Obsessing over heart issues

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momto3
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Post by momto3 » Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:55 pm

Do any of you out there check your pulse on your neck and think your heart is beating off course or just not beating right then you feel like you can't breathe and are lightheaded? I keep obsessing thinking my heart is either about to stop or it is flip flopping in my chest and I am going to die.Please help!!! IS this anxiety too-obsessing over your heart and health?
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Post by Guest » Sun Oct 12, 2008 1:53 pm

This was and still is ocassionaly a problem for me. I would worry a lot about my heart and having a heart attack. I do get palpatations sometimes but now i just say to myself that I'm ok and I eventually stopped worrying about it. just take a deep breath and figure out why your feeling that way and your ok you will stop thinking about it so much and making it worse. If it still bothers you go to the Doctor and get checked out for peace of mind. Good luck. :)
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Post by Guest » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:31 pm

That sounds like what I feel like when I'm having panic attacks...is that what you are referring to? I haven't had an attack in a few years, but they were terrifying, and seemed to come on "out of the blue". Like I couldn't catch my breathe & my heart was beating crazily.
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derfy
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Post by derfy » Sun Oct 12, 2008 2:57 pm

The problem you have is the reason I am in this program, my health concerns take up alot of space in my head. I have Fibromyalga so pain is always there.Three weeks into the program has helped alot, but I have a long way to go.You are not alone, hang in there!!
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Carolyn Dickman
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Post by Carolyn Dickman » Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:25 pm

Thank you all so much- I am currently going to a doctor and heart doctor to rule out everything but I really feel like it is my anxiety that has me consumed right now. I have been through all this 10 years ago thinking something was wrong with my heart and here I am again-somtimes I just wish I could turn my brain off and not think for a while just to relax!!!!
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