Hi all, I am new to the forum - my therapist recommended I join a forum to hopefully reassure me that I am not alone in how I am feeling so here I am! I have suffered with Health Anxiety for a number of years ranging from being convienced I have a brain tumour due to headaches to bowel cancer but since October 13 I have been hit hard with being convienced I have heart issues and feeling like Im going to have a heart attack. It all started when my heartrate raced one afternoon to 126 and I ended up taking myself to A & E I had an ECG and blood gases taken and was told that it was anxiety related. Since then I check my pulse up to 50 times per day and any pain or ache in my chest I convience myself I will have a heart attack. I have just had a 5 day event monitor which has come back fine apart from 1 eptopic beat which dr said is normal and some occassions of fast heartrate which he said could be down to the panic/anxiety. I find myself waking in the middle of the night with a racing heart which ends up with my physically shaking and taking my pulse constantly for hrs! I have a heaviness feeling almost constantly in my chest. Does anyone else suffer the same? Is it possible to have these type of symptoms 24/7? Thanks for reading