Anxiety and mvp

[mellowMaryDi]

Does anyone here who deals with anxiety, also have mitral valve prolapse?? I was diagnosed with a benign heart murmur due to mvp three years ago and was put on a very low dose beta blocker, which helps a lot. My doctor always tells me not to worry when I feel the fluttering or rapid heartbeat, that it's completely insignificant and benign and that it'll go away as suddenly as it came. I have a brilliant, competent doctor, whom I trust and who always makes me feel taken care of and safe. BUT, my anxiety thinks different! What is it about this thing that makes me go completely insane and question everything (everything positive, that is)!?!? Whenever I get one of those weird feelings I go into cuckoo mode: I zero in on whatever I'm feeling, become hypervigilant to every single heartbeat, start worrying about every single possible catastrophic scenario, doubt my health, doubt my doctor, think that something must have been missed and that I'm actually on my deathbed with a terrible heart disease. It's so exhausting and, frankly, embarassing!!

I have actually read that there seems to be a link between mvp and anxiety/panic disorders, but it's not conclusive evidence.

I just wonder about other people maybe dealing with both, whenever we feel our worst we feel so alone and misunderstood, right? But here I've learned that what makes me feel crazy and scared is felt by so many people, that this community had to be born so that we could share with each other how not alone and not crazy we really are.

Hugs to all!!!