Unusual Heart troubles (2 months)Part1

[HeisFaithful]

33 yr old female. Very fit (run for one hour /6+miles outdoors 3/4 x a week and yoga) Eat VERY HEALTHY and have NO HISTORY or major health prob. ****At the end of May my heart started beating weird (never has before). It was a little painful, but i thought well, it will go away. Symptoms increased in frequency and intensity over 7 weeks. Symptoms include: heart pounding, short of breath, chest pain, fatique, chest pressure, dizziness. Heart pounds so bad and hurts when lying down I can't lay down/ or sit.(also felt like i was suffocating) I had to sleep on the couch with elevated pillows. Up until now, im still running and trying to do all my activites. I even ran a 5K and my lungs were bleeding (i could taste it) and my breathing sounded like a dying animal (really pathetic) . All these symptoms were ANNOYING, painful, incapacitating, and NOT GOING AWAY. I had gone to the doctor on June 21st. They talked of sending me to the ER, but i wasn't interested. They did an EKG, NORMAL.Chest X-ray. NORMAL. I did a 48 hr Holter. NORMAL. July 2nd & 3rd. I couldn't sleep or even sit down. pain was at a "7". I have a high pain tolerance and am not scared of dying and have no stress or anxiety in my life. On July 4th I was so tired and nothing would touch my pain, so i had to go into ER (reluctantly). They repeated some of the above test and did Bld work. NORMAL. send me hm with pain meds said maybe it was paracarditis (NOPE). The next day I had a derm. apt. and went. they froze a little wart off my finger. In pain response my heart would NOT pump fast enough. I almost lost consiousness. I had to focus on my heart cause I wasnt sure if it was going to keep up (still was not scared or panicking). I was able to steady myself(was crying from heart pain, sweating and white) but ppl got me cold water and sugar tablets.

[CCFHeartMD16]

I am sorry you have had so many issues recently. The symptoms you describe (palpitations in particular) would be concerning for a heart arrhythmia, but appears that with a normal Holter monitor is likely ruled out. The remainder of your symptoms, while concerning, unfortunately are not specific symptoms, meaning that they could represent any number of issues and do not specifically point to one diagnosis (could be heart/arrhythmia related, pulmonary related, or anxiety related). Your cardiac work up, thus far, appears to be normal, and while you may not want to hear that, you should be reassured by that. The fact that you are still able, in the setting of these symptoms recently, to run 30 minutes, indicates that this is likely not related to your heart. With that said, if the symptoms return, consider a second opinion, where the tests from the first go-around can be re-reviewed and if any further testing is necessary can be pursued.

[HeisFaithful]

thank you for responding. it really means alot!!! Well, Im back to pain meds and sitting around. Ive had to cancel commitments, and things I want to do because i am unable. Yes, I agree about the running and my heart working. It doesnt make ANY SENSE to me, but my pain and pounding chest are my heart communicating to me, so if the heart isn't where the defect is, can some other organ or imbalance cause my healthy heart to act weird? thanks! Also wanted to mention that the symptoms and cause never went away, there was just one day where I choose to push through while i could.