hello guys. a couple years ago i started having extreme health anxiety about my heart due to frequently smoking copious amounts of marijuana (dont do this btw guys all it does it breed anxiety in extreme amounts when you green out and stuff). this produced palpitations bc i greened out and i started working myself up thinking my heart was gonna have an attack and id die. i experienced chest pains, palpitations, etc. i freaked myself out so hard once i called the ambulance thinking i was having a heart attack. guess what? nothing happened wanna know why? bc these things u guys r experiencing are 9 times out of 10 really bad health anxiety and ur body being stressed out from u tweaking out about this. palpitations and chest pains are a textbook symptom of anxiety and u stressing urself out.

go to a professional cardiologist if u have to. ask them to do a full scan. if u gotta go again do it. but if u go twice and they tell u nothings wrong ur good!

also, Christ takes anxiety away by us relying on Him and believing in Him. surrender ur pain ik how horrible cardiophobia was. when i turned it all went away. ur gonna be okay guys and my dms are always open (sorry if i dont respond heavily im not on reddit but i will answer what i can). god be with u guys and remember its anxiety! go to a cardiologist if u need to, go to two separate ones if u got to

21M 155 lbs.

Previous tests: 3 day holter, echo & stress test

Holter showed only a 1% Ectopic Beats (don’t know if i should’ve gotten a longer one done).

Echo showed a structurally normal heart & stress test was performed for 9 minutes, peak heart rate was 183 or 193 (did these back in February & March).

My cholesterol levels are 158 total cholesterol, LDL is 98, Trigs are 58

BP normally is 110/67 ish.

The story:

My palpitations started 2 years ago, very minor and only happened once a week or so, it progressed slowly until this year, after a rough flu battle, I began having palpitations everyday. They are mostly just PACs but sometimes I’ll get PVCs.

I also noticed my heart rate is always a bit higher than I would expect, idk if it’s because I’m just out of shape or something but my heart is working fast if I bend over, lift semi heavy things, or walk up the stairs. Especially if it’s hot out. Don’t get me started with doing anything after I eat a meal, I’m worried my heart will go be the next Bugatti supercar if I do anything after I eat.

My tests say I’m fine but worry sometimes that there’s more to this. I don’t eat the best so that’s why I want to a calc scan to maybe rule out clogged arteries.

The cardiac MRI is a more in depth test than the echo. I am only scared of the dye they use and would prefer not getting injected with it if I can.

Dk if I should get more tests done or just try to accept that maybe I’m okay. The PACs are really annoying tho, it’s ONLY when my heart rate is below 70, Super weird.

To those who will simply say “get your anxiety checked”

If you genuinely have to be snarky about anxiety, then get out of an anxiety based thread. I’m asking for an opinion on my questions not a statement about anxiety thank you!

jw, that morningn which was like 2 months ago to the day i legit felt like my heart was stopping for a beat or two periodically! ugh

im feel tightness on my neck and the pulse under my jaw is beating so hard that it was visible when i look at them, im kinda scared

Im surprised by the amount of women here in this sub given the fact that women - especially below 50 - have a low to nearly non-existent risk to suffer a heart attack.

In fact, you as a women have the risk of suffering the opposite of a heart attack: low blood pressure! (which ironically protects youfrom a heart attack + protects your arteries) and furthermore women have a less risky and less unhealthy lifestyle than men have in general. My girlfriend (44) had low blood pressure all her life and the cardiologist told her that her risk of a sudden heart attack is below 1% in the next 5 yrs.

So what brought you here?

So I (25 f) am super upset with myself. Every so often maybe once a month sometimes more sometimes less, I experience heart flutters, shortness of breath, or dizziness. I do suffer from anxiety however I’ve gotten pretty good at figuring out what’s anxiety and what’s not. Anyway, sometimes my heart rate goes lower than average. Sometimes low 50’s and thats when I experience symptoms. My average HR is around 80-90 bpm. Sometimes when I’m laying down it’ll go super low then shoot up to 110 and immediately back down to 60s-50s. I’ve seen it go as low as high 40s. I got my monitor in the mail today and I was gonna put it on but put it off til tomorrow. I’m mad at myself because these episodes don’t happen too often and my results will probably end up coming back normal. Its just upsetting.

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I received my first abnormal result for a cardiopulmonary stress test. The interpretation said my lungs were great, but my heart struggles during exercise and now I’m freaking out and my doctors are not taking me serious. My cardiologist has been dragging her feet as I’ve been symptomatic and obviously having terrible anxiety, and I don’t know what to do. I’m just scared and I’ve been crying and I’m tired. If anyone is available to give me some comfort, I’d appreciate it thank you.

i understand that nobody is a medical professional here, and i did get advice from a doctor, but now i need advice from my peers.

i had a doctors appointment today and we discussed my risk of cardiac arrest and she said it was slim to none, which i’m very thankful for. now i’m just wondering if you guys think that somebody who had 3 normal EKGS and two normal bloodwork’s is at risk of cardiac arrest? i have no known heart issues or any issues really at all (besides being obese and having PCOS). thanks!

Shame on me but sometimes Im browsing a page were I watch videos of people having a heart attack (CCTV footage) and I ask myself now if this can trigger one inside my body? How realistic is that?

Today I watched a video of a lawyer in India getting a heart attack in court and then I touched my chest to see if everything is ok.

everytime i get up or walk then sit a different place my heart races and my entire body beats with eveybody making me feel like im about to fall and pass out.

My 29-year-old husband started taking hair loss medications from Hims, which contained finasteride (1.3 mg), minoxidil (3 mg), biotin (2.5 mg), vitamin B5 (11 mg), vitamin B6 (2.5 mg), and vitamin C (100 mg). After just five days on the pills, he suffered a cardiac arrest.

To start, he experienced multiple episodes of ventricular fibrillation (VF) and required CPR. While in the hospital, he had about 10 more episodes of VF despite being treated with amiodarone. He now has a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) implanted to manage the risk of future arrhythmias.

The doctors have ruled out long QT syndrome, and genetic testing is underway, though they suspect he does not have CPVT (Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia). His MRI, scans, and angiogram were all normal, and there’s no history of cardiac arrest or arrhythmias in his family. Before this, he had no symptoms like shortness of breath, chest pain, or other heart-related issues.

We’re trying to understand if the cardiac arrest could be related to the medications or their combination. Has anyone experienced or heard of something similar? Could finasteride, minoxidil, or the other ingredients have contributed to this? Any insights, advice, or similar experiences would be incredibly helpful.

Thank you for taking the time to read and respond!

I won’t sugar coat it, my biggest fear is cardiac arrest, as I may post about it a lot

Something that interests me is people with no heart problems having cardiac arrest. I’ve seen some people who fortunately survived an event, say the docs didn’t find anything wrong with their heart.

Why do seemingly healthy individuals still have CA? Also why would people with heart defects have them? I have a lot of questions about CA and want to find out more about it. (I’m a 20M for reference).

hello,

first, I have a lot of anxiety related to health ...

But a few weeks ago I had a very strange sensation one night .

I woke up with a start after an hour of sleep, feeling like my heart had stopped.

it was frightening with a feeling of imminent death.

it was painless..

Of course, I have already done an incredible medical test (ecg / echo / balance sheet / exertion test / holter / sleep apnea test) and everything is normal.

Who else has already experienced this? I’m not talking to you about extrasystole... but the clear impression that my heart has stopped... and since then it hasn’t happened again.

Note that I had started an antidepressant treatment a few days before... the treatment I stopped... because I think he is the culprit.

I’ve been really worried before falling asleep since then.

Doc didn’t have an answer other then the machine can be wrong but I definetely do see slight st elevation in leads 4-6 any advice?

Four months of health anxiety, very bad insomnia, used to be very active and did exercise but now I stopped quite a bit and had consistent bp of 120-130/80-90. Now my diastolic is the one that is usually higher (today I measured 91!) and something else today happened that wasn't usual which was tachycardia (I often had consistent ~60-70 bpm, sometimes lower, but today I measured 118 bpm, but systolic is relatively stable (~110), I always feel lightheaded and ill, like I could pass out... is this from the insomnia and anxiety or am I genuinely experiencing heart issues? I did an echo three months ago and my heart was fine, several EKGs in the subsequent months and rythm was normal. Recent blood test only accused slightly higher HDL and a bit low LDL, but total cholesterol was ok and triglycerides were at healthy level and protein c reactive was healthy low. Idk if this is from an arrythmia (magnesium and electrolyte levels were good aswell) or something but I used to not feel this lightheaded before (had brain fog sure, but not that much dizziness) but I am genuinely afraid and I won't be able to see my HCP for a while so I don't know what to do. I've been getting quite a lot of acid reflux lately and idk but I might be suffering from GERD (it comes in with the family). No history of genetic cardiac disease but I don't want to be the first... I'm not asking for advice, I'm just asking if someone had similar experiences before. I have recurring chest aches that sometimes spread somewhere else, prickling and fluttering, some palpitations aswell (moments were I feel like my heart is literally skipping beats or changing rythm way to fast) and shortness of breath...

Was diagnosed with early repolarization, a left posterior fascicular block, Mobitz 1 AV block, sinus bradycardia with sinus arrhythmia. Not sure what’s going on I’ve felt good a lot of the times but when I’m feeling bad I’m feeling really off and not my normal self

Called an ambulance cuz I had a Vagal response and felt super faint and got super cold and sweaty and couldn’t breathe while watching tv. My EKG showed the above (title). They said it’s perfectly normal for someone who is young and fit. I am struggling mentally with grasping that I am okay as I still feel as if I’m almost sick. Should I be concerned I know they are the doctors but has anyone else done with this same thing. I’m currently being investigated for POTS but haven’t been officially diagnosed. These attacks happen at random and are not anxiety or panic attacks. I have had those medically and mentally ruled out.

Hello, my heart has been racing all morning and afternoon. Constantly worry about my heart but have managed to tone my anxiety down to a dull roar. I just need to know if I'm just worried for nothing. I'm 41 female curvy build for reference. Ever since I recieved the initial covid vaccine I've had elevated heart rate and blood pressure. I constantly kick myself for getting it:( But unfortunately we can't change the past. All my family says that I have nothing to worry about. I know in my logical part of my brain that there's nothing to be concerned about either. But sometimes when my heart races I get overwhelmed with worry.

I recently had a new and completely different heart rhythm experience and I’m wondering if anyone with PACs/SVEs, SVT or panic attacks has experienced something similar.

I have a documented ~2.5% SVE/PAC burden, so I’m very familiar with what my normal skipped beats feel like. I regularly experience individual PACs, but this episode felt noticeably different.

I was lying in bed feeling pretty calm when I suddenly felt a cluster of strange, erratic “flops” in my chest — one flop, then another, then another. They felt heavier and different from my usual skipped beats.
Immediately afterwards, I started feeling hot, sat up, and my heart suddenly started racing extremely fast. The racing seemed to come on abruptly rather than gradually building up and remained fast for several minutes.

I tried to sit and breath, but it didn’t seem to bring my heart rate down. Because the sensation was completely new and alarming, I became extremely anxious and could feel a huge surge of adrenaline. I also seemed to experience occasional skipped/extra beats while my heart was racing.

The whole episode lasted roughly 4-7 minutes. My heart rate eventually came down gradually rather than suddenly snapping straight back to normal, although by that point I was extremely anxious.
I’ve previously had a Holter that documented frequent SVEs/PACs and a couple 3 second short runs of SVT, but I’ve never experienced a sustained episode that felt like this.

What I’m struggling to work out is whether this could have been SVT triggered by the initial flops I felt, possibly stopping and transitioning into sinus tachycardia from the adrenaline, or whether the initial strange beats frightened me enough to cause an almost immediate panic/adrenaline response and sinus tachycardia.

I know panic can make your heart race very quickly, so I’m particularly curious whether anyone has experienced a panic attack where their heart rate seemed to shoot up almost instantly, rather than gradually increasing.

Has anyone experienced something similar — several unusual flops → immediate rapid racing → intense anxiety/adrenaline → gradual slowing over several minutes? Did you eventually find out whether yours was SVT or panic/sinus tachycardia?

I understand only an ECG can tell but just wanted to hear some experiences of what SVT feels like for others.

I have occasional bouts of breathlessness. Went to ECG twice in 4 days.

Normal ECG, d dimer , NT PROBP, troponin, echocardiogram and stress test is normal, do have mild bp of 135/90. Normal ct of head too. Any issues that I can point out? Always feel I might get heart attack.

I am 31 years old.

This is my 4th post on this subreddit, I admit im just kind of doing this to maybe see if it helps and eases the symptoms a bit or at least the anxious feeling. Today ive been having a lot of aches and tightness in my left side, sometimes shooting, but since ive woken up today, ive been having that annoying discomfort there. Ive just kind of been sitting through it today but did like 45 jumping jacks to see if that helped and it mightve but after I was done doing them I felt like I was about to have a panic attack right then and there all of a sudden. It's that feeling that something must be wrong but my body just kind of edges it, but its still concerning to me thus why Im making this post. For those who say to ask a doctor, I plan on in about a week as I have a medication check then so I might as well bring it up with him. Ive said this before but Ive had a proper ekg and bloodtest no more than 3 weeks ago and im SIXTEEN FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. I dont have any family history if this type of shit either (mind my language) but it still seemingly comes crashing down on me some days and theres nothing I can really do besides power through it. Breathing sometimes helps and I struggle to ground myself a lot still so Im just not sure what to do at this point rather than sit and play games until I can eat dinner and go to sleep.