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[โ€“] Strider@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lol, at 46 my heart said 'nah man, let's just stop'. ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

If I ever actually have a heart attack, I'm not sure if I would think it's a heart attack or a panic attack simply because the first time I ever had a debilitating panic attack, it felt like the way everyone I've known to have a heart attack described them (hard to breath, intense chest pains, left srm went numb, etc) and called an ambulance just to find out it was anxiety.

[โ€“] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Same thing happened to me recently. Super fun loop.

  1. Have panic attack
  2. Symptoms mimic heart attack
  3. Panic more
  4. Mimics heart attack harder
  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until EKG, X-ray, and blood test come back clear, and doc gives benzos.

At least now I know it's a panic attack so it doesn't feed itself as aggressively.

[โ€“] Strider@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's easy to miss but I didn't say heart attack. My heart stopped beating and I stopped breathing. Never experienced any of the typical symptoms, non smoker and drinker. I literally dropped dead and was lucky that everything afterwards went well (aside from the trauma inducing situation of course).

The cause is unknown to this day.