Finish heart meds first or insist on seeing cardiologist ? Posted: 08-29-07 04:07am
i am a 31 year old white male. dont smoke
, don't drink, weight about 193lbs. and im
about 5'11" tall . last year i was
diagnosed with high blood pressure. I am
currently taking linsopril 20/25 mg
tablets one per day. my problem is that i
am unsure if i may be getting ready to
have a heart attack. my blood pressure on
this medication is good, usually 107 over
75 area sometimes lower sometimes higher.
I am having trouble sleeping at night, ill
wake up and quickly check my pulse to see
if my heart is still beating. this is
accentuated by strange feelings....kinda
like warm sensations in my chest(unsure if
they are caused by my own fight or flight
response to waking up in that situation).
the last two weeks i have been having a
hard time breathing , almost like i have
pressure on my chest as well as seemingly
less lung capacity. i went to the urgent
care center for my doctor and they did a
chest xray, ekg(i think that is what it
was called) and a breathing treatment(i
also have asthma). the only thing they
told me was that i had a slight fever when
i arrived , and that i may have a brochial
condition. they prescribed azithromiacine
in which i am currently taking. I just
woke up and it is 2am(i do this often). as
i was waking up i checked my pulse(note
that i do not know how to take pulse rate
by hand, was just checking to see if my
heart was beating). with each heart beat
for about a minute i felt a corrisponding
faint pain .....not very bad but still
noticable. i checked my pulse on my meter
and it was 99 over 66. in the past month i
have also gotten winded goin up on flight
of stairs at my apartment building as well
as disiness as i stand up once or twice.
im not getting any sleep at night cause im
worrying so much .im going to work full
time , going to school at night and trying
to be a dad to three children in my
offtime. i really need some advice on
whether i need to be really concerned. my
wife just thinks i am paranoid, and i
believe i am to a extent , but a friend of
mine died at my age on his birthday due
to high blood pressure and i feel that i
have every right to be concerned. my
primary doctor told me not to come in
until i finish the meds from the urgent
care doc. should i get a referel to a
heart specialist ? what is wrong with me?
i also notice that i can feel my heart
beating one second then i cant feel it a
second later and i have to check my wrist.
should i wait the week to finish the meds
or insist on seeing the doc asap?
thanks,
going crazy
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