My dad died in November 20 and everything is being attributed to stress - my symptoms have got worse since then, but started way before that.
I’m diagnosed with fibromyalgia and degenerative discs, plus I had a brain injury 7 years ago, which seems to be when the fibro started. I’m also asthmatic, although not severely.
For a couple of years, I’ve been getting heart palpitations. They’re completely random in when they occur, but definitely worse after eating (not exclusively after eating though). March 20 I got referred for a 24hr heart monitor. Had the appointment finally a couple of weeks ago. Results showed nothing concerning, although my heart rate does goes over 100 quite often. I’ve also had an ECG within the last 6 months which was also fine. Woke up last night and my heart was pounding. Checked it with my oximeter and it was 136bpm. That’s not normal whilst I’m asleep I’m sure!
I’ve constantly got a tight/heavy feeling in my chest. Not a pain, just a feeling like I can’t quite manage a deep breath, and I have periods where I have to really think about breathing or I feel like I’ll forget if that makes sense. It’s not that I’m struggling to breath as such, just that it seems harder work than it should be. This then does make me anxious, but the symptom comes before the anxiety.
I also have constant indigestion/heartburn. I eat rennie like they’re sweets. The gp has prescribed me a once a day tablet, but not seen much improvement yet. It feels like my chest is burning and fizzy all the damn time.
I’ve had regular spells of dizziness since October 20. Really whooshie awful feeling in my head when I move quickly. Some days are worse than others and it’s really affecting me being able to drive, which is a total pain in the arse as I can’t walk very far at the best of times! I took a Covid test back in October to rule this out as a casual on the advice of my gp. This has been put down to stress/anxiety.
I’ve had full bloods done and not anaemic/diabetic etc. Blood pressure is fine. Everything is fine on paper; I just feel like absolute shit and I’m really fed up.
Gp says there’s nothing physically wrong and it’s all stress related. I’m definitely stressed at the minute, but a lot of my stress is around my health feeling shit, so it’s difficult to work out which came first! I’m not sleeping properly either, but this has been more since my dad died - the other things all started before then.
Anyone have any ideas of anything that might have been missed? Can all this be put down to stress? I definitely have had a few panic attacks, but surely I haven’t been in one big panic attack for months now! Is that even possible?
I’m really, really at my wits end :(