Hey guys, my name’s Jordan. I’ve dealt with pretty bad heart anxiety for a long time. I’ve gone to the ER multiple times at night thinking something was wrong, had EKGs done pretty often, worn heart monitors, etc., and every time they tell me my heart is fine and nothing abnormal is showing up. They did mention something about one of the heart walls being a little larger, but they said it was normal and not concerning.
Even with all that reassurance, I still get really anxious anytime I feel something weird in my chest. It’s not really a “pain” exactly — more like a super uncomfortable sensation. The best way I can describe it is like a sudden “drop” feeling in my chest. It’s usually more in the middle of my chest between my pecs, not really on the left side where people always talk about heart attack pain.
Right now it’s happening as I’m writing this — but it’s not every deep breath. It’s more random. Like I can take five deep breaths and feel nothing, and then on another deep breath I’ll suddenly feel that drop sensation.
I don’t have shortness of breath, jaw pain, arm pain, dizziness, or anything like that.
Sometimes my brain starts hyper-fixating on it, and I keep testing it by taking deep breaths over and over. Sometimes it won’t happen for a few breaths, then randomly one breath will trigger it again.
I guess I’m just wondering if this sounds familiar to anyone else with anxiety or palpitations, or if anyone knows what this feeling could be. Mainly just looking for reassurance that I’m probably okay.