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I'm glad your test results are so positive - I hope it puts your mind at rest that there is nothing seriously wrong. Thanks for your pm - I only realised today that I had a pm, but when I tried to reply I just got an error message. I can only say that it has taken me a long time to get to where I am now with my anxiety - ie. mostly ok, but occasional spells of anxiety about my heart, but nothing compared to the paralysing anxiety of two years ago. I do see that I have basically wasted two years worrying about something that is not going to happen, but when you are in that state the anxiety comes over over you like a wave of nausea and logic cannot make it go away.
I follow Claire Weekes' advice and let it wash over me - it subsides eventually. I have put links in some of my other posts to sites that I have found helpful, but unfortunately there is no quick solution. I have found CBT exercises useful but really the only thing to do is to try to put these concerns behind you, which is much easier said than done. I would say that although I am okay, my anxiety is set off much more easily these days - lack of sleep, stress, all seem to make me susceptible, whereas a few years ago it wouldn't have made a difference. For example, I've not felt any missed beats all week - then woke up from a bad dream this morning, felt anxious, lots of missed beats. No missed beats at the moment but still feeling the residual anxiety from this morning.
All I can say is it does get better - two and a half years ago I was barely able to function, couldn't go in a supermarket without feeling panicky, could hardly speak to people, could only drive the kids to school, almost agoraphobic - now I am well on the way to being my old self again (something I thought would never happen). Let the anxiety wash over you - and as RLR often says, accept that what the doctors say is true when they say you are fine.
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