I have been reading a lot of mixed suggestions of specialists about links between physical and mental illnesses ,like say ptsd or severe anxiety to heart failure and lots of these types of connections ,if there is indeed a connection ?
well I think it is a given as I know in my own maybe journey that they both come hand in hand
maybe not all the time but there definitely was for me .
Dont get me wrong , when I was growing up I was in and out of hospital with bad asthma attacks that i missed a lot of primary and some high school so I have never had a normal bed time routine .
But I did go through a lot when I was younger and if ADHD and all these other diagnosis where
invented then I would have been a candidate for some of them .
I am saying all this because in my adult life I worked all different shifts and call outs etc..in the same job which I put a lot into and worked my way to becoming an engineer which was also harder because I missed a lot of seeing my Kids(catch 22 out working to provide for them bit at the cost of not seeing them as much)
Anyway the reason I said at the start was that after I saw an accident at work one day it really hit me harder than I thought ,and although I grew up in quite a violent neighbourhood and seen a lot worse I dont think I have been the same since and it was shortly after this I had Congestive heart failure ,Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema,etc and I could kind of feel it that something else was not right and after all the close calls and other complications i still feel it some days my anxiety gets that bad i cant string two words and i cant sleep some nights when I frustrated lying staring at the back of my eyelids for hours I feel like getting up
and punching holes in the walls but I never do as i would probably not make it up on my feet it is just i can count on one hand the amount of times i have been comfortable in the last few years and i think these things are all definitely connected.
warm regards to everyone and sorry or the typos
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I have read and been told that anxiety etc does help to put strain on your heart and can contribute
I always felt so different and lived my life in a high state of anxiety still do and it took to been 50 before I was diagnosed been Autistic which for most we do have a high degree of anxiety
I went on to have 3 heart attacks followed by a triple Bypass when I asked my surgeon why had this happened to me her reply was she felt 50% would be hereditary as the run in my family and what would have also contributed would be the pressure with my high anxiety my heart will have been put through all these years as when you are anxious it has to work so much harder
I now believe in that theory even though I am still anxious but if you can get some support with your MH I would certainly do so it will help your overall health physically and mentally
I can relate to some of the things you said about you're experience and it sounds like you have been through the mill and also know a bit about this given you're other conditions.
I know we come on here for some support and to try and help and it's great to have to get some other people's opinions and share a few messages .
I like to hear and help if I can and try not to go on about what I have been through as I look back at some of the epic havering I have txt on these sites that takes me hours .
Sometimes it isn't so bad texting I mean this because of this anxiety that i have us sometimes so bad I can't even sting 2 words together which only makes it worse , I just know that I have never had answers to what started all of these events don't drink or smoke and although my mum has had a lot of really big operations new valve angina etc .we where all tested and it is not hereditary so I have gone from having great job being fit from cycling to and from work played 5s snd 7s weekly football and when I think about it I have always felt that feeling of trying to sleep and wanting to jump up and scream and punch holes in the wall but I mean this is the only way I can explain it and it is in no way angry or mad or that kind of way, I mean in frustration from lying and staring at the back of my eyelids so many times and this is why when I say that this is all related I mean it is a catch 22 because I know that stress is a killer on its own ss I have been told this after a couple of stays in hospital so I think I have one or two ?adhd conditions or I don't know as all these things are just coming to light .
I do know that i saw a very bad accident at work which happened and I think caused more damage than realised but not for the person it happened to ,he ended up ok and I say this as I saw the lot happening from a health and safety point has told him several times to get it together which he never bothered about as he though he could just do whatever as soon as everyone's back was turned nearly killed himself and possible more and although I saw it all had the conscience battle with myself as to what easvthe right thing to do which was part of the moral dilemma also which I carried with me and not one person asked me what happened after weeks of worrying about do I say he was in the wrong which would have been really difficult as the contract was cancelled and the group of subcontractors or team all lost their jobs which was OK untill this ,or do I say I never saw anything as I was thinking he had a family and although he acted the way he did he also lost a lot more than his job .
Anyway I don't know how but I was never once asked what happened and I think as it was for a really big well known company ,I think they just paid him out and swept it under the carpet I think they where maybe thinking of the impact it would have on their name ???anyway I know I was quite bad before but I know myself that this impacted me in a big way was in shock for days and it shook me worse than I realised had jobs after but was something not quite right months later had 2 close calls with my health heart failure being just one of the
Close calls but as usual I am sorry for getting carried away and although I have been through all these things I a thank the man upstairs everyday as I have always had my faith with me which only gets stronger every day so I have started to try not to worry as I think now what's for you won't go past so take it easy !
Have you ever asked for support in how you feel it sounds that accident you saw has really affected you and even maybe left you with PTSD which can happen I think I would see if I could get some counselling
Sometimes as they say it is just one of those things when we have heart issues and they don't have a answer but a good job they are so experienced they know what to do
I hope getting all that written down has helped in a small way sometimes it can be the best thing we can do talk about how we feel
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