Your experience sounds exactly like what I'm going through! I have a history of sinus tachycardia, generally well controlled with beta-blockers, but I seem to now have developed a panic disorder from it. Even the slightest raise in my heart rate now sends me into another frightening panic attack. Of course, I've had nearly every test out there and several ER visits and the docs find nothing wrong. They can't even figure out what causes the tachycardia! It's a vicious circle...raised heart rate, panic attack, anxiety from it causing a raised heart rate, another panic attack...and so on. Hang in there...I know there's treatment for this.
Posted on Apr 14, 2004, 8:35 PM from IP address 69.140.85.39