Disclaimer: I am under the doctors, but these things take time, as we know.
I’m disabled - degenerative disc disease, fibromyalgia, a brain injury several years ago and I just generally hurt from head to toe and have no energy at all.
In the last year or so, I’ve felt like I have constant heartburn/indigestion, have been mainlining Rennie and have been having a lot of heart palpitations. I’ve mentioned it to the gp several times but they haven’t thought it’s anything to worry about, and have put it down to anxiety.
A couple of months back, I had a strange episode of heart palpitations where I felt like my heart had stopped, felt really light headed and dizzy and was shaking for about an hour afterwards. My face also often goes numb and tingly. I went back to the gp who referred me for blood tests.
Bloods have shown a huge increase in white blood cells, so I’m now under haematology to investigate this. I’ve had a telephone appointment with them, and am due for more bloods this week, then another telephone call at the end of the month. Man I spoke to suspects rheumatoid arthritis, but wants to rule out anything more sinister. Doesn’t think there’s anything that could cause my white blood count to be raised which could also cause heart palpitations.
Back to the gp for an ecg, which showed nothing. I’m now awaiting a 24hr heart monitor.
My symptoms are strange - some days there’s nothing at all, then today I’ve felt odd all day. I woke up in the middle of last night shivering and out of breath, with my heart racing. I put it down to a bad dream or something, had a glass of water and went back to sleep. I’ve had a heavy feeling in my chest all day, like I need to burp but can’t, and the palpitations have been awful. It feels like I have something too tight around my chest - not really painful, more like I need to take a too small bra off. My heart rate and oxygen sats are fine (I’ve got a monitor), but it feels like I can’t take a deep breath properly.
I’ve wondered about a vitamin deficiency of some sort and have been taking vitamins B, C, D and magnesium on top of my usual multivitamin. My thyroid is “low functioning” but not officially under active yet. Palpitations are sometimes worse after eating, but not always.
I just feel so utterly shit all the time and want to know what’s up. When I have a day like today, with awful palpitations and a tight chested feeling, it worries me that it’s something really serious, but surely a heart condition etc would’ve shown up on the ecg, so I’m trying not to worry too much, as I know anxiety will make it worse.
So, any guesses? I’m utterly fed up :(