How do you know if you're having a heart attack?

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Weird pain in my left arm all night - don't know what it is. Feels like the day after being punched or something. Off and on.

I also have heartburn and gas.

*sigh* @ being awake at 430am.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

You'd have a sharp shooting pain in your chest. In other words, you'd know about it.

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

You'd have a sharp shooting pain in your chest. In other words, you'd know about it.

lol I am being taken to collections by the hospital because I took myself to the emergency room over a year ago to have chest pains of mine checked out.

Results turned up nothing, doctors looked at me like I was crazy. It probably turned out to be gas.

Moral of the story?

I am a freaking headcase, I'm paranoid, and I have lots of stories about me doing rash, stupid things because I was paranoid about something. I think I need therapy, seriously.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Well you are just being cautious. Better safe than sorry

But yea I don't think you are having a heart attack. You'd barely be able to breath let alone post on here!

 

[Nell2ThaIzzay]

Well you are just being cautious. Better safe than sorry

But yea I don't think you are having a heart attack. You'd barely be able to breath let alone post on here!

lol well I know I'm not having a heart attack - I've been having these arm pains since like 7pm this evening, and I haven't fallen down dead yet.

That's what the "*sigh* @ being awake at 430am" part was about, because when I am up this late, and can't go to sleep, my mind starts wandering and thinking about really crazy stuff.

No lie, last Christmas I was supposed to fly home to California to visit my family (it was my first Christmas away from home).

Because of these late nights where I couldn't sleep, I ended up having a panic attack one night about my plane crashing, I could never get the thoughts out of my head, which led to more panic attacks, I ended up having to cancel my flight home, and now in the next August I'm trying to figure out if I am mentally and emotionally capable of getting on an airplane in a few months to go home to see my parents.

During the day, I am fine. But at night, my mind is a mess.

 

[Majic Walrus]

You'd have a sharp shooting pain in your chest. In other words, you'd know about it.

Not always true. You can have minor heart attacks without being aware of them.

But unless you're over 50 or at risk for a heart attack I don't think it'd be too much of an issue. If you seriously think you might be having a heart attack take an aspirin.