Heart Attack Support Group
Heart attack is a serious, sudden heart condition usually characterized by varying degrees of chest pain or discomfort, weakness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, and arrhythmias, sometimes causing loss of consciousness. It occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted, causing death and scarring of the local heart tissue.
Hello
I am 45 and had a heart attack on 23rd December.I had one stent as an emergency procedure and am recovering. I have no pain and my HR and BP are perfect. However, I have always struggled with stress management and felt I was doing very well as I had erradicated all panic attacks. Now, they are back with a vengence. As I type this, I have been up since 2am (its nearly 7am, here) with anxiety. My stomach is churning, I have warm tingling in my hands and every so often, I feel my heart missing a beat which is very scary. I went to see the Nurse at our local surgery to give in my medical paperwork, etc and asked about tablets for stress. As my BP is on the low side and I am taking blood pressure tablets, she was reluctant to recommend them. Well, as soon as the doctors opens, I am going back because I can't be in my head at the moment. Has anyone else suffered this? I'm even scared to sleep....
I am 45 and had a heart attack on 23rd December.I had one stent as an emergency procedure and am recovering. I have no pain and my HR and BP are perfect. However, I have always struggled with stress management and felt I was doing very well as I had erradicated all panic attacks. Now, they are back with a vengence. As I type this, I have been up since 2am (its nearly 7am, here) with anxiety. My stomach is churning, I have warm tingling in my hands and every so often, I feel my heart missing a beat which is very scary. I went to see the Nurse at our local surgery to give in my medical paperwork, etc and asked about tablets for stress. As my BP is on the low side and I am taking blood pressure tablets, she was reluctant to recommend them. Well, as soon as the doctors opens, I am going back because I can't be in my head at the moment. Has anyone else suffered this? I'm even scared to sleep....
My heart attack came out of nowhere ..no shortness of breath while working out , no angina, no excessive tiredness.I worked out 6 days aweek and ate healthy , but bad genetcs finally got me..family history
and low HDL. BUT now that we know our conditions there are so many good medicines and treatments. My doc says he has patients with stents
from more than 15 years ago [before they were medcated like they are now] who are still going strong.