I am going to write a lot. I hope some of you will read and give me input.
I am a 48 year old female. I have definitely had issues with anxiety and disordered eating patterns for a long time. I can think back to childhood and recognize anxiety signs in retrospect. I have never been treated, but I know I need to be. I calling a therapist. But that aside....
From my teens on I can recall having trouble getting a deep breath now and then. It was like I couldn't fill my chest. So I'd try harder. Then focus on it. It would snowball into me gasping for breath. In college I broke out with psoriasis ( often due to stress). I've had what seem to be panic attacks in the past.
I was overweight most of my life. Tried everything to lose it. Starvation diets, overexercising, etc. My binge eating habits would always come back and bite me in the ass. Last year I was 325 lbs. I had paplitations. I made a cardiology appointment.. the doc had to cancel due to an emergency. My schedule is insane. I have two jobs, a family, community obligations, etc. I never rescheduled. I went on a diet and lost about 125 lbs. Palps stopped. I was cruising. Feeling good. In May o fell off the wagon and o gained some weight back. I yo.yo'd a bit. I noticed a lot of food and diet anxiety. Then heart palps came back with a vengeance. So my general symptoms these days are thus:
*. Heart palps. Far more than I .comfortable with
*. Disconnected feeling. Like brain fog. It's not true dizziness or a pass out sensation but it's generally disconcerting.
* Burping. I can bring up "empty gas" non stop. I call it empty because it isn't acidic or like I .bringing anything up
No taste, no scent.
* Constant preoccupation with my health.
* Somewhat blurred vision.
I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT with a cardiologist Tuesday.
This has been ongoing for four weeks. Is it normal to have anxiety be that non stop? While I have occasional.periods of relief , this has been every day for weeks now!
Two weeks ago I went to.urgent care because I needed reassurance I wasn't dying. My blood pressure was okay. The nurse called it good at 130/79. I call that okay, though I was worked up. They listened to my heart and carotid arteries. Sounded fine according to the doc. They did an ECG and they saw nothing alarming. They did bloodwork (CBC, metabolic panel, TSH) and bloodwork looked good.
Then I did bloodwork for my annual physical with my GP. Despite my weight loss, my bad cholesterol is super high. ( And.....trigger the anxiety). That said, my good cholesterol is great and my triglycerides were also great. My
sugar was 4 points over normal. ( This surprised me because it was fasting bloodwork and my prior blood test was non fasting and my sugar was 80). My mom had a heart attack and by pass in her 60's.
So....I am a mess over here. Palping on and off all day feeling generally out of it. Yes, i am getting checked out but does this sound like anxiety? Has anyone experienced similar feelings?
I am a 48 year old female. I have definitely had issues with anxiety and disordered eating patterns for a long time. I can think back to childhood and recognize anxiety signs in retrospect. I have never been treated, but I know I need to be. I calling a therapist. But that aside....
From my teens on I can recall having trouble getting a deep breath now and then. It was like I couldn't fill my chest. So I'd try harder. Then focus on it. It would snowball into me gasping for breath. In college I broke out with psoriasis ( often due to stress). I've had what seem to be panic attacks in the past.
I was overweight most of my life. Tried everything to lose it. Starvation diets, overexercising, etc. My binge eating habits would always come back and bite me in the ass. Last year I was 325 lbs. I had paplitations. I made a cardiology appointment.. the doc had to cancel due to an emergency. My schedule is insane. I have two jobs, a family, community obligations, etc. I never rescheduled. I went on a diet and lost about 125 lbs. Palps stopped. I was cruising. Feeling good. In May o fell off the wagon and o gained some weight back. I yo.yo'd a bit. I noticed a lot of food and diet anxiety. Then heart palps came back with a vengeance. So my general symptoms these days are thus:
*. Heart palps. Far more than I .comfortable with
*. Disconnected feeling. Like brain fog. It's not true dizziness or a pass out sensation but it's generally disconcerting.
* Burping. I can bring up "empty gas" non stop. I call it empty because it isn't acidic or like I .bringing anything up
No taste, no scent.
* Constant preoccupation with my health.
* Somewhat blurred vision.
I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT with a cardiologist Tuesday.
This has been ongoing for four weeks. Is it normal to have anxiety be that non stop? While I have occasional.periods of relief , this has been every day for weeks now!
Two weeks ago I went to.urgent care because I needed reassurance I wasn't dying. My blood pressure was okay. The nurse called it good at 130/79. I call that okay, though I was worked up. They listened to my heart and carotid arteries. Sounded fine according to the doc. They did an ECG and they saw nothing alarming. They did bloodwork (CBC, metabolic panel, TSH) and bloodwork looked good.
Then I did bloodwork for my annual physical with my GP. Despite my weight loss, my bad cholesterol is super high. ( And.....trigger the anxiety). That said, my good cholesterol is great and my triglycerides were also great. My
sugar was 4 points over normal. ( This surprised me because it was fasting bloodwork and my prior blood test was non fasting and my sugar was 80). My mom had a heart attack and by pass in her 60's.
So....I am a mess over here. Palping on and off all day feeling generally out of it. Yes, i am getting checked out but does this sound like anxiety? Has anyone experienced similar feelings?
