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Was I an A&E time waster?

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ConstableConstance · 26/08/2016 08:08

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 !

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ConstableConstance · 26/08/2016 11:24

HOORAH! I've seen my GP this morning as an emergency (her idea) and I've got ......

A CHEST INFECTION - a bad one at that !

I have anti biotics and I'm going to rest in bed .

I feel even more bad for the A&E visit now

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Lilacpink40 · 26/08/2016 11:30

Don't feel bad as your symptoms were serious and could well have been something major.

It's a shame the hospital didn't listen to your lung movements and pick up on the infection!

Get well soon

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ravenmum · 26/08/2016 11:32

I'd also say go back to the GP.

Don't dismiss the idea of anxiety entirely, though, as that is also an illness which responds to treatment: if you dismiss the idea and refuse treatment for anxiety you are just cutting off one possible way of feeling better. As others have said, anxiety does not mean you are a hypochondriac, and it doesn't necessarily involve feeling anxious. I had breathing difficulties and felt dizzy at totally random times and without any apparent reason. It was indeed anxiety.