Can you feel/see your pulse in the suprasternal notch?

[kimmeny]

Thank you
I am still not 100% convinced, I would be much happier if the cardiologist was willing to refer me to get a CT so my entire aorta could be scanned and then I would be 100% sure about this problem. This way, I cannot know for sure, I am doing my best to trust the doctor and I am not panicking like before but with the other symptoms persisting (throat clearing, hoarse voice, cough, trouble swallowing) I still have a little doubt in my mind that I might still have an aneurysm that an echo couldnt see because an echo sees only some parts.
I will do my best to try to trust him but I cannot say that I am 100% relieved and for now I still dont have that absolute peace of mind that I want so desperately.

hello, how are you now? I am getting the same pulsation... my anxiety level is pretty high tho

 

[AnthonyM]

Thank you
I am still not 100% convinced, I would be much happier if the cardiologist was willing to refer me to get a CT so my entire aorta could be scanned and then I would be 100% sure about this problem. This way, I cannot know for sure, I am doing my best to trust the doctor and I am not panicking like before but with the other symptoms persisting (throat clearing, hoarse voice, cough, trouble swallowing) I still have a little doubt in my mind that I might still have an aneurysm that an echo couldnt see because an echo sees only some parts.
I will do my best to try to trust him but I cannot say that I am 100% relieved and for now I still dont have that absolute peace of mind that I want so desperately.

Hi dornish,
I suffer from the same things you do and I was diagnosed with health anxiety. After numerous visits to hospital and doctors, blood tests, echos, ecg, and chest xrays, nothing was found. The problem is we need to be able to put a bandage on things, we need to be able to say, "oh yes, you've got so and so" and when we can't, we don't feel convinced. I didn't believe that my mind could cause these things, but I'm learning that it can. It really does have that much power. Stress, over thinking, anxiety, can affect how you interpret sensations and make them worse. Sadly you won't be happy until they prescribe a pill for something, I'm just the same at times but the intervals between episodes is getting longer. I really do feel for you, it's awful feeling this way. Ask your gp about cbt, this can retrain the brain to interpret sensations differently. Breathing exercises are also an excellent way to deal with anxiety. I wish you all the best, you can conquer this but please, stay away from Dr Google! Lol

 

[Siddhi]

Hello, I am new at the forum. I have life time long manageable (social) anxiety, but also I am doctor, so i can offer you some help. We all can palpate а slight pulse in the supraclavicular notch, but it should not be not intense and strong. Actually,we can palpate false pulse everywhere on the body if we press our finger, and actually will fell the pulse in the fingers (which I think might be the case here).
I believe that your GP was right. As a doctors we have to think of the most likely diagnosis first which in your cause is anxiety derived strong pulse. You also made echo examination, so it is unlikely that the doctor missed something. Did he do echo in the suprasternal region?As you know many people with anxiety have exaggerated look of their physiological functions.
If everything turns to be ok (which I hope) , you should make a conclusion out of this: that you imagine something very unlikely almost bizarre (autoimmune disease) happening to the body. You should ask yourself what could be the reason for this kinds of fantasies?

Hi, I wanted to know can we feel a prominent pulse after very little exercise at the suprasternal notch?

 

[bigjetplane6]

Hi, I wanted to know can we feel a prominent pulse after very little exercise at the suprasternal notch?

of course . there’s pressure points /pulse in so many different areas

 

[Givethanks82]

I can see mine and it’s prominent. Had a full echo about 5 years ago because it freaked me out and all is well. It’s still freaks me out though.