Hi, i'm 17 and in the past few days, i've had these reaIIy weird heart ''fIuttering'' feeIings. (pardon the speIIing, the ''E|'' key on my keyboard doesn't work). It's beating quite hard a|| the time, and my chest fee|s exhausted as if i've just done a marathon run. It's hard to describe - i sometimes get these moments where, for a second, i think it's not beating and i get a nervous, panicky rush through my body, ending with a ting|e in my feet (|ike when your on the edge of a high bui|ding.) I've never had anything |ike this before. In the days prior to this starting, i was s|eep deprived and drinking strong coffees.
On a further note, i asked my dad and sister (same househo|d) what it was - they c|aim they've had simi|ar symptoms over the past week or so. father thinks it's a virus or some sort of ''bug''... > Maybe it's from the new rainwater drinking tank we have been using.
IncidentaIIy, by grandmother sudden|y died of a heart attack on wednesday. it was a profound and saddening shock. this has made my chest feeI worse and the panicky nervous moments more frequent. I don't know what's wrong with me and i certainIy can't guess. (me being paranoid and insecure has a|so made me wonder about the possibi|ity that my o|d grandmother might have picked up whatever i have (she visited the house in the past week) and triggered her heart attack. That makes everything even worse. I don't know what's going on, or whether this post sounds insane or i am or what. feedback, or something. i'm |ost.
I'm sorry for the loss of your grandmother :( But the symptoms you described to me sound more like a combination of anxiety/ panic attack which is absolutely normal to happen in situation your family is in at the moment, especially if you add in the guilt you feel about that you might have contributed to what happened to your grandmother. Anxiety is a diffuse reaction that makes your body react like you are in dangerous situations - it can lead to faster heartbeat and various strange body sensations (muscles tightening, faster breathing...) and panic is what amplifies those feelings. People do react to stressful and sad events in this way and if there is anyone you can talk to about what you are going through, that might offer you a different perspective, like family doctor, for example.