Last week I went to our local minor injuries because I'd been feeling unwell for a few days with feelings of a fast heart rate and being out of breath . I then felt very sick and dizzy so thought I would get checked out .
My heart rate was 130 and my blood pressure was a little bit high so they sent me to hospital .
In hospital they performed an ECG and my blood pressure was ok by that point .
I tried to explain that my heart races when I'm just walking normally - it's usually ok when I'm resting - they weren't really interested.
This was all in the wee hours of the morning . At 3am they came to discharge me but by this point I felt sick and dizzy and a wee bit teary because I felt rubbish and hadn't slept .
The dr admitted me .
The next day another doctor came told me my heart rate was fine (it was as I was resting) .I again tried to explain it only rises and leaves me breathless when I'm standing or walking .
He told me categorically it was anxiety , I must be worried about things and was a wee bit patronising.
I was calm and I know I'm not anxious .
I was monitored for a further 2 days and spent most of it in bed other than trips to the loo - where my heart would again race and I'd be out of breath .
I was discharged with no diagnosis other than probable anxiety hypochondriac .
The doctor did say my heart rate is fast but regular .
A week later and I still feel rubbish , breathless and with a racing heart.
Did I waste their time?
It's really annoying as I didn't feel listened to and he just kept repeating "things must be difficult at the moment" - he knows nothing about me!
Luckily there is only me and the dog here so I can rest and work from home .
I feel rubbish and a wee bit peeved that the random doctor who I will probably never see again feels I've wasted his time !
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
AIBU?
Was I an A&E time waster?
60 replies
ConstableConstance · 26/08/2016 08:08
OP posts:
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.