Rhapsody,

Thanks! This is so interesting! One reason I went into therapy was for what I thought was anxiety. After being in therapy a number of years I noticed that the tightness around my heart didn't leave. Why, even though therapy was excellent. Well, through a series of events my GP asked me to do a stress test, which I did. My heart did it's thing (which I used to think was anxiety). But no, it wasn't anxiety, it was what they diagnosed as mild aterial (sp) ventricular tachychardia. Sounds big but really it's rapid heart rate. It is a common form of the rapid heart beat. When I get it now I have to cough, sing or drink a cold glass of water.

I was reading the info on the sites above and thinking, yes, that happens to me too (not an emergency thankfully but feels like what they describe).

So to unravel this PTSD, tachychardia, cardiomyopathy (type symptoms) I have to:

Sleep, eat and exercise well, not too much caffein, go to my OEI therapy, breathe deeply and calmly, use a relaxation tape, do calming activities like yoga or ?, have relaxing bubble baths, walk, swim, do artwork, remove myself from stressors (if possible), become aware when I am obsessing and say it's now and not back then, do nice things for me and others, post on PC, take care of my grandchildren. There is so much to do, I think this will take me the rest of my born days. Oh well what else was I doing?

Ice