinced myself that if the test came back clear the anxiety would just disappear. Exactly a week after the test I got home from work and was standing in the kitchen and started to shake - convinced I just needed to eat something I tried to eat a breakfast bar whilst dinner was cooking but everything started to escalate. I ended up calling an ambulance as I was trying to do the breathing exercises and it felt like my heart was in my throat trying to choke me. The ambulance took 4 hours to arrive by which time I had paced around so much I’d calmed down. I still asked to be taken in as this was the worst panic attack I had ever experience and was convinced there had to be something else wrong. The tests were all clear; hospital said panic attack/anxiety and told me to see my GP.
My GP doesn’t like to give medication and has referred me for counselling.
I just wanted to ask - do these attacks ever go away?
I feel like I’m constantly waiting for the next one to happen and every little feeling sends me spiralling :( whereas before the doc sent me to hospital things like a hot flush or a dizzy spell from standing to quick would have never bothered me, now I seem to panic at the slightest little thing.
I am new to the site but have been reading the many threads on here and feel so reassured that I am not the only one!
Back in February I had a bit of a 'turn'. My heart started racing and I was convinced I was going to faint, sat there taking deep breathes which in turn made my arms go numb/tingle as I was over breathing. I was convinced to go see my doctor by my mum (I have a big phobia of Dr's/hospital etc.) so I went along expecting him to tell me the usual, loose some weight, eat healthier, exercise...... however he took my BP and listened to my heart and said - you need to go to hospital. This is where my anxiety started :( I was taken by ambulance as my doctor wouldn’t let me drive and I couldn’t get reach anyone to take me.
I was taken to hospital and they did all the standard tests and everything was normal and they let me go home that afternoon but as my blood pressure had been high they wanted me to have a heart scan.
I convinced myself there was something wrong with my heart and every little beat that didn’t feel quite right made me anxious/panic. I have since had the scan and the woman who performed it gave me the results unofficially as she could see how upset/anxious I was over the whole thing. Nothing wrong!! :) yay
I had convinced myself that if the test came back clear the anxiety would just disappear. Exactly a week after the test I got home from work and was standing in the kitchen and started to shake - convinced I just needed to eat something I tried to eat a breakfast bar whilst dinner was cooking but everything started to escalate. I ended up calling an ambulance as I was trying to do the breathing exercises and it felt like my heart was in my throat trying to choke me. The ambulance took 4 hours to arrive by which time I had paced around so much I’d calmed down. I still asked to be taken in as this was the worst panic attack I had ever experience and was convinced there had to be something else wrong. The tests were all clear; hospital said panic attack/anxiety and told me to see my GP.
My GP doesn’t like to give medication and has referred me for counselling.
I just wanted to ask - do these attacks ever go away?
I feel like I’m constantly waiting for the next one to happen and every little feeling sends me spiralling :( whereas before the doc sent me to hospital things like a hot flush or a dizzy spell from standing to quick would have never bothered me, now I seem to panic at the slightest little thing.