Chest pain, shortness of breath, FATIGUE, palpitations...PLEASE HELP!!!!!!

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Hello Forum, my name Timothy Sirus. I'm a 25 year old male and for the last 2 and half years I've been experiencing some very agonizing symptoms. They started with shortness of breath while smoking a cigarette on 6/30/08. Then, I began having chest pain and palpitations shortly after that. I went to my GP and he scheduled an echocardiogram on 9/18/08. The results came back negative and I was told that it could be anxiety. I've had anxiety attacks before and this did not feel anything like an anxiety attack. I could definitely decipher the difference. After that I made several trips to the emergency room and they always worked me up for a heart attack every time. They performed the same 3 tests even when I asked to have a stress test or an angiogram ordered. I eventually quit smoking and tried to ignore the symptoms. I began experiencing lightheadness and weakness on a constant basis and would run a temperature of 99.7 every other night for awhile. The chest pain would get so intense that I would vomit and go to back to the ER and they would...of course...tell me "There is nothing wrong with you!" On 4/30/10 I went back to see my GP hungry for answers. He considered that it might be asthma and perscribed an inhaler. The inhaler didn't help at all...nothing did. During this time it was extremely hard for me to work due to the symptoms. I finally went back to the doctor, after being so discusted that I refused to go, last week and he told me that I had 2 heart murmurs. One systolic and one diastolic. He oftered me 2 options...take 2 shots for my acid reflux and vomiting that costs $80 a piece or go to the ER and get them to order an Echocardiogram there. I decided to go to the ER and I sat in the waiting room for 8 hours after getting rushed to ER in an arabulance for chest pain. Then the doctor there listened to my heart after I told him what the other doctor had said previously about the heart murmurs and he said that I only had a slight mitral murmur. ???????:confused::mad:I'm so confused and frustrated after being misdiagnosed for all this time. If anyone has any advice or suggestions please reply. Thank you! Your information will be greatly appreciated.
 
I had something similar. I was smoking one night and all the sudden my heart started to pound out of nowhere and I got weak and naesous. I went and laid down and the symptoms went away after about thirty minutes. But ever since then it scared me and I quit smoking and for about a month now i have constant fatigue and when i eat i get confused and can't concentrate and feel sorta faint. I think it is cigarette withdrawals mainly but i am seeing a doctor tomorrow and getting tests ran to make sure it's not my blood or heart or anything. I believe mine is either anemia, anxiety/panic attacks, cigarrete withdrawals. Or it could even be a mixture of the 3. But i am currently afraid to eat anything because I always feel like I'm going to lose consciousness if i do. Anxiety is what I truly think both of our problems are.
 
Thanks! I'm glad to know some else is experiencing around the same symptoms. I also believe my anxiety could be playing a roll in my symptom process. Anemia has also weighed heavy on my mind. There is a condition I heard about called mitral valve prolapse, and it has to do with the autonomic nervous system. It's a relatively harmless condition with little or no complications but it seems to be more apparent in females. It could be that since one doctor I saw said I have a murmur. All I know is an anxiety attack itself feels way different for me than what I've been experiencing. I never considered smoking withdraws...hmmmm. That's a good observation. Thanks! Best wishes!
 
Check out Supraventricular tachycardia. It can be a stress-induced paroxysm of heart palpitations and comes on suddenly with the symptoms you describe. The effects can last for days, but it can be hard to diagnose since the rapid heartbeats have usually settled down by the time you see the ER. It is not especially life-threatening, but very upsetting. Cheers, Sera
 
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