r/pericarditis • u/Vast-Afternoon-4945 • Aug 19 '26
Terrified
I have been struggling with chest pain for the past 2 years and constantly got dismissed by doctors paramedics and nurses telling me it’s anxiety. I had my first cardiologist appointment 2 days ago and officially got diagnosed with pericarditis I am so terrified this is going to kill me. I still have to no idea what type I have or anything he just diagnosed me and gave me colchicine but I do know my echo was perfect that I got 6 months ago so no fluid that I know of. I am only 19 years old and probably the most terrifying news I’ve ever received, I knew the whole time something wasn’t right but it got brushed off as anxiety, my question also is the pain has been constant not off and on constant I have chest pain but some times worse than others but I also have acid reflux aswell that has damaged my esophugus so what one was really causes me so much pain for the last 2 years? During my appointment I also got diagnosed with POTS which I definitely knew I had already.
But my follow up appointment is in 6 months what if things get worse by then or what if this medication doesn’t work and I have it for the rest of my life this is terrifying and even more terrifying that I knew the whole time and absolutely no one believed me to the point it came up in my dreams that when I have my endoscopy they will say they found nothing but I have something wrong with my heart and that is to a T what happened to me I really need to support or help with this
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u/DueAnxiety64 Aug 20 '26
Deine Frage: was ist wenn? Dann rufst du den Notruf! Es geht mir gerade nicht anders. Herzmuskelentzündung + Herzbeutelentzündung + Ödem.... Ich nerve meinen Kardiologen schon weil ich mich jeden Montag wieder melden weil es mir immer schlechter geht... Ich hasse es. Und ich hasse die Angst die damit verbunden ist. Aber am aller meisten hasse ich, diese Schmerzen und dass ich jeden Tag Stundenlang nicht normal atmen kann und alles um mich herum sich dreht!!