can anybody help? Health related?

Question

hi,

i really dont know how to word this but i shall try, every so often ill just be sat doing whatever when all of a sudden i get a sort of feeling in my chest like my breathing is about to cut out! i struggle to get a breath in and then im ok again....When this happens its like my heart sinks and my lungs are given up! its really scary!! its sometimes worse than others. it only happens once then it goes away for a day or two! ive had my heart tested and its ok....do you have any ide what im talking about? and any solutions to what this is?


Regards,

Answer 1

definitely i reckon its a panic attack. sometimes when a person receive a panic they are convinced they are about to die. it can be very frightening. next time this happens, leave the room, go out in the open, take a few deep breaths, release slowly. tell yourself, there is nothing wrong. once you recognize this for what it is, you will realize it can`t hurt you.

see your doctor and ask for professional advice.
stay away from too much caffeine, this can bring one on.
get plenty of rest at night, staying up late does not help.
you can beat this.

best of luck.

Neo

Answer 2

Okay, I had sort of the same thing - maybe. I was in college, just listening to some other students reading their book reports. All of a sudden, I felt real flushed, felt like I had turned real pale in the face and that I couldn't really catch my breath. I was also getting a little dizzy. I told the prof what was going on and she said that my face was ghost white. She actually made another student go with me to the campus clinic. When I got there, they saw me right away and could not get a pulse. They waited 5 minutes and still could not get a pulse. So, I ended up in the emergency room. On the ride over there, I started to feel like big, heavy books were being stacked on my chest. Things started hurting pretty bad and I thought I was goinna die from a heart attack! Got to the ER and there were about 50 people in there, waiting for me. After they stripped my clothes off of me, people were doing all kinds of tests on me at the same time, they finally got a pulse. My heart rate was 270/140. WoW! I was essentially at death's door getting ready to knock. They found out that what I have is SVT - superventricular tachycardia. It's an extra heart beat that happens every once in a while and if it's not caught soon, you could die from it. So, after taking the medicatios to fix it and they didn't work, I ended up having a heart ablation done. This is where they go into your heart through your groin with 6 different catheters. You are totally awake during the procedure, because they ask you many questions. Once they get into the right position, they bring your heart rate up to heart attack level and then they burn (zap)that extra rate out. They say it's not supposed to ever happen again, but it did for me, but only once and that happened 20 years apart and I was under a lot of stress!!! Anyway, get yourself to a doctor as soon as possilble. This is something you don't want to fool around with. Best of luck to you and I hope they find the problem real soon, but the only way they can do that, is if you get in there for an appointment.

Answer 3

Of course, your first course of action should be to see your doctor, any sort of chest pain or breathing difficulty can be very serious!

What it sounds like it could be to me (of course, I'm no expert!) is possibly your heart is skipping a beat or whatever and causing you to feel anxious.

Does it feel kind of like your heart is fluttering? If so, that might be it. You said your heart is fine, but you should ask your doctor about this anyway. If you do have a heart murmur or irregular heartbeat or whatever it might be called, it might not be serious at all, you just have to deal with it. Once you find out for sure what it is, you will feel better. A good way to keep from feeling anxious about it (besides knowing for sure what it is) is to take deep breaths, breathing into your stomach, so your tummy moves up and down, not your chest. This type of breathing will help calm you down, no matter what the cause of the anxiety is.

Good luck! :)

Answer 4

i get the same thing, and so does one of my friends.
I'm pretty positive they are panic attacks (i get them for what seems like no reason at all) But i know what you're talking about..
This will sound really strange, but what used to help me was to lay on my stomach and have someone step on my back. Kinda inconvenient if youre in a public place, but it helps for some reason!
If you really want a permanent solution though, maybe you should see a doctor and try anti anxiety meds. Since i've been on them, my panic attacks have stopped.

Answer 5

I think it might be related with anxiety, or stress. It can add up and bring some nasty symptoms related to everything and anything at the same time.
But what do I know? For one to conclude it is stress, everything else must be ruled out.
Why don't you go and get a general check up? maybe it turns out you have a broken rib and don't even know it! Go ahead, trust the doctors!

Answer 6

Are you under stress? Could you be having panic attacks? You really need a doctors advice because there are more things than just your heart at risk. Have you ever had bronchitis? I surely hope you get this checked out soon!! May God Bless!!!

Answer 7

What you describe sounds like a panic attack. There are medicines that can help you deal with the anxiety making the attacks occur less often.

Answer 8

Check with your doctor, of course. There are all kinds of non-cardiac chest pain.

It could also be a panic attack, or something akin to it. It's hard to say -- but I would definately find a healthcare provider to help figure it out.

good luck.

Answer 9

It sounds like a panic attack. Try learning some Yoga breathing exercises.....they do help so much.

Answer 10

Sounds like heart palpitations. If you have had the tests and you are ok then great talk to your doctor and tell him/her how you feel.