Hi i am jitterychic. I am back. Its been 6 months since my crisis last sept.4 2018. Well to start, my cardiologist took me off all meds (Norvasc, Crestor, and aspirin 81mg, just gave a 30 days supply of buspirone, and that prescription is also going to be put to and end) after my nuclear results came back turns out i have Takotsubo syndrome. ( look it up). I had no heart attack, no blocked arteries. My heart just blocked due to the many years of stress and anxiety attacks. Now i have a pacemaker. Still get those anxiety attacks but on a lower scale. I've learned to cope with anxiety. Lifes ups and downs (more downs than ups for me) have lead me to understand that, thats the way life is.
Its not perfect. if it were, it would be very boring) What we can't fix, leave it alone, and move on. Happiness is only what we make of it. Our bodies are our temples, so lets not stress it, its had enough with us not taking time out to cherish, caress and give it some tender loving care. We put it through so much because of this hectic fast paced life, humanity is living today. We' ve only got 1 life to live. I refuse to handle it over to anxiety and past events. These year i will take a long vacation from the tropics to Europe and i am going to enjoy every minute of it. Time to start living. All those faint feelings, feeling like i am about to colapse and die, sweating, trembling, feeling nauseous, yeah i still get them, I just sit, wait for it to stop and i don't fight it, afterwards i drink a glass of water and on and about i go with life. Love, laugh, dance, write a book, watch a good movie, go out with good friends have ice cream or what ever makes you feel at your best. Hey and when you have to say "NO i can't now", don't feel guilty. That doesn' t make you a bad person. You're just being good to your soul. Bless you all. And keep in touch.
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Thank you Meredyn. Yes i got this, with your blessings and all the good vibes from people like you. Lets make it a chain of good vibes for all the people that suffer from this horrible condition. We can all help each other with love and understanding, supporting each other. Love and blessings to you my friend, for we are all warriors and will fight for our well being.
It sounds as if you have learned to get the best out of life whatever anxiety throws at you.
That's fantastic, I really hope others can do the same. I had my first attack of anxiety 20 months ago and am very nearly fully recovered now. Antidepressants were a life saver for me but so was taking on little challenges everyday and trying hard not to be brought down by my symptoms which were varied and scary.
I think it is also so important to celebrate and congratulate ourselves and others when we do survive another day. In my case as the fear and pain lifted I saw that it really is a beautiful world out there and I wanted to live in it again as I had done.
I have definitely gained from going through this experience and really want others to be able to realise how brave they are to continue every day with such a difficult condition.
I wish you the same, i know its a difficult condition to deal with and you are doing great . I admire every single one of us. Yes you are brave and i know that. I also think that antidepressants do help. It is a condition that some can work by themselves and others like myself need group therapy, medication, etc..., until we are freed of this condition. I encourage everyone here to seek help if and when needed, also to think positive, its not easy but in the end we will see that the world is a beautiful place and that there is so much out there to see and do. Bless all you warriors, even the littlest things we do to make it out there makes us tough warriors. Xoxox
You re positive attitude is very uplifting and gives hope, thx for that. I know, in my head, that all the tools and therapies can help yet I m not able to really feel it in my heart. Yes, I m disheartened by the ever changing, ever being scarier, ever returning symptoms consuming me so nothing is left of my self. But to be fair, I also have better days. and it is then that I can take on challenges. Yesterday, walking to the letterbox during the storm to check for post was a challenge. I have to walk 200 yards through forestry down to the main road. I was very proud I did it and celebrated. I will keep doing and I will keep going and I will keep celebrating. I m one of those trying without antidepressants. I had one and the side effects were unbearable during the first 6 weeks. So I try without. Wishing us all a smooth and not too difficult recovery. xx
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