u/Massive_Elephant_855

I was diagnosed with anxiety since 2014.

Since then i've done almost every year cardiologist appointments because of anxiety ( even with beta-blockers ) , ER visits, etc.

I've done holters 3 times. And it wasn't until 3 months ago that they told me about IST. But... i don't know if I want to have that at all or maybe I dont have ut at all?

My heart rate while sleeping average was 77, with the lowest being 58. but i have spikes to 120. ( but I did the test while I was going trough a difficult time with " anxiety " )

I was off bisoprolol for quite a time and didn't felt bad at all, but I did have a relapse and after that I started taking it again.

I've noticed that my HR increases everytime i think somethings wrong and viceversa too.

My Dr. Told me i won't die from this... but idk if this IST diagnosis is due to anxiety or an actual dysautonomia , and i was thinking it was anxiety all this time...

( I can even calm my symptoms if I distract myself , or when I feel somewhere safe, I feel better too )

EDIT : They did an ECHO, stress test, EKG, and Holter .. everything came back normal except of course the holter​

I've lost a lot of weight since I stopped taking mirtazapin ( i took it for a little longer than 12 months ), but i am worried that maybe is something else.

When i was taking mirtazapin my weight was 134lbs ( 61kg ) but now, 3 months later I weight 119 ( 54 kg ) and I am worried about it.

I have cardiophobia and I looked that Escitalopram and other med I have both can affect QT, and of course now I have panic and want to quit it. My Dr. Won't answer what to do

I have anxiety.. 2 weeks ago, i started with 10mg and after 4 days i was pretty sure i was dying. So my Dr. Lowered it to 5mg. and I went recently to cardiologist because I read about a serious QT prolongation using both drugs.

I also went 4 months ago to a full checkup to the cardiologist, and the only abnormal thing was an Inapropiate sinusal Tachycardia.

4 days ago, i went back to get an EKG, My cardiologist told me that my heart was ok, and i'm not in danger of having a heart attack, but he also told me that he does not want me to take that medicine since is not for me ( im not depressed ) .

But my psychiatrist insists that I should not if i have no qt prolongation. But I am still scared of the side effects on the QT combining both meds will appear once i get to 10mg​

I am with 5mg of lexapro eventually i will get to 10mg. But im scared of QT prolongation if i take it with Trellegy 200 i saw about it on internet. And its serious. I am planning to take it off. but idk.

Im 28 yo

I suffer of panic attacks, specially heart related ( cardiophobia ) i was prescribed Escitalopram. Day 10 today and I feel like shit. I even feel worse and with more fear of dying than before... even more because I heard about QT prolongation.

Should i quit it?

Is zoloft better?

I am shy of writing my dr once again

I've been on lexapro for almost 2 weeks, and stress has rised a lot more than before ( i felt better when i was " bad " ) but not as bad as the 1st week.

But now i am having mucle pain, specially my arms, legs and shoulders. Is this normal?

I have had high ldl at least since 2022. ( first time I checked ) with 24 years old.

Im now 28 and my levels are higher 225ldl. So I may need statins, but my doctor told me 4 months ago to wait a bit longer with lifestyle changes. Y wont be able to take the blood test until 2 more weeks. But is already the 4th month. I am scared I may not make it to that day

Also, i went to cardiologist because im a cardiophobic and I am diagnosed with panic attacks. Everything with my heart came back normal at that time

Im a very skinny but sedentary person.

No smoker - No drugs - Normal BP - No Diabetes

But still I feel like I will die soon. I took an ekg 2 days ago and it was normal.

I may have familial hipercolesterolemia. The first time i found out my ldl was high was on 2022 ( with 170ldl ) and now i am at 225ldl...

My doctor told me 4 months ago to do diet and exercise. And then we'll see if meds are needed

I was taking mirtazapin ( maybe it was because of it ? ) so i took it off and i have my next blood test in 2 weeks. I am afraid that i may not live long enough for that time.

4 minths ago everything looked fine with my cardiologist and i was diagnosed with anxiety ( so this clearly made it worse )

Edit :

I am a very sedentary person but i try eating the best I can... trigs. were normal with 80. and hdl was low with 46.

no diabetes, no smoker and very skinny.. VERY SKINNY...

im also cardophobic

Hello! So I have this question, I started this job with no career at all, so they gave me a chance ( I did take online courses ) and I was actually paid a VERY VERY low income, but i accepted it. But now after 4 years, I have my own end to end projects, I do more things that were not on my contract in the first place, and i now have a new college which Is working with me and in a way I am training him on what to do and that stuff.

But even with that, I still have a Jr. Position and this = getting the same net income than the new hires, ( and that because of my bonuses ) without them, I would earn even less than the new ones.

I do have a new offer now and I am planning to talk to my boss about it, but idk how to do it in a proper way.

I am on day 9-10 and the side effects are awful, in am anxious most of the time and feel like something is wrong. I stopped doing my life at all. How much longer until I feel better ?

I went to a cardiologist because I started feeling awful after starting escitalopram ( day 9 today )

He told me My QT was normal ( I am taking 2 medicines with QT advertising ) and I am not in inmediate risk of a heart attack.

But something in me is telling me to not believe him and I feel like I wasted my money...

Even more because he told me to stop taking escitalopram and to take homeopathy instead

I started a week ago, and even though panic attacks are not as heavy as before, I am still very anxious .. I am having at the moment a weird neck pain and dizziness and I dont know if its medicine related or something else. Did you experience this too?

Is it safe to combine Escitalopram 10mg and Trellegy 200? I started a few days back ( 6 days ) taking escitalopram 10mg because of my panic attacks, but the past 2 days have been awful, in terms of symptoms. I believe ( hope ) it was anxiety but they felt like I was dying.

Palpitations, dizzyness, nausea, fear of dying, feeling cold inside my body, fainting sensation, and chest discomfort.

My neurologist told me he thinks it's all anxiety but I should go to take an ekg.

( 3 months ago I got a full heart checkup - holter - ekg - stress test - echo ) and beside a sinusal tachycardia, my doctor told me everything was ok and I should seek psychiatric help

But in a research, I found out is not safe to take together ESCITALOPRAM + TRELLEGY because of the QT heart prolongation , because it can cause heart problems.

What should i do, im scared

( is symbicort a better option? Should I change to sertraline? )

I am taking lexapro for 7 days now and they symptoms are just awful.

I decided to check on internet the side effects and I saw it produces QT changes even at therapeutic levels. So I got even more scared, also I am taking Trellegy, and that can also cause QT changes. So idk

I started a few days back ( 6 days ) taking escitalopram 10mg because of my panic attacks, but the past 2 days have been awful, in terms of symptoms. I believe ( hope ) it was anxiety but they felt like I was dying.

Palpitations, dizzyness, nausea, fear of dying, feeling cold inside my body, fainting sensation, and chest discomfort.

My neurologist told me is normal when starting that med, because i feel worse than before.

( 3 months ago I got a full heart checkup - holter - ekg - stress test - echo ) and beside a sinusal tachycardia, my doctor told me everything was ok and I should seek psychiatric help

But in a research, I found out is not safe to take together ESCITALOPRAM + TRELLEGY because of the QT heart prolongation , because it can cause heart problems.

What should i do, im scared

( is symbicort a better option? Should I change to sertraline? )

I was having anxiety problems for a while now, and even though they where awful it was just temporally awful. I went to my doctor and told me to take escitalopram 10mg, and so I did. And on day 4, I was driving to the office and had anxiety that got worse and worse. Until I got to the point where I literally called my mom and told her I needed an ambulance, she tried calming me down and eventually It faded away ( no ambulance needed ) today I've been feeling awful for about 6 hours, with spikes troughout the day.

Symptoms are

Fear - palpitations - chest pain - feeling like fainting - dizzyness - back pain - feeling like I can't breath - Inside body cold feeling - nausea - lost appetite

To name some. I called my doctor and told me it was normal and I should reduce to 5mg the doses, but I want to give up this med.

I've been taking 10mg escitalopram for 4 days now. I am taking them at night at the moment. Switching to the morning later, but if my anxiety was bad, now is worse. It's been progressing day by day.

Today I was about to call 911

Heart palpitations - weakness - feeling like fainting - nausea - and a sensation of coldness running though my body.

That maximum point lasted like 5 minutes, then I start feeling tired and of course, scared on how soon is coming back,

It came back almost 3 hours later, it lasted like 3 minutes, I am at work and can't leave.

My doctor told this side effects are expected, but didn't told me how much they last?