Scared and confused

[Sandy1710]

All, I want to know of your opinions.

Reasons to believe I don’t have heart issues.

- this mornings BP (see pic)

- 30 odd ecgs and full workups on heart (all come back healthy)

- no family history

Reason to believe I do have heart issues.

- constantly aware of heart beat

- chest pains

- dodgy breathing

- sweating a lot

What do we think???? I hate this life.

[Dee075]

All your numbers are great .... I get palpations time to time . My symptoms go off the charts . I’ve had every symptom you can name or think of . Try not to worry

[Clarrisa]

If you are worried about having heart disease have you tried a “Symptom Checker”? Mayo Clinic (mayoclinic.org) has a decent one (completely free). Just scroll underneath “Find Diseases & Conditions” in Patient Education. After you check off your symptoms it will give you possible causes from most likely to least likely. You will be able to see how anxiety is ranked high or low. This site has articles on each cause they list.

You will have to give their Symptom Checker more symptoms than you have listed here, that is why I think you will benefit you. As I can only guess with the more limited information you have furnished here what is bothering you. I hope you are feeling better soon.

[Dogdoo]

It sounds like you are suffering from health anxiety.

If so, researching symptoms and illnesses online will only make you feel worse.

If your numbers are good and 30 ecg,s are normal, your heart is fine.

Its highly unlikely all of those workups could have missed something.

You need to seek treatment for your underlying cause of the anxiety, and methods to treat the symptoms. Might be coping skills or medications, or a combo of both.

If you get your anxiety under control, your health symptoms will get better.

I had similar issues many years ago.

Constant palpitations, chest pain, short of breath.

Countless tests and consults. Nothing is wrong.

Treated my underlying anxiety and depression and all those symptoms disappeared.

Minus the occasional PVC, which is a benign heart rhythm that can cause the heart fluttering. It's very occas6and not bothersome at all.

[Sandy1710 in reply to Dogdoo]

What did you do to stop? I’m on meds and having treatment. I drink at weekends I’m going to try stop that until I improve.

[chamonix0522]

Once I increased my salt intake my heart palpitations decreased by 99%.