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Q: Anxiety causing breathing difficulty
asked by: gigles3151 on September 5th, 2009
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i got diagnosed with anxiety earlier this year. i had pains in my heart so i went to the hospital. they recorded my heart doing 195bpm on an ecg which resulted in me staying the night in the hospital for monitoring the next day i held my breath so the ecg would be normal and they would let me go home. they then recorded various tests on me which included me wearing a portable heart monitor for 24 hours and an ultrasound of my heart which gave me electric shocks.
they came to the conclusion that i had an abnormally high heart rate and there was nothing they could do. i had a choice of take these pills to slow it, but i would have to take them for the rest of my life or just stay off caffine and alcohol. i chose not to take them.
i have had what could be better known as a stressfull life. i could write a auto-biography and im only 16.
alot of things scare me but theres this one thing. when i think about how south i am and how im so iscolated, im barely connected to the world and i just cant stand it, i find it hard to breath and my heart starts to ache.
i always get this whenever i think about it but this time the ache was relatively worse and it isnt going away, it hurts more when i breath in. to be honest i dont really care about myself but my boyfriends in tears and i want to stay relatively healthy, for him.

can anyone tell me why this is happening? is it serious? should i go to the hospital?
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serenitylove
replied on September 5th, 2009
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that sounds like something i have. i as well have a bad past. when i start to overthink my heart starts to race and it hurts my chest and i can't breathe, i turn pale and start shaking really bad i've even passed out from being so light headed. it started about 2 years ago and i went to all sorts of doctors and they all diagnosed it as anxiety. i went to a therapist but i don't trust anyone so i don't open up to them and it doesn't help, so i couldn't get any medication. the symptoms have subsided a lot since i grew closer to my mom and been able to talk about everything with her. once i started talking about all the things that were running threw my head and i haven't had a bad attack since. just try opening up to just one person and confiding in them with everything that goes threw your head. i may be wrong, and we might not have the same issue but it sounds like what i went through. they even told me to stop with the caffeine and all.
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gigles3151
replied on September 6th, 2009
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yeah but when i try wording it, it just doesnt come out. its so hard to put it all into words, and then i cant think. but ill try. thank you for your advice. im glad your doing ok. much appreciated.
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