Since the weekend I have been getting odd feelings in my heart area which is also going down my neck and arm on the left side. I am waking up feeling unwell - dizzy and a bit sick, it gets a bit better with a drink but not that much. Chest feelings like its coming out of my body - obviously it isn't and this feeling isn't constant but comes on at random times.
DH thinks this is anxiety and my shoulder pain is bad posture which could be right. I have had pains in my arms / numbness for past couple of months now, peaks and troughs but always there.
Is there any way of knowing if this is anxiety or a problem without getting checked out in hospital? When I last went to hospital they thought I was having a mini stroke but I do have anxiety and if hospital hadn't said that I would probably dismiss this as anxiety and leave it. I don't get panic attacks as far as I know, am a bit stressed atm but not aware of any feeling when I get this - I wake up with it. Sometimes I find it hard to stay almost conscious, a bit like when you have heat exhaustion but its not hot - I think its hot but no-one else does. I would phone 111 but suspect they will have an ambulance round here. What do you think its best to do? Does anyone know how you tell the difference - I don't want to go to hospital all the time but on the other hand they've said I'm very high risk for stroke. I was going to wait until symptoms got really bad but then I saw someone who did that and they ended up in hospital for 6 months so then that didn't seem such a clever idea. Doesn't feel like a stroke though. Thanks very much.
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Chest feeling like coming out of body
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PenguinsRabbits · 10/07/2019 09:09
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