About a week ago I experienced what was
probably a major panic attack, purely self
inflicted from indulging in cannabis use
and alcohol over a 2 day period. I am also
3 stone overweight. During it my heart
felt like it was working extremely hard
and I began to sweat buckets. This lasted
1.5 hours. I could "feel" my heart in my
chest working very hard, at least it
seemed that way. My doctor checked me out
and said everything was perfectly normal
but I'm not convinced. An ECG is scheduled
for next week anyway.
My worry is based on the fact that since
it happened my heart appears to be beating
a lot "harder", the rate is perfectly
normal but I can feel my heart beat when I
try to go to sleep, I didn't before last
week. I also have had a mild headache
occassionaly this week. I have had no
palpitations. On top of beating harder I
also feel like I have a mild lump in my
throat and also my heart feels slightly
weird, like a very mild instance of the
type of feeling you get when you go over a
bump in a car. These feelings have
remained at a constant level in the week
since then, neither diminishing or
becoming worse at any stage. I've avoided
alcohol and caffeine and other
stimulants/drugs since then.
Is this harder beating purely in my head?
Is it my nervous system? Is the normal
after effect of a severe workout of the
heart?
The doctor said it could be stress
related. It may well be but I am worried
there might be something wrong with my
heart.
If something was wrong with your heart the
ECG would show that. All your feelings are
subjective and have no objective
confirmation by the medical examinations
and ECG. Your symptoms are typical for
somatoform disorder. It is a kind of
anxiety disorder where patient's mind
interpret the normal body sensations like
symptoms of some real diseases.
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