Hey guys. I'm 19 years old, 170 lbs. The only history I have is an enlarged heart (athletic heart is what my cardiologist said) and high blood pressure which i've had since about 6th grade. I don't remember the age. He said it was fine. I haven't had any problems since, just consistent high blood pressure and he said that was normal for an enlarged heart.
I'm am a very health and fit person. Well...Use to be. I ate extremely well and worked out 4 x a week.
Anyways, last satuday night I went to bed. Around 12:30am, my sister started beating on the door because she was locked out. This got my dogs startled and they started barking which freaked me out and finally got me up. So I went to let my sister in, then quickly laid back in bed.
Boom. As soon as I laid down, I started feeling weird feelings in my chest...It was as if my heart was beating slow but hard, like clentching a fist. Also, I had shortness of breath. I was breathing, but I felt like I was getting very little air. Taking big breaths didnt help. I started to panic and got up to tell my mother. I blacked out and hit my teeth on something on the way down. I came to with my whole family around me screaming and yelling and all I felt was my chest hurting really bad. All I could say was "i don't feel good." then I blacked out again and came to on the ground on the other side of the house, this time with no chest pains, just shivering severely because I was so cold. Apparently my parents said they got me up and walked me a little ways then thats when I fell the 2nd time. I don't remember that part at all. Finally the ambulance came and took me to the hospital. My blood pressure was bouncing everywhere when they took it at different times. It would be way high, then way low. Finally I got admitted into the hospital and they did an xray of my chest, 24 hour urine sample, ecg, ekg, mri (of head), cardiograhm, and 24 hour heart monitor and they said all tests came back normal and were well. But, they were going to refer me to an electophysiologist or something like that for a tilt table test and possibly a eps.
I was released tuesday and ever since then I feel that my heart is feeling weird. Sometimes it feels as if its burning, sometimes it feels as if its really tight, like in a fist. At night, i'm afraid to go to sleep because its really discomforting to lay down. I feel that my heart goes crazy. Sometimes my neck feels tight. A few other things that bother me is that when I wake up I feel really weak. And I can't sneeze, at all! All of my families and friends tell me its anxiety and to just let it go, that whatever happened is in the past and i'm fine, the doctors said i'm fine, but I refuse to accept that as the answer.
Another thing I want to point out is that my blood pressure is really good after the fall, which I fear is a bad thing for me. I've always had high blood pressure, and it was fine because of my big heart. It would always be 130-140 over whatever the bottom number was. Now i'm getting 113-125? Never in my life!
Something happened, I fainted and busted my teeth!
What's wrong? I'm so scared...And worried I don't know what to do. I'm not ready to go... :cry:
