sorry - Heart Disorders Message Board

suz79 · 05-11-2007, 03:38 PM

sorry if my last messace posted in 'can't stand it' seemed rude. I know my condition have had it for 8 years. Am just after some sort of support group where I can talk 2 other people with the same thing to see how they cope with it. I live in a country town and the only people around here who see my cardiologist are the elderly who I don't think can relate 2 my situation. For those who don't know what my condition is I have cariomyopothy left ventricular dysfunction and irregular heart beat, i also suffer severe depression and anxiety but am on zoloft 4 that which helps a little. Is this the right place 4 me to be?

come on people plze i don't bite!

Trixibel · 05-12-2007, 05:18 PM

Hello. I'm from Victoria in Australia as well. I haven't heard of your condition before. How does it affect you? I suffer from anxiety and depression as well and am also on zoloft. I have a family history of heart disease and live in fear of something happening to me.

suz79 · 05-12-2007, 08:58 PM

2 put it simply I have an enlarged heart my left ventrical leaks and my heart beats 3 times instead of 2! I am on some medication for it but that doesn't really make it any easier. I can't even walk a block now mithout being short of breath I don't have a license and don't have a car so it's really really tough. My bf doesn't understand and he doesn't help as much as he can I can't handle stress much and he gives me a lot My kids do also... If I overdo it one day or get 2 stressed I feel really light headed and can't even stand I can't stand in the one spot 4 long anyway even on a good day. I have no history of heart disease in my family and specialists are baffled at how I got it. I'm scared that if things don't improve soon I will end up in hospital again and I hate hospetals, so u see my dilema I have no-one 2 talk to and can't seem 2 find anywhere either it is vey upsetting and i'm at the end of my tether. sorry 2 hear u are worried hopefully u will be fine trust me u don't want this!!!!!!