Hello everyone this is my first post here. I would like to say thank you for who ever is responsible for making this site. It feels good not to be alone with this. Back in 96 i was hospitalized with severe depression and panic attacks. I had gone to my local emergency so many times that they knew me by name and new i was there because i was having a "heart attack." Well after spending a month in their i was put on meds and things worked out. Then about two years ago i started having attacks again(no longer on meds} and went and saw a pdoc. He put me on depakote, trazadone, and klonipin. This helped but caused fatique and weight gain. I went off my meds six months ago. Now three months ago i went for a stress test with dye. It showed a possible blockage in my heart. My cardiologist ordered another test becuase he said the blockage was so small and that the test has a history of showing false positives. Well they could not do the second test so my cardioligist said i had two opitions. One-wait a year lose some weight and do the stress test over or have a heart cathderzation which he said was not mandatory because he feels it is a false read. I chose to wait a year. Now i am a 35 year old overwieght white male who has deceided to go back to college and my second semester started last week which was the same week of the decision about the heart tests. Well i have been having chest pains and sweating. When i lay down to sleep i can hear my heart pounding in my chest and i swear it is not beating correctly. Sometimes it gets so bad that i have to run outside or leave class. And in between these attacks i feel like i am on pins and needles. Do i call the cardiologist and inform him of this or does this sound like anexity and panic is back.
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. Just a bit more information for you, I am a 37 year old overweight white female, so I know how you feel. Take care George and keep posting to let us know how you are getting along.
