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sosobad
Sorry to hear that buddy.
Hope you feel well soon.
Couple years ago, think I was about 24, I started getting really bad shortness of breath...
Heavy, heavy smoker since 13... So I kinda brushed it off...
Well one night I'm with my two mates and we are having a massive hotbox session... It was like a weekly ritual...
A few hours in I started getting a throbbing pain in my left arm, my heart was pounding...
Thought I was having a heart attack...
All of a sudden my fingers, hands and arms seized up and curled towards my body...
Trying to straighten them they would spring back...
Have no idea what it was, my mates carried me to the car, to go A&E...
Half way there it all relaxed and I could move my arms and fingers again...
Like the fresh air from the car window had eased the symptoms...
But the breathing, was worse than ever...
I went to a GP, had a hospital referral and an X-Ray...
I was told my lungs were that of a 60yr old...
Even now, the breathing hasn't improved...
I sound like a 60stone man as opposed to 10stone.
They had no reason for the seizure either...
It's like they dodged talking about it to be honest.
The reason for my diatribe is because the seizing up you mentioned sounded so familiar.
I haven't had the same reaction since, not in the heart or the left arm, or the clamped up appendages.
But as I said the S.O.B is still ongoing.
You should definitely bring it up with your doctor again and don't accept stress as an answer.
Ask them to give a breakdown of all things it could be, rather than the one thing they assume it to be.
Wishing you well SoSo...