at the er again

[Adamj]

so woke up feeling pretty good honestly slept like 12 hours almost the whole way through. Got up ate some food went for my walk and stationary bike ride my legs felt extra tired afterwards not quite sure why and chest pain. Laid on the couch was like hm maybe this will pass then I noticed my hands started going white I was like tf is going on so I went and got a shower and still felt funky so at the er now just tired of dealing with this crap. Have had a chest X-ray blood work and ekg the ekg of course showed abnormal with t wave abnormalities so it’s got me freaked out. Still waiting to get results and see what they’re going to do just sitting in the waiting room. So scared and bp was high again

[Krn210]

Sending you lots of positive thoughts and energy Adam

[OB73]

awe man 🙏🏾🙏🏾 prayers

[Adamj]

they said I’m safe to go home lungs and heart are supposedly fine

[Raggedy-Ann]

Scary. Waiting for results gives your mind time to think the worst. Get some water and try to relax. Sending healing thoughts.

[OB73]

Hey are you ok bro?? You got this God has you buddy..

[Adamj in reply to OB73]

yeah they said I was okay

[SayNOtoPanic]

prayers up to you hope you’re feeling better and prayers up that the physical symptoms subside or leave hang in there

[OB73]

gooood im glad be ez bro...🙏🏾

[MaggieSylvie]

You had to have been ok or they wouldn't have left you sitting in the waiting room. So glad they have said you're ok, but hopefully they will send a report to your doctor to say what was actually wrong with you. You said they mentioned abnormalities but your bp was probably high because of your anxiety. If you hadn't noticed the colour of your hands, perhaps you would not have felt so "funky". Still, you need to know what your body was doing and what it was telling you so that you don't panic again. Who wants to spend a day in ER?

[Smink]

Hi Adamj,

I had a similar experience, it was frightening and it caused me to completely reevaluate my health.

I suffered from similar physical symptoms, I would wake up fine, do some exercise, then start to feel dizzy and shaky, unsure what to do. I had an ekg done and it gave readings of abnormalities. I thought I had a heart condition.

At one point I ended up in ER, I had thought I was going to have a heart attack and I didn’t know what was happening. The doctors took care of me and in the end of it all they told me that it was anxiety I was experiencing. There was nothing wrong with my heart. They took readings and my heart scans were fine - I have had several ekgs and some of them are normal while one or two showed abnormalities, I think this sometimes happens but it shouldn’t be read into too much.

You might be having a similar experience. Anxiety can cause you to have all kinds of worries, and you might have debilitating physical symptoms, but I think in many cases, at least in mine and perhaps yours, it is all in the head.

I hope you consider this. Please look after your health; address your stressors, think about your sleep/diet/exercise. These two things were at the source of my suffering.

My bio has more details about my experience if it helps. Hope you’re good 🙏

[AnonymousUsername13 in reply to Smink]

agreed. My doctor & ER doctors were saying if u are under 45 or 50 & have never had heart problems, it's extremely unlikely that it's ur heart. Most of the things I've thought were my heart were actually my stomach, so maybe a gastroenterologist visit would be helpful? I have had long QT, but was on a high dose of medication that caused it apparently, but it was in my younger days when i aas Also on benzos, so i didn't worry about it then, but it's become a problem as my health anxiety was at it's worst in the last 4 months. There's no sign of it in my EKGs anymore tho, so I'm worrying about nothing.

I had a scary fainting incident a while back, that they said was hypokalemia (low potassium), & i felt dizzy at random times for years. That was over 10 years ago now, & i still feel the sensations that i interpreted as dizziness occasionally, but i don't focus on it anymore, I've lived this long with it & doctors can't find anything wrong, so it helps me see how i can misinterpret so many symptoms, & make them much worse by focusing on them. I know it's easier said than done, but changing focus/attention is what has helped me the most.

[b1b1b1]

Well see what they say about your heart. If they do find a heart problem it may help resolve your issues and would almost surely be treatable. Let us know.

[Arymretep]

So glad everything ok, take care

[AnonymousUsername13]

blood pressure will always be high for us with anxiety or white coat syndrome. U can't focus on that. I have bad health anxiety & know that a day can be perfect, but as soon as i turn my attention inward, that same day can make me feel i need to go to ER. I've learned it's all about where ur attention is. U have to find something to keep ur mind occupied, and ur brain will eventually adjust & understand u aren't under threat. It will take a while, but u can do it. I was told ur attention affects ur reality as much as ur sight. Where u are focused makes so much difference. The white hands, or fingernails looking weird, like not enough blood are things I've dealt with. I look at them now, exactly the same as they always were, & just don't pay attention to it. I tell myself it's normal for me. I've been to the ER so many times & eventually i have to convince myself they're not going to do anything different this time. I always came up w new symptoms, but it's all pur minds being too hyperfocused on these things & making something out of nothing. U have to find a way to change ur focus. I know it's not easy, & may be harder for u, but it's what has helped me, so do whatever u can to find something u enjoy that can eventually demand all of ur attention.