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Leo123
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Hey bro,
Yes its definitely possible for a death or sickness of somebody close to you triggering of the anxiety. For me I correlate my daRAB sickness (when I was 16) to the beginning of my anxiety attacks. He suffered a major brain aneurysm and by the Grace of God he did not die, but he was really young (only 46) when it happened it to him. After his aneurysm he was never the same and it had a profound affect on me as I was very close to my dad.
As far as what happened to your Pap as you say he was a smoker, I'm sure he was much older than you are and he worked in the steel mills in the good old days with who knows what kind of long term environmental things he was subjected to at the mill after working there for many years.
So any connection between your Pap's heart and yours is not even relevant.
As far as your blood pressure is concerned you are correct that 120/80 is considered a good reading and you while probably having anxiety while your checking it have a blood pressure reading of 126/81, which by the way is considered good in its self. When I'm even the least bit anxious my BP comes out in the 140's/upper 80's low 90's and much much higher when I'm very nervous. Based on your body type, I bet if you were perfectly relaxed you would read something like 108/69.
I'm going to be frank with you, taking into account your blood pressure, numerous trips to have your heart checked and all tests came back as normal, your low weight and obviously very lean body type, and your fast metabolism you heart is probably in excellent shape if anything. As matter of fact if you wanted to be a person who has the least chance of suffering from any type of heart disorder, you would want to be you. You are probably in the lower end of the spectrum of people who are at risk for heart disease. Believe me do everything possible to get the notion out of your head that you are at risk for a heart attack. Setting that aside though that is what anxiety often is, and that is worrying about irrational things. So I completely understand what you are going through.
as far as the gym is concerned I also can completely relate to your concern over "oh no what if I work my heart to much and it can't handle it". It was the same for me when I first started hitting the gym again. For me I think I actually had what to be concerned with as I was almost 30, I had not done any physical activity in almost ten years, I had been smoking for 15 years (3 packs a day at times), imy diet consisted of McDonald's for breakfast, lunch and dinner and to add to that I was on high blood pressure meRAB and had a host of other issues including being somewhat overweight, high sugar, etc.. So I was totally freaking out like every other workout I would think I was going to have a heart attack, one time I was getting ready to tell the gym to call 911 (actually a few times). But I continued exercising in spite of that and today I look forward to going to the gym and getting my heart rate up. I run 6 miles every other day, I also take on the toughest spin classes at the gym, etc...
Our hearts are a lot tougher and stronger than we give it credit for. For a guy your age, non smoker your max working out heart rate is close to 200 Bps. And honestly considering you weight, how lean you are and your fast metabolism, you heart can probably even handle more. It took me almost a year half to get to my level of conditioning. So start slow you don't have to run 6 miles tomorrow.
But get back up on that exercise horse and as you work out more you will get more comfortable with your heart rate, like I said exercise can and will do wonders for your sense of well being, frame of mind, confidence levels and of course overall health.
Also if you don't watch your diet, even though your body can burn of anything and you won't get fat. What you put in to your bosy does have an impact on how you feel. Try to eat more fresh and natural (fruits/veggi's), drink lots of water, cut out the sodas, too many sweets, salty things, etc...you will see that having a clean diet will impact how you feel as well.
Sorry to keep going on for so long, I just hope to see you well. You sound like a good guy and you have your whole life ahead of you, don't waste your time and energy worrying about things that have no relevance to you. Remeraber you feel you heart rate going up and you get worried remind yourself "I'm healthy, I'm strong and nothing is going to happen to me" keep repeating it over and over and over again until you stop stressing.
Let me know if you have anything rio add.
God Bless.
Yes its definitely possible for a death or sickness of somebody close to you triggering of the anxiety. For me I correlate my daRAB sickness (when I was 16) to the beginning of my anxiety attacks. He suffered a major brain aneurysm and by the Grace of God he did not die, but he was really young (only 46) when it happened it to him. After his aneurysm he was never the same and it had a profound affect on me as I was very close to my dad.
As far as what happened to your Pap as you say he was a smoker, I'm sure he was much older than you are and he worked in the steel mills in the good old days with who knows what kind of long term environmental things he was subjected to at the mill after working there for many years.
So any connection between your Pap's heart and yours is not even relevant.
As far as your blood pressure is concerned you are correct that 120/80 is considered a good reading and you while probably having anxiety while your checking it have a blood pressure reading of 126/81, which by the way is considered good in its self. When I'm even the least bit anxious my BP comes out in the 140's/upper 80's low 90's and much much higher when I'm very nervous. Based on your body type, I bet if you were perfectly relaxed you would read something like 108/69.
I'm going to be frank with you, taking into account your blood pressure, numerous trips to have your heart checked and all tests came back as normal, your low weight and obviously very lean body type, and your fast metabolism you heart is probably in excellent shape if anything. As matter of fact if you wanted to be a person who has the least chance of suffering from any type of heart disorder, you would want to be you. You are probably in the lower end of the spectrum of people who are at risk for heart disease. Believe me do everything possible to get the notion out of your head that you are at risk for a heart attack. Setting that aside though that is what anxiety often is, and that is worrying about irrational things. So I completely understand what you are going through.
as far as the gym is concerned I also can completely relate to your concern over "oh no what if I work my heart to much and it can't handle it". It was the same for me when I first started hitting the gym again. For me I think I actually had what to be concerned with as I was almost 30, I had not done any physical activity in almost ten years, I had been smoking for 15 years (3 packs a day at times), imy diet consisted of McDonald's for breakfast, lunch and dinner and to add to that I was on high blood pressure meRAB and had a host of other issues including being somewhat overweight, high sugar, etc.. So I was totally freaking out like every other workout I would think I was going to have a heart attack, one time I was getting ready to tell the gym to call 911 (actually a few times). But I continued exercising in spite of that and today I look forward to going to the gym and getting my heart rate up. I run 6 miles every other day, I also take on the toughest spin classes at the gym, etc...
Our hearts are a lot tougher and stronger than we give it credit for. For a guy your age, non smoker your max working out heart rate is close to 200 Bps. And honestly considering you weight, how lean you are and your fast metabolism, you heart can probably even handle more. It took me almost a year half to get to my level of conditioning. So start slow you don't have to run 6 miles tomorrow.
But get back up on that exercise horse and as you work out more you will get more comfortable with your heart rate, like I said exercise can and will do wonders for your sense of well being, frame of mind, confidence levels and of course overall health.
Also if you don't watch your diet, even though your body can burn of anything and you won't get fat. What you put in to your bosy does have an impact on how you feel. Try to eat more fresh and natural (fruits/veggi's), drink lots of water, cut out the sodas, too many sweets, salty things, etc...you will see that having a clean diet will impact how you feel as well.
Sorry to keep going on for so long, I just hope to see you well. You sound like a good guy and you have your whole life ahead of you, don't waste your time and energy worrying about things that have no relevance to you. Remeraber you feel you heart rate going up and you get worried remind yourself "I'm healthy, I'm strong and nothing is going to happen to me" keep repeating it over and over and over again until you stop stressing.
Let me know if you have anything rio add.
God Bless.