It’s always something

[Deligirl]

Hi everyone, I’ve been diagnosed with anxiety since 2014. Although it was very bad in the beginning (like debilitating) I managed to recover somewhat and learned to live with it. So it’s 2021, and I would have sworn that I had experienced every symptom there was from this thing. Rewind to a few weeks ago, when I had to make a stressful decision concerning something at work and then embark on one of the most stressful trips ever. Bam! I started having something a little different from heart palpitations… I could actually feel my heart doing an extra beat, then it would pause, skip a beat and return to normal for a bit then repeat. At first I wasn’t overly panicked but of course anxiety caused worse case scenario to pop up. What if my heart is bad. What if I’m dying? Finally went to the cardiologist on Friday for and EKG…turns out yes my heart has an ectopic beat but it’s all due to anxiety, otherwise my heart is normal and healthy . Just thought I’d share in case anyone is having symptoms they’ve never felt before.

[Agora1]

Deligirl, yes I agree, with anxiety it's always something. After all, how would it grab ourattention?? But you did the right thing, in seeing your doctor reassuring youself it was

coming from anxiety. We can't always assume if the symptoms are new. Now you can concentrate on the tools and methods you have in controlling your stress levels.

Stress comes and goes in our life but if we stay prepared, we are in better condition to

handle what life throws at us. Thanks for sharing xx

[Greenswimmer13]

I know what you mean about experiencing every symptom in the book. I’ve experienced heart palpitations and a murmur, most likely linked to my anxiety. My problem is that my symptoms are debilitatingly physical, and it seems to go on without worrisome thoughts, it’s just there right when I wake up, and it lasts all day. This has been going on for a year and a half everyday. Have you experienced your anxiety for long periods of time?

[Deligirl in reply to Greenswimmer13]

Oh I’ve been there! Sadly … the first time I got anxiety, i didn’t understand what was going on. I had a 3 (now 10) year old and I had to care for him alone since all my family had migrated and his father worked abroad. I could hardly shower or get out of bed, the vertigo and dizziness and shortness of breath was unbearable… I don’t even know how I used to walk from my bedroom to the kitchen to make formula ! I couldn’t keep a job, I couldn’t eat, my only escape was sleep… many many times after that I’ve had episodes of physically debilitating anxiety and have not had streams of worrisome thought…but over time I’ve learnt to really dig deeper, a lot of times it’s in the subconscious… and it doesn’t seem like a “big” one but it can trigger so many bad things… it’s chronic but I’ve learnt that there are better days ahead everytime. So I ride through it.

[AnxiousMAMA]

Thankyou for sharing. My anxiety is just terrible lately too. Skipping beats like crazy and it's so bad my indigestion is all over I also deal with GERD. I'm a basket case since COVID started. Trying to put myself back to normal again....

[Deligirl in reply to AnxiousMAMA]

Hugs. Covid did a number on me too at the beginning.. I work at an airport so you can imagine how I was at first … but I’ve gotten better, even took my first flights a month over … 2.5 hrs in a packed plane.. and everything turned out fine . Hugs mama…