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Classic symptoms: pain from my neck down my left arm, couldn't get a whole breath, dry cough, brain fog. The ER doctor said my blood tests were normal and my heart was like an 18 year old's. Sent me home with Tylenol and Tums. The next morning I couldn't get out of bed. My husband had to carry me to the car. Turns out I was having a widow maker heart attack — only 2% survive that one...
My doctor switched me to Effexor. After a month of side effects, he told me to just stop taking it and go back to my old meds. What followed was the worst experience of my life. Sweating through a shirt every 15 minutes, had to call my husband home to lock up the guns. Called my doctor — 'you're seeing a psychiatrist now, can't help.' Called my psychiatrist — 'I didn't prescribe it, can't help.' Nobody would help me...
Between my first and second heart surgery I could no longer walk 15 feet without excruciating pain. A statin allergy had been in my medical records for over 10 years. But they kept insisting I HAD to take them. They made me try 2 more statins just to 'prove' I was allergic. I spent 3 years needing a mobility cart just to get groceries...
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