My story, thoughts, tips, advice?
About 4 years ago I was making dinner, got real hot and felt my heart beating out of chest, I sat on the couch and my gf could tell something was off.
She asked what was up and I told her my heart was racing and I have had some shortness of breath, she asked if she should call 911 and I said yes.
While she was on the phone with them, one of our kids asked for something and when I stood up to get it, my vision tunneled and I blackout and went to the floor. I don’t think I was really out as I could hear panicking on the phone with them and screaming my name.
She’s not great in stressful situations so I told her to put the phone on speaker so I could hear the dispatchers instructions. He had her get me some Tylenol to chew and take off my shirt. She did and I was able to get my shirt off on my own while still sitting on the ground.
At this point the I’m sweating out every ounce of liquid in my body, starving, and physically exhausted at the same time. The ambulance arrives and the medics start doing some test while getting me on stretcher. I could tell by their faces and how they were driving that they were worried.
Probably a 10 minute ride to the hospital, as I’m stretchered in the one EMT says wow you look better already, I’m half black and she said looks like my color is coming back.
ER does its thing and eventually a Dr. comes in to tell me vasovagal syncope, follow up with your cardiologist.
Cardiologist puts me on a holter monitor for 10 days and orders a tilt table test, everything comes back negative. Says it could be dehydration, lack of quality sleep, stress or anxiety.
4 months later same thing happens, this time we don’t call an ambulance, I just lay on my back on the floor and let it pass.
This happens 2/3 more times.
Fast forward to two weeks ago, I switch cardiologists for insurance reasons. Initial visit EKG and echo. I explain my history and he says it sounds like SVT. Asks me to wear a monitor for 3 days. Luckily or unluckily another episode hits on Friday while I have the monitor on. We have a follow up on 7/9 to discuss.
Idk why I’m posting this, just want to see if anyone else has a similar experience and what the out come ended up being as I’ve been literally driving myself crazy and making my anxiety so much worse. every little thing now feel like the “aura” I get before one of these episodes happen.