Anxiety, Panics And Heart Problems

Can anybody help please.
I am a 56 yr old male
I have suffered from Anxiety & Panic attacks for the past 12 years. I have not been able to work because of this condition due to a dread of going out alone, if i need to leave the house i always make sure i have someone with me as i have very severe panics and need to get home as quickly as possible. 9 months ago i had a heart attack and since then my anxiety has got worse i have been hospitilized on 5 occassions with the same symtoms as the heart attack:
Chest pain
Sweating
Vomiting
Losing consciousness
This has made life very difficult as doctors are not sure what the cause is.
I tend to get very stressed out and anxious at the slightest thing now like, recently I received a form ( IB50 Incapacity for Work Questionaire )and on this form it asks to decribe any mental health problems I have and how they affect my life, this i find very difficult to cope with as i niether like talking or wrting about the way i feel( stressed out now writing this).
I have seen a phsychiarist, had 2years of councilling,taking Prozac daily nothing seems to help.

My biggest fear is if i have the above symptoms again and treat it as a panic attack it could possibly be a heart attack.
I get depressed over this situation and feel what is the point of going on

Hi Mellorman

If there was something wrong with your heart, they would have picked up on it in hospital wouldn't they?

As for the IB50, I have had to fill one in too. I just wrote "panic attacks and agoraphobia make it almost impossible for me to go outside for any length of time."

Chris

I'm 29 years old and have suffered from panic attacks since I was 17. A year ago tomorrow, I had the worst attack of my life. I lost 10 pounds (I'm from the States) in two weeks, I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep, and I suffered smaller versions of the attack - aftershocks, as I call them - for over a month. I was in hell - truly the worst time of my life thus far - and naturally began to think, What is the point of continuing to live like this? I told my incredibly supportive boyfriend and my doctors (see below) how I felt, and they helped me to keep tabs on it. Talking about it and having them check in on me about it helped - it made me feel less alone, and it made me feel like it wasn't a feeling/thought I had to handle by myself.

With the help of a wonderful psychiatrist and psychologist, along with a Zoloft prescription, things slowly got better and my suicidal thoughts dispersed. After I felt more like myself again, I began working out regularly, drinking herbal tea and doing other things to decrease my anxiety. I also tried to be more aware of things that increased my anxiety, such not eating enough/having low blood sugar and hangovers, and I have tried to avoid these situations.

If you like your doctor, stay with your doctor. If you don't, find one that you do like and keep seeing him/her. Also consider other medications - I used to be on Prozac for years, but it stopped working for me. Zoloft has done wonders. Your doctor may also prescribe a benzodiazepine for emergency situations. I wish I could use one, as they used to help me immensely, but I have unfortunately become allergic to them.

I certainly don't have it all figured out - but I can tell you what my boyfriend kept telling me during that horrible time: it will get better, you will get better, and it won't always be like this.

Cheers,
Sarah