I can tell you anxiety is a huge part for a lot of people and it is very powerful. Indon’t Know if your situation is anxiety or not just that it’s plausible.

I had heart damage form the clot and treat it can make you feel winded and short of breath. Most heart damage from a PE corrects itself.

Rmb, how long has it been since yours , how are you feeling these days , what thinner do you prefer?

Read my posts. Xarelto and Eliquis gave me terrible chest pains, fatigue, and made me feel like a zombie. Pradaxa gave me terrible GI issues. I finally found one, Savaysa (Edoxaban). It's basically the same as the others, but it doesn't give me the awful side effects. Talk to your Dr about it and give it a try.

I'm over a year out and just now beginning to feel half way normal. Pain and anxiety would come and go. It's a long process, your body went through a lot, it will take time.

I was on warfarin for a several years and then at some point switched to xarelto. Been on xarelto for a few years now. I’ve not had any side effects personally with either meds. But after my PEs, which were in 2007, I felt like crap head to toe for a few months. My heart issues resolved completely within a year but started really showing significant improvement by 6 month mark. I was monitored closely by a cardiologist.

My clots were really significant. Not saying your aren’t but just making a point that despite the heart damage, the extent of the PEs and DVT, I fully recovered. So trust that you will too. You just experience a lot of stuff during recovery that makes you think you are never going to get better, or that you are not getting better at all.

I can relate to you 100%.. I am having HORRIBLE side effects from xarelto but all my doctors say its anxiety and its all in my head. Last time I checked anxiety doesn't cause excruciating joint pain to the point I can't even move? On top of that the dizziness headaches and all the other symptoms I've been having. It is so frustrating voicing your concerns for them to brush them under the rug. I am still dealing with 80% of my PE symptoms after being on xarelto for 3 months now. My doctor won't switch my blood thinner because she thinks I'm making this stuff up and that I'm ''to young'' . It is very frustrating but venting helps.. stay strong and demand answers..

I had difficulties on xarelto and now doing ok on eliquis. But my general medical consultant at the hospital said that the problems I was having while on xarelto were most likely post PE pains and aches. So he said that the option is still there to change me back to xarelto in future if i find taking taking a medicine twice a day 12 hours apart (which you do with eliquis) is too taxing.