Sumter15
25-02-18, 00:03
Hello all,
I've been dealing with health anxiety for about 9 months now. During my initial HA episode, I felt chest pain and thought I was having a heart attack. I was taken to the hospital and had an EKG (which was all clear), and blood tests also showed no issues. After that visit, I struggled a lot with symptoms like numbness at extremities, head fullness, finger stiffness, one-sided headaches, etc. with symptoms that made me fear MS and ALS, but those symptoms are mostly gone now. I had been mostly symptom free for the past 2 months.
Before I continue, there are three important things to note:
1. I was diagnosed with reflux 2 years ago (though it's more like silent reflux than regular reglux).
2. Connected to the diagnosis process of the reflux, I had a heart checkup about 2 years ago (with an ekg, a stress test and a 24-hour holter). All was normal.
3. I am in my 20s.
Two weeks ago, I started feeling a bit of a dull pain in my chest. Because of reflux, this is not something I'm unused to. I started taking my ranitidine again and got tums to combat it. However, it is presenting a little differently. I started to bloat, which made it uncomfortable to eat. Today, my chest feels full, and has been so for the entire day (and it isn't really improving with rest). I'll have occasional pulsating aches in my arm. After a day of walking around a lot, I am extraordinarily tired. I'll have occasional dull chest pain. My stomach grumbles (though that is probably reflux related). I have the occasional heart palpitation. The ranitidine and tums aren't really helping all that much either. During the past 9 months, my diet hasn't been the healthiest and I've been relatively sedentary because it's been hard to motivate myself to reintroduce exercise into my routine. I'm worried that it really is heart related this time. But I also don't trust myself at all. During the summer, I chased every little rabbit hole and went to the doctor a lot (which means I spent a lot of money). It's wholly possible that this is yet another instance of health anxiety.
I've been dealing with health anxiety for about 9 months now. During my initial HA episode, I felt chest pain and thought I was having a heart attack. I was taken to the hospital and had an EKG (which was all clear), and blood tests also showed no issues. After that visit, I struggled a lot with symptoms like numbness at extremities, head fullness, finger stiffness, one-sided headaches, etc. with symptoms that made me fear MS and ALS, but those symptoms are mostly gone now. I had been mostly symptom free for the past 2 months.
Before I continue, there are three important things to note:
1. I was diagnosed with reflux 2 years ago (though it's more like silent reflux than regular reglux).
2. Connected to the diagnosis process of the reflux, I had a heart checkup about 2 years ago (with an ekg, a stress test and a 24-hour holter). All was normal.
3. I am in my 20s.
Two weeks ago, I started feeling a bit of a dull pain in my chest. Because of reflux, this is not something I'm unused to. I started taking my ranitidine again and got tums to combat it. However, it is presenting a little differently. I started to bloat, which made it uncomfortable to eat. Today, my chest feels full, and has been so for the entire day (and it isn't really improving with rest). I'll have occasional pulsating aches in my arm. After a day of walking around a lot, I am extraordinarily tired. I'll have occasional dull chest pain. My stomach grumbles (though that is probably reflux related). I have the occasional heart palpitation. The ranitidine and tums aren't really helping all that much either. During the past 9 months, my diet hasn't been the healthiest and I've been relatively sedentary because it's been hard to motivate myself to reintroduce exercise into my routine. I'm worried that it really is heart related this time. But I also don't trust myself at all. During the summer, I chased every little rabbit hole and went to the doctor a lot (which means I spent a lot of money). It's wholly possible that this is yet another instance of health anxiety.