a second,would be nice but going through it all freaks me out im 26..not to many cardio drs want to run tests on me when im strung up like a viloion meaning im uptight..i had lots of tests done,im not getting any needles put in me,but i would do the other tests again and a holter...the thing is medicad is shadt its all free (its welfare insurance) which means no really good places take it..i found one that did,and they took me bacause of my old insurance..maybe i will follow up..im reading in the book is my life,wht would i need a second opp..but than again i need peace..im lost on this i just want my life back.. outlaw

First off, Outlaw , I hate that you are suffering so. It is so terriable the things that you are going through.. I don't obsess about my heart any more, now it is about mental illness, and I get stuck in the feeling of unreality the you will read about in the book you just picked up from the library. The thing is as obsessive type people we tend to make excuses for our own obsessions. If you call the Medicaid offices in your area or the National offices, they will refer you to Physicians who accept there payments. It is time you went for a second opinion, and get the reassurance you need. There are two parts to OCD the Obsession and then the Compulsion to relieve the anxiety caused by the obsession. Allow your self to get a second opinion , it is time to find out who is right and who is wrong. Our minds got us to this state I am confident that somehow our minds can get us out. Get a second opinion you could be right, you could be wrong. We have to learn to live with uncertainty, but your symptoms aren't going to get better until you accept them as symptoms and I don't think you will until you have a second opinion. I suggested awhile back you ask your Dr. for a Thalium Stress test. This will reveal any type of Blood flow blockage if it exsist. If you have done a halter monitor, did you have symptoms that were recorded. You also mentioned to me that younger people don't do well on Beta Blockers, I don't know where that information came from, I know my Doctor has said differently and I know they worked for me. It is finding the right one and the right dosage. I know when I had anxiety the first time around I was given beta blockers to slow my heart down a bit. I am not saying all this stuff to be mean dude... but I think for your own help and hope you have to get a second opinion and before you go tell yourself you are willing to live with a little uncertainty. Because We can always talk to ourselfs and say hey, they might have missed something, Or maybe I am the first person ever to have this uncharted rare heart disease.... Highly unlikely right. But your symptoms aren't getting better, so get a second opinion because you obviously don't believe the first one, But once that is done be willing to accept.... I am talking to myself as much as y

thanks for the prayers. I started reading the book by Claire Weeks today i got it from the libary..i love iy.. About insurance i have it but its medicad i dont think to many drs really take it i try,its hard for the kids to..i cant wait till i work full time again medicad sucks but its free.. About the report it was freaky if yall would have seen it man,im telling u lol...anyways i love how you guys are here for me mentally,and spirtualy thanks.. outlaw

hey outlaw,if it would help you please get a second opinon on your heart worries.i went to see my md and he just looks at me and says it gad.i too would feel better if i got a second opinon.{sorry about spelling}but i dont have insurance.but you do right?i am the same way about the news it freaks me out all the time. i am praying for you too!hugs gina

I can fully relate. If I stay away from the news, the paper and health on line reports I would be okay. Did you know I can not even stand to hear about someone having a heart attack?! No joke, it totally gives me anxiety and panic to even hear about it.

i get the same way. always worried about my heart and constantly seems like im waiting for the next pain or weird feeling to come on. it doesn't help every time we open a newspaper, magazine, billboard sign, and television that they have some kind of heart issue that scares the hell out me. then the next time i feel anxiety and chest problems i think it must be my heart.

Dear Outlaw, I am sorry you are not feeling good, I am praying for you. I wanted to tell you some good encouraging news that may help ease your mind, my young son was taking "adderall" for ADD and there was a news story from the canada FDA {not the USA} about sudden death in children from adderall, of course I freaked out and took him off it, he went to the cardio Doctor and had the stress, EKG etc... and the Doctor told my husband all is well, he mentioned the "rythm" was good too rate etc....Those stories are SO scary it makes me mad they can do one little study on a handful of people and then broadcast it as gospel, its not fair or right! I get those pains, tenderness etc... usually when I do heavy lifting, smoke too much, stress, or even "thinking" about it and concentrating on it. I think with those tests you had they could determine it, there on SO many different reasons for chest pain {most not bad} I hope you are feeling better, I will pray hard for you, you deserve to get well and you will. God bless, Debbie.

Well i always worry about my health as my fellow board members do.Like most of you kine is contained in the heart area.For ahwile it was rapid heart rate,than high blood pressure,than chest pains.I was taking my bp constantly.Now latley this has been my deal its like my chest is always sore tender to the touch like others have posted. So i freaked myself out by waking up in my so called life that is a fog.Im chillin about to leave out the house i see on on my local news some heart news.So i sit on the couch it comes on and im like hmmm it was about rapid heart rate.The link with sudden death,so than i log onto to my homepage that starts with a Y ends with a O,and i read the whole story.Did anyone else catch it.It freaked me out i had a reasting echo,stress test,stress echo,and a ekg.I hope someone else saw this it freaked me out im wondering if a stress test would be able to pick up rythmn problems.i belive mine isnt heart disese,its a rythmn problem..i hate this life... outlaw p.s i want to get well