Originally Posted by
anxiouskitten
I've got myself convinced that I have heart disease....I've had probably eight ECGs in the last eighteen months, three comprehensive blood panels, and two visits to the cardiologist....I don't smoke, my blood pressure is on the low side of normal, my cholesterol numbers are great, no diabetes, no history of heart disease in my family....when I saw the cardiologist in August he told me that my heart was healthy and I shouldn't worry....so why is it that I'm wide awake and in a panic at 3:30AM (I'm in the U.S.) because I think I'm going to have a heart attack or stroke at any minute? I've been having palpitations off and on for months (feels as though my heart is racing although my resting heart rate is consistently in the high sixties or low seventies).....my head has been hurting for about a week and my neck feels tender on the sides and behind my ears (hence my fixation on the carotid artery)....and my TMJ area and temples hurt. Should I be insisting on further cardiac tests (echocardiogram, stress test, imaging of my arteries)? I've read (yes, I've been googling) that ECGs aren't enough to detect heart disease.....I'm really scared :(