other conditions?

[kellyw]

hi everyone,
i was just wondering does anyone else have any diagnosed medical conditions that contribute to your anxiety?
i have atrial fibrillation which is well controlled now but i know that it fuels my anxiety i also had a seizure a long time ago that i believe i am incapable of getting over and whenevr i feel light headed or odd i am convinved immediately that im going to have a seizure no matter how many years go by i seem to be locked in this reaction, its awful.
anyway i was just wondering if anyone else has things that make them feel like this and how do they cope.
take good care
kelly xx

[janeybaby25]

Hi Kelly,

Yes I have a heart condition & have an ICD which has fuled my anxiety. Has your cardiologist advised you to seek help? mine refered me to a therpist who deals with people with heart conditions.

I am sorry if I have put any spelling mistakes so error here as I am writing this without my glasses! lol

Jane.

[kellyw]

hi jane, thanks for replying.
the awful thing is i dont have a cardiologist, well i do but ive never had any contact with him. i have had svt for over 15 years and always told it was anxiety until an attack happened in the doctors and they caught it on an ecg, what a relief, i always knew it wasnt anxiety but no one evr believed me.
i was referred to a cardiologist in sheffield and she basically siad it was nothing to worry about and not harmful, more of a nuiscance than anything else, she didnt want to see me again. then i moved house and then last year the attacks started to change, my heart would be fast and irregular. i had one very bad attack and phoned an ambulance, i was taken to sc**thorpe hospital,the a fib lasted for 16 hours and then was finally corrected with flecainide, they diagnosed atrial fibrillation and put on flecainide and aspirin daily long tem. i got a letter asking me to go for an ultrasound which i did in march and since then i have heard nothing at all, no results no follow up appointment and im not sure what to do.
the thing is the meds i am taking have really helped they have stopped all the ectopics and flutters but i have been told taht if i have any kind of heart defect i could have a sudden heart attack!!!!! this scares me so much, i also know that the risk of stroke is now higher for me as i have a fib and that scares me too.
i just wish that i could be positive nad accept that i have been taking the tablets for 6 months now nad my quality of life is much better but i cant. i feel scared all the time. i dont feel normal anymore i feel broken and weak.
sorry jane im just a bit desperate at the moment, im driving my family and myself mad.
take good care
kelly xx


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[kellyw]

sorry to go off thread, but something has really made me laugh.
i have just noticed my reply had to be edited because the name of the town i live near has a very bad swear word placed in the middle of it!!!!!! oh its good to laugh.
kelly xx

[janeybaby25]

Hi Kelly,

Were you born with a heart condition? I was born with mine you see & up until I was 23 I was fine, nothing happening to me at all. Then I started with palpatations & after various tests they realised I have SVT & VT so I too am on flecindide. I have been on it for 5yrs with no problems & have had my ICD in for 5yrs too & its never fired which makes my anxiety even more stupid as if they was ever anything wrong with my heart my defib about fire & help me out.

It sounds like your docs are pretty poor. I attend LGI & they are nothing but fantastic. Maybe you need to go back to your GP & tell them about your anxiety. I went to my GP & they put me in touch with some local CPN nurses which were great as I started with the attacks last yr after my Grandad died. I was free from attacks for about 8mths & now started with them again & I don't know why & its driving me mad. I used to do so much before all this & now I hardly do anything.

I know what you mean about driving your family mad, I feel same way with mine & feel no one understands.

if you want to PM instead we can get to know each other & where you are from etc... I take is Yorks like me I will add you to my buddy list. I am new to this website so bear with me if I make any mistakes!

[janeybaby25]

haha, I thought you had edited the name of the hosp out! lol I knew where it meant anyway.

[kellyw]

hi jane, im sitting here sobbing, i have never met anyone with a similar condition to mine nad i have never known anyone on the same meds. god im in a right state.
i just want to stop feeling scared all the time.
i dont know if i was born with this, i never had anything when i was a child but it started in my late teens. the trouble is i have had to battle every single step of the way, firstly to be believed and then to be helped. i was told it was anxiety for so many years that i and everyone i know started to believe it. i got the most horrible tag of being a bit prone to funny turns and attacks of the vapours!!!! over the years this has chipped away dramatically at my self confidence. and i always felt that people thought i was just crying wolf. i guess i stopped feeling safe, especially after the seizure too.
i hardly ever go to the docs, once in the last 5 years!!! so i dont know my doc and the thought of going and explaining the whole story from start to finish is so overwhelming i just keep putting it off nad hoping i will get stronger on my own.
im sorry to ramble jane but you cant know how big a deal it is for me to hear that someone else has experienced similar things to me.
i am new too, just registerd today! i will pm you when i get my head round the whole thing.
take very good care
thank you
kellyxx

[Emaa]

I have TMJ, which ISN'T caused by anxiety. BUT my anxiety has made it alot worse. I don't know how but GP said it does. o.0
Emz xx

[kellyw]

he emz,
thanks for the reply.
im sorry but what is tmj?
take good care
kelly xx

[Emaa]

TMJ is Temporomandibular joint disorder. Which means acute or chronic inflammation of the temporomandibular joint, which connects the lower jaw to the skull.

It's like my jaw gets caught when I try to open my mouth wide, and my teeth don't align. The cartilage kinda scrapes against the bone and my jaw has moved slightly.

I have a mouth guard now for nights though.

I really don't get how Anxiety and stress can make it worse though, but according to my GP..
Emz xx