Overthinking?

[Echo24uk]

Briefly, 40 year old male, non smoker, rarely drink, diet could be better and only slightly overweight. Active all my life.

Woken suddenly in the night in February with crushing pains, brushed off until the next day happened again. Hospital said no HA and sent on way. Similar before Easter and then again just after. Had a CT with contrast between. On attending the third time they said severe blockages in 2 arteries kept in hospital and had 1 stent (0.9) blockage and another area was 11 with extensive furring. Still not sure how severe this means!

final consultant said no HA but unstable angina which has been treated ( spoke to GP) yesterday who said - oh you’ve had a stent, that means you’ve had a heart attack !

Following stent (Monday just gone) 5 days later I am a wreck, emotional, pains all over, tired all time and breathless. Stomach is in pieces and feel sick all the time. Very burpy. Do feel better for a short time and then feel rubbish again. Every little pain I panic it’s heart related and have quite a bit of soreness left side of chest and bruising ( I’m putting this down to the echo)

Woke in night both arms dead and pins and needles and now scared to be alone/go to sleep.

Cocktail of drugs which I have never had before twice a day!

Does this get better? I have a young family and I want to be able to focus on them a and not myself !

Anyone feeling similar and or when did you get better

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Quick reply concerning pins and needles and numbness in your arms. There is a possibility that this is carpal tunnel syndrome, especially if it has got progressively worse over time, and is worse at night. I suggest you discuss this with your GP. I had this in both arms and ended up with release surgery which worked.

[Echo24uk in reply to Hidden]

it has only been since coming out of hospital

[Captain_Birdseye]

The emotional side of things is normal... there's not a person on here that will deny that - the anxiety can feel as bad as the cardiac!!

My thoughts would be that you need to give yourself time - you've undergone a trauma and you need time to recover both physically and emotionally. Make a list of questions and concerns and go speak to your GP, or call the BHF helpline to speak to a cardiac nurse.

You can't just switch this off unfortunately, you will need to focus on yourself for a few weeks to get better. I appreciate you will need to be a father as well, but where you can try to take time for recovery.

[Echo24uk in reply to Captain_Birdseye]

thanks for your reply! Started on that list … my GP might not thank you for advising that though haha !