Hi! i am a 36 year old female and for the past few days ...

Hi! If the cardio ruled out cardio, I would feel comfortable with tht decision. What I think is going on is psychological. Alot of people don't realize how visual stimulus can effect you. Example. You are in love with someone. The walk into the room..you look at them..you heart races! You catch your breath for a momment and get lost in your momment because you feel such joy.(Hallmark momment)
Try the other, you have a job that's getting to you, you have a situation at home, and you have all your defenses up. We learn as child to let go and go to sleep. Any fear we have, we learn to put aside, because Mom and Dad are there to fend off the monsters. Sleep is a time of letting go. Pulling this all together, I think that what you are feeling is anxiety, but also
an adrenaline push as well. Is pretty evident that is may be the only time you can let go and get lost in your thoughts and it catches up to you. Your brain starts to unload and you get caught up in it. Maybe if you could go for a quite walk, or sit outside a few minutes before bed, you can use that down time as a step down from your complex day before you go to sleep.
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I had my doctor do an EKG 2 weeks ago because a month ago I went on a cruise and had a swaying feeling for 2 1/2 weeks after. I had told her that the night before my heart was racing. (I know that was probable the anxiety of the swaying motion) The EKG was normal. I also tend to woory alot about things and i don't tend to verbalize these thoughts. Do you think this could be the problem? Is the EKG enough to rule out cardio. I do have annual check ups with my internist who happens to be a cardiologist. I am driving to work now and will look for your response in about an hour. Thank you for your assistance

YOUR third sentence was the tip off to me. Internalized anxiety, holding back your thoughts and feelings. Sweating the little and the big stuff. And having to keep it all to yourself. I would think that is about one of the best combinations I know to have a panic attack. Most pyschologists agree that we are they creators of out ill feelings. I wouldn't give myself that much credit, alot of people help me. AS I said in my first answer, if the Cardio say NO problem, then STOP trying to make it one. The heart is alot stonger than most people give it credit for. It beats 100,000 times a day. (Trival Pursuit), it's not going to stop on you now. Focus on what is going on with you. And you need to find some way to reduce the feelings of dispair or angst at night. I still think the step down idea is the best, take the 1/2-1 hor before bed, take a warm bubble bath(with wine), put on soft jammies, get into bed, read James Patterson, and you will fall asleep. I think you can retrain yourself to relax,and go into sleep mod without your heart running a race first. Give it a shot!
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