Very scary, but I’m OK
The kids and I were watching Sesame Street yesterday morning, when out of nowhere my heart started racing so fast I thought I was dying. I was shaking and sweating and almost passed out. I had chest pain and I was hyperventilating as well, so I called myself an ambulance.
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They came and gave me oxygen and did a portable EKG, they said other than my heart beating fast, nothing was wrong. And called it an anxiety/panic attack. This has never happened to me before. I use to get heart palpatations a lot last year, I cut out all caffiene, and salt, and they went almost completely away. Except for the week before TOM. The doctor’s have run all sorts of tests and again say that nothing is wrong. That some people have them.
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Yesterday scared the hell out of me, I did some research and found the alcohol and smoking can aggravate anxiety as well. So….no more drinking ( not that big of a deal, less calories for me ) As I write this I am now going on my 23 hr with out a cigarette. I may have to kill someone soon. Wish me luck Buddies.
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I have mytral valve prolapse which, when it’s acting up, causes all the same symptoms you described. It is scary, and luckily it doesn’t bother me very often, mostly if I’m stressed. They call it the silent heart ailment.
And you may not want to hear this, but menopause can also cause those symptoms. I started menopause when I was 37, so you may have the beginnings of that. Doctors told me I wasn’t going through menopause cuz I was too young, but I showed them!! TOM hasn’t visited me almost 6 years!
I hope you’re better soon! I’d say, just for the heck of it, have them check for mytral valve prolapse, except it doesn’t show up in tests unless it’s acting up, so tests might not show anything.
Take care of you! I think you’re already taking the right steps!
I get panic attacks occasionally to and yes they are very scary it almost feels like you’re having a heart attack …I am on month 8 of no smoking so I know how you feel ..the first month I thought I was gonna go crazy and snapped at everyone much like I am doing now going through sugar withdrawl ..one day at a time thats all I can tell you and you might want to invest in some sugar free hard candies A LOT of them lol
OMG!!!
That is scary!!!
I hope all is well girl! And wishing you the BEST of luck on the smoking!!
Dawn
That is scarey~ I am so glad that you are ok~ Good luck on quitting smoking~ I went through hubs who stopped chewing and i know he was real grouchy liek for the first month~ I know you can do it though you are a strong person
How scary!! Erika I used to have episodes like that and was in and out of the ER. Last summer my heart rate was 217, I was short of breath and could feel my heart beating out of my chest! I was told I have SVT supraventricular tachycardia. It’s only dangerous if I can’t stop it. I was able to slow it down by bearing down. Otherwise, if it is anxiety I had that too! Antidepressants do wonders for it. Before I took something for anxiety I thought I was going to have a stroke.
Good luck, I know how having unexplained symptoms can make you feel. It is scary. I hope you feel better.
Tammy
Make sure you occupy your time and energy on good things. Strangling someone will not help you much believe me I have done that when I feel like that. Take care Erika those panic attacks are horrible and not nice to have. I have anxiety but control it with meds. Take care
Rosa
I am glad you are okay!! Good luck with the no smoking. I quit pretty much cold turkey about 4 months ago. It was hard but you can do it.
Oh my God, Erika, I am glad you are okay!
Congrats on the weight loss!
Congrats on 23 hours smoke free! I wish I had the courage to try to quit smoking right now, but I am scared of messing up my weight loss.
Have a great night!
wow, that is scary.
quitting smoking is probably one of the best things you can do.
I quit cold turkey the last time (about 5 years ago) because I got skin cancer. I had quit before and started again (one time after 7 years!). But this time I had to. I kept telling myself I got my slap in the face and had no excuses.
But I found it hard to quit forever, so I decided just to quit till I was 70. I figure if I make it that long I can start again. I probably won’t, but it really helped me when I quit, knowing it wasn’t for ever.
Have you been talking with Sheree? She is quitting also.
Best with it.
julia
who, even after 5 years, is still a puff away from a pack-a-day. So I don’t take the first puff, ever.