Hi, Im 36 year 5ft 7in height, 14 stones and swim 2 times a week, healthry eat of 80% veg / salads in the last 6 months via resturants due to work. I sleep 4-6 hours a night but suffer with sometimes with heavy heart beats when swimming that I have to stop and let my breath slow back to when I started, same with pulse, when sitting at work or at the hotel or home on weekends, I get an ache feeling in my heart area but my heart rate is fine or may skip sometimes but I think that could be normal. I get dizzy when the ache feeling but I start my yoga breathing to gain control and relax, stretch and imagine im by a river doing yoga to help. If I do do this, it will still go after 10 mins, not lasting longer than 20 mins. I sit at my desk allot as a manager but try to move around, stretch and laugh to help me relax more and enjoy the day so to limit stress. Any thoughts?
Hello! Welcome on Chat Doctor! I passed carefully through your question and would explain that your symptoms could be related to panic attacks or anxiety. Anyway, I would recommend consulting with your doctor and performing some tests to exclude other possible causes: - a chest X-ray and pulmonary function tests to exclude a lung disorder- a resting ECG- a cardiac stress test to investigate for coronary artery disease-thyroid hormone levels for possible dysfunction- complete blood count for anemia-blood electrolytes for possible imbalance. If all the above tests result normal, I should consider anxiety as the main cause of your troubles. In such case, I would recommend consulting with a specialist of this field. Yoga is a natural way to relieve anxiety too. Hope to have been helpful! Wishing all the best,