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Originally Posted by Dawr
This is possibly just my paranoia taking over, but I'm concerned that the way my anxiety affects me, it could possibly affect or injure my heart.
What I mean is a lot of times I'll get mini anxiety attacks where my heart will race and i'll get that fluttery uncomfortable sensation in my stomach. This happens almost every day, even when I take my meds. I'm worried that my heart will give out, or something crazy like that. Sometimes I'll get very minor chest pain, but it's not debilitating or even very bad.
Am I concerned over nothing, or is this something that I should see my doctor about?
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i have panic attacks because i get a symptom and worry about my heart. i am 59 and have a history of heart disease in my family. i would fell bad, start worrying about it, increase my anxiety, and the result would be heart-like feelings due to the anxiety. i have gone to er's for this and all is fine. i have had ekg's as near as 6 months ago and that was good as were all the others. my bp is normal, chloresteral is down from 231 to 210 w/o statins, and i exercise 5x a week. need to lose 20 pounds but i will never get down to the bmi level i should be at and don't care to.
and from time to time i still have bad heart thoughts though i am doing better at keeping this from going to full blown anxiety. sometimes i take a .25 xanax and i have a muscle relaxer for my back which seems to ache when i get anxious.
my friend just had a heart attack and that caused some anxiety for me because he didn't even know it.
with all that i still get anxious about my heart and some of the anxiety symptoms but i am doing a lot better than 4 years ago. i figure if i can bike 15 miles in an hour and play racquetball, i can't be in too bad shape.