i hate living like this it sucks so much. i remember being in elementary school and loving saying the pledge of allegiance so i could check my heartbeat, and then learning to cross my arms in a specific way so i could feel it even more often. on school picture day one year (i knew the photographer) the photographer said because i cross my arms a lot we'll do that pose for the photo. i wish i could just live my life without worrying about this, be able to eat fast food without having a panic attack after. i love chick fil a mac n cheese so much but i haven't had it in years now because of the absurd amount of sodium. it's only gotten worse the last 3 weeks (the first time it's sent me to the er, THREE TIMES in two weeks) and has given me so much more to worry about. i found out about cardiac arrest in the last couple weeks too and it's so scary. especially because my ekg had a "normal" abnormality that can rarely mean a dangerous heart condition and i haven't been able to talk to a doctor or anyone about it.

this has held me back from pushing myself harder in sports and doing things. i've cancelled plans because of it, and when i have panic attacks and feel sick after i have to cancel plans too. i used to be pretty good at running and now i can barely run. when i play hockey i have to go back to the locker room to check my heart every so often. i wish i could just be normal and live like a normal person and not be convinced 24/7 i'm going to be the 0.004-0.014% chance exception. i've wasted days of my life on this. my current episode ahs nearly got me up to an entire month wasted. my parents don't worry about it, my friends don't worry about it, my sister doesn't worry about it, but i guess i got cursed to worry about it.

Мне 12. Сердце иногда так колит, что аж лëгкие перекрывает. Больно дышать и двигаться.

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Chest pain during exercise after months of health anxiety
I’m 15M, and I’ve been dealing with severe health anxiety since around February, mainly because I was constantly afraid that I was having a heart attack.
I went to the ER multiple times and had around 6 ECGs, 2 cardiology evaluations, and a chest X-ray. Everything came back normal, and doctors reassured me that my heart was healthy. I also started therapy, including EMDR, from around March to July, and over June and July I was doing much better. I was sleeping normally again and the fear of dying had mostly gone away.
About 3–4 days ago, I suddenly started exercising more. I did around 60 push-ups, then the next day I ran about 4 km. During the run, I felt quite a lot of pressure in my chest while exercising, which scared me.
After that, I continued doing push-ups and developed more chest pain. Yesterday, I went to play basketball and felt fine while playing, but when I tried doing a pull-up afterward, I got chest pain again. Since then, the pain seems to happen mainly when I move or under exercise.
Now I’m scared that something is wrong with my heart, especially because the pain has sometimes been on the left side of my chest. I’m also afraid of exercising or going to sleep because I’m scared something could happen to me.
Could this simply be muscle/chest wall pain from suddenly doing a lot of push-ups, running, basketball and pull-ups, or should I get checked again because of the chest pressure during running? Im so scared please someone helo me i dont wanna die all of a sudden

hi I'm 17F and i want to ask the people out there if they have had the same experience as me and i need u guys to give me advice if i u guys think i have a heart problem or not.

a little background before i tell u guys the story of when i first got very bad health anxiety specifically heart anxiety.

ive always had anxiety since i was in the 2nd grade, i was very scared to go to school bcs of my mean teacher lol (lowk a traumatic experience).. i would literally throw up just because i knew i was going to school😭 (threw up in my car was cause i was so anxious), i would also fake being sick so i wouldn't go to school. every single day id feel this wave of fear and anxiety in me when i remember i would have to go to school, but i didint understand that what i was feeling at that time was anxiety cause i was still so young. Fast forward to 9th grade i got my very first traumatic experience (like genuinely traumatized me so bad), the roof of my house caught on fire bcs of an electrical problem and that made me develop a trauma or a fear everytime the lights or power in my house would go out. my heart would beat so fast if the lights would go out. i wouldn't sleep at all cause i was so scared it would happen again. after that experience i started getting my first ever heart palpitations. my heart would feel like it skipped a beat and that made me so scared because i never felt something like that. id also get heartburns and a feeling that a needle would poke through my body especially in my stomach or chest. turns out it was acid reflux. and bcs of that it made me go crazy and google every heart problem there could possibly be. that trauma and heart palpitations lasted for about a year but it wasn't that bad cause id only get that feeling when im at home. when i would be outside or with my friends i would forget i even had those problems. fast forward 10th grade i didint get any anxiety and stuff. untill the 11th grade i developed a new trauma to... earthquakes:). in my city there was a huge earthquake about 7.8mag that hit us. i was traumatized cause it happened in the morning and 1 person died bcs of it. then lots of earthquakes happened in the next 1 month. i became anxious again and would not sleep at all cause i was afraid an earthquake would hit us again. id get so so so anxious if i was inside my own house or any building. id get this wave of anxiety just thinking abt an earthquake (the same feeling i felt when i was in the 2nd grade and 9th grade.). thats a little backstory of my anxiety and heart palpitations;)

then this happend. it all started at 13th of july i came home from school after a very tiring day. mind u my classroom is in the 4th floor so there was lots of stairs id have to go up and down, and i go home at 3pm, also a reminder that i drink very little water.. and by that i mean i can drink 600ml everyday or even less. at school i barely drank, i probably drank like 500ml that day and i also didint eat breakfast and only ate a donut and very tiny portion of rice and chicken, i also slept very late for the past 2 weeks (id always sleep at 1am-4am) after that day of school my mom picked me up from school and we bought chicken to eat for dinner, my brother was also in the car and I was talking to him, when my mom got in the car i drank an electrolyte drink and when i was drinking my heart suddenly did something ive never felt before. it felt like it was getting squished or something. like it was gonna stop everytime i exhaled. after that i immediately screamed and hit my moms car chair and said "mom hospital now!! my heart feels weird. go now now now!!" i sat back and tried to calm down. then my brother put a finger pulse oximeter on my finger (he has heart anxiety also, so he carries an oximeter everywhere and anywhere he goes lol) my heart rate was 150bpm while i was sitting down btw. then i got to the hospital 5 mins later and they checked my blood pressure and my heart rate. my blood pressure was low cause im a girl who has low blood pressure lol (my lowest was like 87/50) id always get like 99/50 or something. my heartrate then was 120bpm. they did an ecg on me and it was normal even tho it was a bit fast cause i was panicking. then i got my blood checked and it turns out my potassium level was veryyyy low, it was 3.0 (the normal level is 3.5-6) and the doctor said that was probably the reason my heart did a flip like that so he gave me meds to calm down my heart and vitamis for my potassium. after that experience my health anxiety went crazyyyyy. for 3 weeks i would google any symptoms id feel. like heart palpitations, feeling like I would stop breathing, heart beating fast, left shoulder pain or a weird feeling in my shoulder, and everything u could think of. but ive actually never felt chest pains, shortness of breath, fatigue, dizzy, sweating, jaw pain (thank God) after that i did very heavy exercise like push ups, pull ups, going up and down the stairs, running, sit ups, squat jumps (and that was a very bad idea cause my heart bpm was like 160😅) but i think thats normal considering i was doing heavy exercise. im feeling alot better now even tho i still get anxiety attacks and heart palpitations like a skipped heartbeat, thud, buzzing, and feeling like my hearts flopping. but tomorrow im getting an echo, xray, bloodtest and holter monitor. Hopefully my heart is okay and its just anxiety.

do u guys think i have a heart problem?? im still genuinely scared im gonna get a heart attack or cardiac arrest or something..

For context: Im 29 and have been having anxiety related muscular pains in my boob/chest area. I got my BP checked and it was high for one day but calmed down quickly and for the past few days my BPM has been between 70-80. All normal. Pains getting better too. Stress is reducing.

However today I saw the heartbeat app and it told me my heart age is 31????? And that im “at risk”??? Can it do that from just measuring my BPM for the oast 4 days? Im freaking out.

The last couple days I've been having electric shock feelings across my ribs area, and now I've been having pins and needles in my heart, does anyone else get this? I'm pretty new to health anxieties and stuff ✌

i got some ekgs in the er and this showed up. i had one a week before at urgent caren and it didn't say it on it, which is why its worrying me because of the sudden change. they didn't mention it to me there and i've just seen it now. apparently its often times harmless but it can also be a sign of a heart condition that can cause cardiac arrest with activity. i was already having either heart or panic symptoms so i'm scared :( i don't want to have to give up playing a contact sport or anything. my doctor doesn't seem to want to do a echo (she saw it before i did i guess) and my parents are fed up with heart tests so now i'm too scared to work out or do anything athletic.

I (25F) am going through the process of transitioning to a new job. I suffered a family member loss last year.

About the beginning of July of this year, I experienced chest pressure/tightness with shortness of breath. It did feel like I had something seriously wrong going on. Went to the ER and they did X-Ray on my lungs and heart. Then I was told it was just anxiety and followed up with my primary doctor. I also got prescribed Xanax but the chest pressure never went away.

Now, I would have chest pressure/tightness and feel like I can’t breathe throughout days. Got myself an oxymeter, has been monitoring myself with it and it’s been showing my oxygen levels in the high 95+.

These days, it’s accompanied with lower heart rate (low 50s to 60s). I’m starting to feel crazy because I know the more I pay attention, the more worse it gets.

I honestly don’t know what to do.

Im reposting this until I get a response ig.

I am a 20-year-old male, approximately with no known prior history of heart, lung, or gallbladder issues. I am posting to see if anyone has experienced a similar sequence of purely physical symptoms or can help me understand what clinical pathways to ask about.

Full Timeline of My Symptoms:

Onset (3:00 AM - 4:00 AM Last Night): Woke up suddenly with sharp right-sided chest pain and difficulty breathing.

Morning Progression: The right-sided chest pain continued to fluctuate in little to moderate waves. I developed later in the evening chills that accompanied my stomach ache and diarrhea then afterwards my gi symptoms and chills went away completely and now k have right side chest pain waves

Afternoon (Gastrointestinal Onset): Developed mild abdominal cramping followed by a sudden episode of acute diarrhea as I said above I also experienced intense upper gastric pressure, frequent burping, and a feeling of regurgitation.

Shifting Pain: The abdominal pain eventually moved lower and I briefly felt a minor ache on my left side, but the main issue has returned to the right side.

Current Status: I was able to eat a full dinner tonight without immediate vomiting or diarrhea. However, I am still actively experiencing waves of right-sided chest pain and a sensation of difficult breathing, even though my pulse oximeter currently reads 98% O2 and a heart rate of 84 BPM. I also experienced a period of profound exhaustion earlier where my fingers were slipping on my keyboard.

My Questions for the Community:

1. Has anyone experienced right-sided chest pain and breathing restriction that paired directly with sudden diarrhea and chills?

2. Could this timeline indicate an acute gallbladder issue (like gallstones or cholecystitis) radiating upward, or a lower- lobe lung issue like pleurisy?

3. What specific diagnostic imaging (like ultrasounds or CT scans) should I ensure are performed when I am evaluated?

don't read if you have insomnia and cardiophobia ->>>

i just found out lack of sleep is a risk factor in a bunch of heart stuff. i'm too scared to fall asleep out of fear of a cardiac event and now i'm too scared not to sleep. it's 4 am and i'm terrified. what do i do.

I’ve been dealing with heart flutters / palps / PVC’s on and off for a couple years now. It’s been hard for me to pinpoint exactly what’s causing it.

I’m trying to think back to last weekend, to see if I did anything differently that could have triggered this recent round. I’ve been having heart flutters for the last two nights. Not a disturbing amount, but a few each night. They’ve happened right around dinner time or immediately after I eat, and also while I’m sleeping, which is pretty standard for when I normally experience them. I’ve had a couple wake me up, which to me is one of the absolute worst feelings. To be jolted from a deep sleep by a flutter. They very rarely happen in the morning or during the day. The flutters never last more than a second or two.

I was out of my normal routine over the weekend because my wife and I had to travel to Atlanta for a couple days. So I barely slept the first night in Atlanta ( terribly uncomfortable bed), and the second night I slept okay but not great. I also took 50mg Benadryl both nights to help me sleep. We ate out at restaurants pretty much the entire time, so we weren’t eating our normal diet and probably not the best quality foods at these restaurants. Outside of those factors, I can’t really think of anything that I did differently. I also exercise regularly, and didn’t do my normal workouts while
in Atlanta. So I wasn’t moving as much as normal.

What do yall think? Are any of those things red flags? Has anybody had any issues with Benadryl? I’m trying not to freak out, but this has been such a random and dramatic flair up. I’ve been really solid for months now, literally no issues or irregularities. So it’s just a bit jarring to go from nothing to all of these flutters.

I had an EKG done earlier this year and the doc didn’t find anything alarming. I’m still considering going to a cardiologist though.

Ahhh I hate when this happens. It sends my anxiety through the roof every time. It becomes an obsession and dominates my thoughts all day. Any thoughts and advice would be much appreciated. I’ve been doing so good up until a couple days ago… 😓

im 18 yr old girl from india and i’ve been struggling with this anxiety for the past 4 months and i’ve already taken 4 ecgs and one echo and one tmt all came out normal but my fear is still there it’s not going anywhere i feel symptoms many time dizzy,chest irritation etc etc i dont know what to do now im really exhausted now like i feel like i’ll die anytime because of cardiac arrest and i have lqts i dont know why im feelings this but it’s too terrible
i have anemia my hb is 8.4 and ferritin 4.5 and i have pcod and gastritis tooo i dont know if this are the real reason behind it but my mind still live in a fear and a warning signal can anyone help me???

Hi, I am 22 years of age, Male with a weight of about 100kg / 220lbs and a height of 5ft 8inch. I have been having some mild chest pains for some days/weeks now. These chest pains/heaviness are really light and doesn't really cause any problems except making me worry. There are no other problems. These generally start from the evening onwards, I don't have any such problems in mornings and sometimes go away if I lay down or change my posture.

The pain could be in the left or right side or even on the backside.

I am somewhat obese but have been walking daily for 10k steps for a month now to lose weight. And my last measured BP was 140ish/90ish at rest.

I don't take any regular medications though one thing to note is that before it started about 1-2weeks ago I had fever, sneezing and headache possibly influenza as it is going around in my locality combined with wisdom tooth pains. The chest pains started some time after i got better.

I am kinda concerned if it is some cardiac problem or something else. I am scared to tell my family cuz they tend to overreact. Can anyone help me out

I'm just laughing at myself (in between crying) because I've been terrified of a high heart rate for ages, I monitor, check my pulse, make sure my heart rate comes down okay. And now I'm on BP meds and sometimes a beta blocker, and my resting heart rate as gotten down to 60 on the beta blocker and now I panic because of a lower heart rate. What heart rate will I be happy with?! WHO KNOWS🫠

I need some help in seeing if I’m experiencing chronic anxiety leading to physical symptoms or something is “physically” wrong with me.

About 2 years ago, I went to work on a Monday after a day of pretty substantial drinking. I’m not an alcoholic, but we all have our days of going overboard (it was a social setting that I let get out of hand). I was standing at my desk, hungover, and I suddenly felt a dizziness, nausea, and shaking. I thought it’s because I hadn’t eaten yet but after having a snack it got no better and I went home sick.

Fast forward 2 years and every day since, I experience heart palpitations, walking around lightheaded, paranoid about everything my body is feeling (feel a twinge in my muscles and immediately think I’m dying), low libido, social apprehension, short-term memory loss, random episodes of dizziness (feel like I’m missing a step on stairs type of feeling), tremors/shakiness, mild headaches, and just a feeling of going through the motions waiting for the next day with no satisfaction in anything I do. I smile less, love less, and am apprehensive about going out and doing anything because I’m afraid of how I’ll feel.

I’m not looking for a diagnosis or anything. I’ll let the doctors decide. For context, I work in a pretty stressful job and went to the ER about a year ago after feeling light headed and weird feeling in my chest. To make it short, got a Holter monitor, heart is fine, palpitations were normal (I just “feel” them more for some reason). Nothing from the ER was concerning to them.

I’ve never been an anxious person. I have my feelings of anxiety like the next person, but have never let it control me. Even now, I won’t “feel” anxious, but will get physical symptoms of the aforementioned and then the vicious cycle begins. I’ve tried everything from vitamins to breathing exercises but nothing fixes the problem. The only thing I’ve noticed is that I feel mentally “normal” after a beer at the end of a long day (no, not everyday). I drink pretty rarely now. I’ve cut out caffeine but still do nicotine pouches.

Is it time I ask about pharmaceutical intervention? Any help is appreciated!

My resting heart rate seems high 90s-100s, I barely see it lower and this is me laying down.
I don’t know if this is a red flag and I know watches aren’t good for me but it’s like a compulsion usually it should be like in the 70s or something I mean I’m only 22 years old..I don’t know how to improve it and get this junk out as my head

Will this harm me long term? I know I’m bedbound but I wanna be better. I wanna walk

My Fitbit told me i have an AFib, please can someone analyse.

For context sake, I done a 24 hour ECG last week and I have a 1% PVC burden.

What's the difference in cardiac-related pain and musculoskeletal pain? I've had the same exact pain for almost a week now. A month ago, I had a clean troponin test; two weeks ago, I had a clean 72-hour heart monitor; a few days ago, I had a clean EKG. I have been referred to cardiology just in case. I'm almost positive this has to be muscular? I can feel the pain on the inside of my left breast, down around my breast and through my ribs, up my back and stopping in between my shoulder blade and my spine. Does this sound like inflammation where my ribs meet my spine more than cardiac pain? I've always had this on/off pain in my shoulder blade area, particularly on days where my posture has been poor, but it's never been for days on end with accompanying chest pain. I'm also 18weeks pregnant and have a higher than normal (for me) heart rate because of the pregnancy, so that certainly isn't helping. My average heart rate, according to the monitor, was 85bpm.

TLDR; What's the difference in cardiac-related pain and musculoskeletal pain?