Blood rushing to head / shortness of breath?

[OCDP]

Hello,

It's been quite a while since my last post; things had been going really well for me the past few months. That is until about Monday evening when I started experiencing an odd feeling that just progressively has gotten worse since. I noticed at work that anytime I stood up I would experience a head rush sensation, which a lot of us have endured in our lifetime I am sure. It felt like all the blood was rushing to my head and I would have this pulsing type sensation, my hearing would kind of go along with the pulsing. It was never painful, I never felt faint, my vision never went dark. I felt fine overall. The second thing I noticed from this was that it felt like I would become short of breath upon standing as well, but never any other time (unless I'm exerting myself) The feeling is hard to describe because it's not like I am out of breath and am struggling for air, it's more like that feeling you get in your chest when you've exerted yourself. Very difficult to describe into words; I can still breathe normally and fine but feel like I am out of breath at the same time?

Of course after noticing this my brain was on high alert, completely fixated on the sensation now. There was no turning back perse, I was completely consumed by it and my anxiety took a hold of it, too. Long story short is that everytime I stand up now can be the brink of a panic attack. I"ve had to literally go through motions anytime before I stand up and say "OK, I'm getting up slowly now and know that I might get anxious, so slow down and let it pass before you do so" It's gotten that bad.

The reason this bothers me so much is because I am young, do have mild hypertension which my doctor monitors and I take a beta blocker for every day. Last time I was at his office it was 145/85 or so? I have total white coat as well, and that's actually a good reading for me. He wasn't worried and scheduled me in for my next routine 3 month appointment. I am also overweight, which I am working on.

Sadly I have Googled my symptoms and nothing really screams out "you're in big trouble" but obviously doesn't make me feel any better about it. If I take my time from sitting to standing, while taking slow breaths, it never happens, and if it does it's just a mild sensation in my head just dulled way down. It's also worth mentioning that there has been instances where I'll stand up without pre-freaking out about it (as we know, we stand up a lot as humans, it's second nature) and I have caught myself because none of the above has happened, but on the flip side, I'll stand up without thinking and notice the same symptoms do happen. So I am left confused, and freaked out.

Has my anxiety manifested itself into this new monster of mine, or is it actually something going on with me? I know we're not doctors, I am simply looking for some insight as I am pretty terrified, everytime I move or stand up is like provoking a panic attack.

[next12win]

I sometimes get a drastic change in body temperature, shortness of breath... then 3 to 4 PVCs in a row.

Those 3 symptoms happen to me all the time on an individual basis, but when all three of them happen at the same time, it results in a FULL OUT panic attack every time. It's very odd. My mind knows what's happening, but I'm powerless in proving to myself that I'm going to be OK and PVCs are caffeine related. I can relate to how you feel when you stand up. I used to be on beta blockers myself but I've since eased off of them for that reason mainly. For me it wasn't sitting; it was laying. If I were laying down and stand up too soon I'd feel my heart pound harder and quicken as well. It was to the point where you could visually see my pulse in my neck from 2 ft away.

This also happened to me for a few weeks AFTER I stopped taking the beta blocker. What I did was workout when I would feel the palpitations coming on. I figured then I could tell my brain my heart is beating because I just went for a run. That did work for me.

Good luck!