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[quote=Anonymous]So I skimped on background.

She is no stranger to doctors, ERs, or hospitals.  She has epilepsy and had many trips to the ER before we found a medication that worked.  In the last two years she has been hospitalized for a kidney infection, double pneumonia, and meningitis.  For her the ER is for high fever with pain or seizure with hitting the head.

MS crossed my mind, but she had a relatively recent brain MRI for seizures and it was clear.  She's had urinary incontinence before and reported it to the neurologist who said it was probably anxiety.

Five years ago I learned of heart palpitations and took her to a cardiologist.  After an EKG he said it was probably anxiety.  I didn't know until the recent episode they had been continuing all this time.

She does have anxiety that has been resistant to five or six SSRIs.  She has become fatalistic that any symptom other than high fever or hitting her head will be attributed to anxiety.  She was somewhat optimistic when the ER doctor she saw for the severe palpitation episode never once suggested it was due to anxiety even though she self reported it.

That was crushed by the cardiologist she saw. He asked few questions.  I did convince her to go for a second opinion because of the fainting and because a colleague's son, who also had anxiety, after two years of seeing doctors for palpitations was finally diagnosed and treated for an electrical problem.

She did tell me the anxiety and palpitation episodes feel very different. In addition, the former go away with emergency Xanax, but the latter do not and also come with chest discomfort.[/quote]

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