I had to go to the emergency room last week in Galveston cause my heart was pounding and my chest was hurting (I also had difficulty breathing). I was sleeping in my hotel room and all of a sudden it hit me out of no where, I wasnt even dreaming about anything bad. And not knowing what it was I freaked out and thought something was wrong with my heart because it was pumping so hard and I was getting pins and needles in my hands and I figured pins and needles must mean a heart attack. I got pins and needles so bad in my hands that they felt like they were vibrating, i was also hyperventalating and the EMT at the ER asked if i had taken any drugs cause my pupils were HUGE and i kept telling him no but he didnt believe me. At the hospital the cardiologist did an EKG and blood test(s) and said my heart had no structural damage. All in all it turned out to be an anxiety attack, but damn it was scary. I thought for sure I was going to croak......
Why is this in D&D? I have never experienced one but I know people that have, as I said I work at a mental health institution. My cousin's mother went to the hospital Saturday after experiencing one. One of my girlfriend's friend's husband is extremely shy and he gets them all the time.
I messed up and posted it in the wrong forum . I am just glad it wasn't a heart attack cause it felt like one from what the doctors told me. These anxiety attacks mimic heart attacks.
I am currently being treated for this. It scared the crap out of me the first time it happened. I was playing X-box at a friends house having a beer when I got tunnel vision and then chest pains. I was hospitalized a couple times and even had a heart catheter (shoot dye through an artery in your groin - not fun). After all that, I have been given a clean bill of health (cardio-wise at least). I have learned to ignore them, or at least talk myself down (been taking Klonipin). I have no idea why they hit as I have been unaware of any good reason that I should have anxiety outside of life's normal pressures. Scary sh**!
i'll tell you after my corporate sales presentation i have to give on monday. i've been nervous for a week. while group presentations aren't too much of a problem for me, this one is just me and a partner for 20 mins. sales sucks.
