Health Anxiety beyond a joke

[Mon Nichol]

A couple of months ago I moved into a new area, I started to get anxious being by myself and had the thoughts what if something happened to me I wouldnt
Know anyone 11 years ago I suffered tachycardia which I had key hole
Surgery and is all fixed and I suffer ectopic heart beats which I received now and again.
I started to get really bad anxiety attacks, with my heart racing and i was having trouble calming myself down. I thought I might have tachycardia back. Holter monitor shows ectopics but no tachy and cardiologist said I am fine just have to control the ectopics.
Then I started to get racing heart with ectopics, also some days I’m suffering ectopics all day.
I have now had a ultrasound, X-ray and CT on my heart, lungs, kidney etc and they said my heart and everything is normal. When I got the CT done I had the dye put through me, my heart was beating so fast and ectopics I asked them to stop. Although my results were clear I have since been getting really bad ectopics all day again.. I started taking my beta blocker. At the time the doctor was saying she was more concerned about the pain in the middle of my back. NOw that pain in my back is 100 times worse.. why? Because she told me that was a concern to her or because I have something wrong, im
Not sure .. I’m finding it hard to accept my results were clear.
2 things I’m suffering with
A) has the dye being pushed through my body made my heart now bad since im
Getting a day of full on flutters
B) why is my back and chest so tight and sore
The last 2 months it has been all
Random different things but all heart related.
Racing heart
Ectopics lasting days
Sharp pains
Chest and back pain.

Has anyone suffered something similar before?

 

[Kelculator]

Oh, this must have been so stressful on you. And relatable too, most probably wouldn't believe how bad my palpitations once were. Spent weeks thinking I have a heart condition, when it was... Well, anxiety.
Your test results came back normal, which is a very good thing. Do you agree that the tests indicate, with your belief put aside, that perhaps, just perhaps, there is nothing wrong? I will not say you are being dramatic, or just stressed. I know first-hand that palpitations are very real, and back pain is very distracting.
I never had back pain caused by anxiety, but difficulty breathing was definitely a thing. I don't think the dye can cause harm to your heart. When your heart beat horribly quickly during the test, it is possible you were getting a panic attack, or something similar-- can you agree that it was something unusual? You have anxiety, and your heart problem conveniently got worse during a stressful test? I think your problem I'd getting worse because more stress hormones are pumped into your system since you are so stressed and anxious about your health. That is what happened to me. I went to a specialist and all.
Chest pain is also a common anxiety issue, and some people I know have back pain caused by anxiety too. Not to rule out anything, but it is very possible that these symptoms are also caused by anxiety.

 

[Mon Nichol]

Thank you for your reply. I guess that’s what I needed to hear I wasn’t sure if the dye could do anything, I do know I was anxious going into CT scan due to the confinement and when I could feel the sensation of the dye I did panic. It’s just strange when I do panic with my racing heart I now get continuous flutters which I have never had before.
In 6 weeks I’m flying to America.. I HATE flying and I know subconsciously this could be playing a very big part also. It’s a 13 hour flight and my thoughts are what if I have heart palpitations and flutters.
I do agree this is caused a lot by anxiety, I just don’t understand why I’m not get the sensation of an anxiety attack anymore but randomly i Could be good as gold and I wake up with a day of flutters. I have never experienced the back pain ever also. This is a whole new ball game Of anxiety.

 

[Akenn]

A couple of months ago I moved into a new area, I started to get anxious being by myself and had the thoughts what if something happened to me I wouldnt
Know anyone 11 years ago I suffered tachycardia which I had key hole
Surgery and is all fixed and I suffer ectopic heart beats which I received now and again.
I started to get really bad anxiety attacks, with my heart racing and i was having trouble calming myself down. I thought I might have tachycardia back. Holter monitor shows ectopics but no tachy and cardiologist said I am fine just have to control the ectopics.
Then I started to get racing heart with ectopics, also some days I’m suffering ectopics all day.
I have now had a ultrasound, X-ray and CT on my heart, lungs, kidney etc and they said my heart and everything is normal. When I got the CT done I had the dye put through me, my heart was beating so fast and ectopics I asked them to stop. Although my results were clear I have since been getting really bad ectopics all day again.. I started taking my beta blocker. At the time the doctor was saying she was more concerned about the pain in the middle of my back. NOw that pain in my back is 100 times worse.. why? Because she told me that was a concern to her or because I have something wrong, im
Not sure .. I’m finding it hard to accept my results were clear.
2 things I’m suffering with
A) has the dye being pushed through my body made my heart now bad since im
Getting a day of full on flutters
B) why is my back and chest so tight and sore
The last 2 months it has been all
Random different things but all heart related.
Racing heart
Ectopics lasting days
Sharp pains
Chest and back pain.

Has anyone suffered something similar before?

Hi there. Same here except my stress test was positive so had to go to heart catheterization which ended up being negative. You are right stress test was so bad. It made me feel horrible. The heart cath was very traumatic. After that I was told by cardiologist that he saw minor issues and I needed to take baby aspirin as preventative and metoprolol to control my blood pressure but other than that there was no blocks or issues. Metoprolol was horrible for my body. I became dizzy, flu like symptoms, depressed, chest pain, and very nauseous and weak. He ended up switching me to atenolol while it's way better I still have dizziness at times, chest and back pain, and still little weak and nauseous. I am debating tapering off and asking him to put me on something else other than a beta blocker. I missed 2 doses of metoprolol because it made me so sick and dropped my bp to low 80s and 3 days later I ended up in ER with tachycardia even though I was taking the metoprolol for 2 days after I missed. They called cardiologist and he said it was rebound. Do not miss doses or stop abruptly as it can give you very bad symptoms. I really think I have a beta blocker intolerance. They use beta blockers for anxiety as well but for me it makes me have anxiety.

A couple of months ago I moved into a new area, I started to get anxious being by myself and had the thoughts what if something happened to me I wouldnt
Know anyone 11 years ago I suffered tachycardia which I had key hole
Surgery and is all fixed and I suffer ectopic heart beats which I received now and again.
I started to get really bad anxiety attacks, with my heart racing and i was having trouble calming myself down. I thought I might have tachycardia back. Holter monitor shows ectopics but no tachy and cardiologist said I am fine just have to control the ectopics.
Then I started to get racing heart with ectopics, also some days I’m suffering ectopics all day.
I have now had a ultrasound, X-ray and CT on my heart, lungs, kidney etc and they said my heart and everything is normal. When I got the CT done I had the dye put through me, my heart was beating so fast and ectopics I asked them to stop. Although my results were clear I have since been getting really bad ectopics all day again.. I started taking my beta blocker. At the time the doctor was saying she was more concerned about the pain in the middle of my back. NOw that pain in my back is 100 times worse.. why? Because she told me that was a concern to her or because I have something wrong, im
Not sure .. I’m finding it hard to accept my results were clear.
2 things I’m suffering with
A) has the dye being pushed through my body made my heart now bad since im
Getting a day of full on flutters
B) why is my back and chest so tight and sore
The last 2 months it has been all
Random different things but all heart related.
Racing heart
Ectopics lasting days
Sharp pains
Chest and back pain.

Has anyone suffered something similar before?

Btw my back and chest feel so sore as well and it's been 4 weeks going on 5 weeks since stress and cath. Also I get this very weird sharp hit like feeling on my chest. Sometimes on my right side and sometimes on left. Also my sides where my ribs are are extremely sore. I think it may be the beta blocker causing this. Because it seems to happen more when its wearing off.

 

[Mon Nichol]

That’s very interesting thank you. To be honest I have only had two tablets of metoprolol and my doctor said I dont
Need them but because I was having bad flutters I just took them myself. My chest has
been very tight today! I haven’t started my anxiety pills but I wonder if I should take my anxiety pills over my beta blocker. I think the beta blocker is making me more anxious or I am anxious as im not sure what the heck is going on . Im quite confused my the situation

Hi there. Same here except my stress test was positive so had to go to heart catheterization which ended up being negative. You are right stress test was so bad. It made me feel horrible. The heart cath was very traumatic. After that I was told by cardiologist that he saw minor issues and I needed to take baby aspirin as preventative and metoprolol to control my blood pressure but other than that there was no blocks or issues. Metoprolol was horrible for my body. I became dizzy, flu like symptoms, depressed, chest pain, and very nauseous and weak. He ended up switching me to atenolol while it's way better I still have dizziness at times, chest and back pain, and still little weak and nauseous. I am debating tapering off and asking him to put me on something else other than a beta blocker. I missed 2 doses of metoprolol because it made me so sick and dropped my bp to low 80s and 3 days later I ended up in ER with tachycardia even though I was taking the metoprolol for 2 days after I missed. They called cardiologist and he said it was rebound. Do not miss doses or stop abruptly as it can give you very bad symptoms. I really think I have a beta blocker intolerance. They use beta blockers for anxiety as well but for me it makes me have anxiety.

Btw my back and chest feel so sore as well and it's been 4 weeks going on 5 weeks since stress and cath. Also I get this very weird sharp hit like feeling on my chest. Sometimes on my right side and sometimes on left. Also my sides where my ribs are are extremely sore. I think it may be the beta blocker causing this. Because it seems to happen more when its wearing off.

 

[Akenn]

That’s very interesting thank you. To be honest I have only had two tablets of metoprolol and my doctor said I dont
Need them but because I was having bad flutters I just took them myself. My chest has
been very tight today! I haven’t started my anxiety pills but I wonder if I should take my anxiety pills over my beta blocker. I think the beta blocker is making me more anxious or I am anxious as im not sure what the heck is going on . Im quite confused my the situation

Even if its 2 pills read about them abruptly stopping is never a good idea. It sends your body into a panic. It causes what you are describing. It's called rebound phenomena. I would ask the doctor or call your pharmacist. I had no idea what happened to me and ER seemed clueless until they called cardiologist and he told them it was rebound. I had only been on them a few days as well.

 

[Mon Nichol]

thank you so much for you help. So should I cut down to half a tablet for a couple
Days??
They told me to take the beta blocker a couple days leading up to America to stop my heart from ectopics incase I go into panic mode on the flight

 

[Akenn]

I really cant tell you how to wean it needs to come from doctor. Sometimes they tell you stop if dose is very small. How much did you take? I was only on 12.5mg twice daily. I still got rebound

 

[Mon Nichol]

23.75mg says on mine. I have done it before just stopped and seemed to be fine and they didn’t mention to wean myself off when I get back from America. I don’t think I have also done the stress test but sounds like I don’t want to.

 

[Akenn]

Then I would tell you to ask pharmacist. If they say no not to wean my best advice is stay away from beta blockers unless doctors insist you need them.

 

[Mon Nichol]

Thank you, you have been a big help

 

[Akenn]

Thank you, you have been a big help

No problem. I think since it was just 2 pills you may be very uncomfortable for few days. They never warned me to not skip doses and I ended up in ER with no idea why I had tachycardia and felt horrible. Still on a beta blocker different one. Still makes me feel bad but I have to see doctor to taper off and switch me to different type of bp medication.