Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) describes a sense of exhaustion and post-exertion malaise, even when you have gotten enough rest and sleep. The disease is characterized by six months of incapacitating fatigue experienced as profound exhaustion and extremely poor stamina, and problems with concentration and short-term memory. The cause is unknown, but it is a...
OK so I get a symptom usually a couple of times a week that feels similar to anxiety but not completely the same.
It usually happens in the morning. Fast/thumping h/beat and a heavy chest. However what confuses me is that my mind is not going crazy or am I thinking anything bad.
I don't feel paniky, maybe a bit on edge and I find I take a lot of deep breaths.
I am also histamine intolerant which can cause anxiety so sometimes I put it down to having a histamine food for b/fast.
Does anyone else get this as a symptom with CFS? and do you identify it as anxiety or just another random CFS symptom?
It usually happens in the morning. Fast/thumping h/beat and a heavy chest. However what confuses me is that my mind is not going crazy or am I thinking anything bad.
I don't feel paniky, maybe a bit on edge and I find I take a lot of deep breaths.
I am also histamine intolerant which can cause anxiety so sometimes I put it down to having a histamine food for b/fast.
Does anyone else get this as a symptom with CFS? and do you identify it as anxiety or just another random CFS symptom?
Yes, I get exactly THIS...what you described.
I have an anxiety disorder and I know the difference between a panic attack and THIS.
THIS is a rapid heartbeat, sometimes irregular. I have no heart disease! I've been thoroughly checked for that. This will happen to me randomly. Usually in the middle of the night though. I never know when it's going to happen.
After a couple of months of testing and finding out that my heart is totally normal, my doctor figured out a good solution for me!!
He gave me a blood pressure medicine. ( I have low BP, actually)... What this medicine does is slow the heart rate!! That's exactly what I need! SO, when these episodes happen to me, I take a pill called Cardizem *calcium channel blocker* and within twenty minutes my heart rate slows right down! Perfect solution for me.
He says that this has to be a "wierd CFS thingy" because I have NO heart disease.
May I recommend to you that you not assume that it's panic, and just get checked by your doctor. If all you need is to stop the racing, thumping heart, a low dose blood pressure med could do the trick. This is MY experience only.....please see your doctor! Hopefully this suggestion could be of some value!! oxoxo