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I have turned everything down but it is still bright in a dark room - is there anything I can do?

I am not sure if this is the right subreddit - but I have been dealing with tachycardia most my adult life, though past recent few months it has gotten very physical (breathlessness, chest pain, left arm pain)

I have finally taken the courage to get tests done by a cardiologist but I am left soulless.. I just want to live a normal life without any worry, any physical sensation.

I want to be able to be fit and healthy, go for runs and see my progress, but this stops me. I planned a trip to Japan this year very excited, but feel physically and mentally I just can’t see myself be in situations where my palpitations would just cause chronic crippling anxiety.

I just hope whatever the cardiologist identifies from the echo and the monitors I can get some form of treatment :(

I understand I don’t have it as bad as others, but this stuff haunts me every moment of the day, it’s affecting my relationships with my wife, friends etc I just want to be better…

Any words of encouragement will be much appreciated.

Hi all,

Been a rough couple of weeks for me, I have GAD along with health anxiety - Now, I have booked a holiday to Japan couple of months ago and thought I need to get my life in check physically and mentally! so that I can enjoy myself, and I guess it was some form of wake up call too to get my life back on track health wise. So I was put on Sertraline for the mental aspect, and I did not like it at all! Felt weird, numb, insomnia all the usual side effects So I have been off it for 2-3 weeks now and still dealing with the coming off effects.. anyway physical side, I finally got hold of a cardiologist to check my heart as I do tend to have tachycardia (fast heart rate) and other symptoms (Chest pain, arm ache), done a few monitors and tests and waiting back to hear from them at some point to try and find out what is wrong with me..

But since then, my anxiety in general has increased so much to the point I am afraid to go outside, even work, constantly checking how fast heart is, BP, blood sugar... it's always as if its taken over my whole life which it hasn't before. My wife bless her sweet heart has been comforting me and reassuring me on a daily basis, especially on nights when I find it difficult to sleep, I tend to get the brain zaps when im about to fall asleep (could be a discontinuation effect of sertraline). It has made me feel so defeated, daily I am having breakdowns, a sobbing mess hugging my wife and blubbering "I hate this", "I want to go back to normal again"

I guess I am reaching out to anyone who has experienced something similar? and what should do, maybe go back on SSRI's? I am due to go on some talking therapies too.

Any advise is helpful