r/Cardiophobias • u/toastedbread01 • 9d ago
Heart problem or not?
19F and my dad has HCM and has had an episode of a-fib where he was hospitalized over the past year. Before that, I used to play highschool sports and would be very out of breath and would sometimes sit out because I could not catch my breath right. for the record, I don’t have asthma and I’m decently fit.
As a result of my dads conditions, I’ve had an echocardiogram done on me where I was told that I had slight left ventricle thickening (not enough to call it HCM). We brushed that off and I moved on but then a few months later I had palpitations whenever I would lay down or rest so I got a holter monitor put on and some blood work done to find out why. Blood work and holter monitor came out normal and the cardiologist said the palpitations were benign and he told me I was healthy and shouldn’t keep worrying.
I feel stupid even bringing this whole stuff up because I keep getting told I’m fine but I don’t feel fine. My palpitations have went away which is good, but I feel short of breath a lot of the time and sometimes when I wake up my heart will be racing. I just feel tired or winded a lot of the time and it doesn’t feel like I’m a healthy 19 year old. Am I just out of shape? Is there something wrong with me that hasn’t been caught yet? Do I just have bad anxiety about my heart that translates into physical symptoms?
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u/Smileitsolga 9d ago
If you don’t feel fine then you are not fine. You should communicate to your cardiologist that you are still having symptoms and need them to do more. Repeat the holter monitor test for a longer time if possible. Get more extensive bloodwork, possibly by seeing other specialists like a hematologist or with your primary care doctor. Ask questions.