Damn Anxiety Disorder!!!?

About 3 months ago I had an attack of sorts that seemed to be heart related (chest pain, sweat, dizzy, racing heart rate). I thought I was going to pass out! No warning signs...nothing. I recovered after about 5 mins. but my heart kept racing. 120 bpm resting rate. I went for 2 days this way...little sleep. Finally off to the ER. EKG, blood tests, Holter monitor-nothing wrong. Problem is they let me go with no medication for the rapid heart rate. Went to my GP who put me on atenolol to control the heart rate. Still felt anxious all the time. Went to the cardiologist for more tests. Nothing wrong. Went to another GP (recommended by friend). He said I was suffering from General Anxiety Disorder and put me on Lexapro (5mg/day) and Alprazolam (10mg/2xs day) for the anxiety. This worked great for about 3 weeks. I thought I was cured. Then...it happened again. It's happened a few more times. I'm seeing a pshyciatrist starting tomorrow. I had no other symptoms/worries until this all started??

Damn Anxiety Disorder!!!?
I went through that and more. I used the Lexapro but I quit it. I keep a bottle of xanex close by but I haven't had to use that in several months. I quit drinking coffee, sodas, and starting drinking water with every meal and using red wine once a day. My symptoms have been cut in half and I'm able to control the sweat, rapid heartbeat and anxiety more now than I was able to.
Reply:Is your heart in shape? Do you get regular cardio workouts of sufficient duration? Do you smoke? Eat refined sugar? Eat saturated fats? Drink alcohol?





If you've got the right answers to the above question, I'd go get a second opinion on physical issues possibly going on.





If those come back clean again, then yes, I guess it could be anxiety, but again, something caused physical anomaly, so I would look for a physiological answer.





The heart is a muscle - it if is worked out and fed the right nutrients, and not toxified with the wrong ones, and has not been damaged in some way, it should work OK.





Best of luck with this.
Reply:Are you taking anything which could interact with your medications?





I tried gingko biloba and ginseng once when I was on lexapro, and experienced a panic attack out of the clear blue. Try and tell your doctor everything you are taking, especially herbal supplements.