Hello, some months back I posted how I didn’t want my anxiety to get worse because I was having symptoms like chest pain, headaches, blurry visions, back pains etc. And how I’ve had an ECG and heart Blood Test done and all came back fine. Well, I started by embarking on my a research. I started reading on ways to keep my heart healthy and to relieve my anxiety.
Please, before I continue. I don’t really know the particular food or exercise that started to reduce my symptoms. I’d like to think it’s a combination of everything.
So during my research, i watched some videos and they mentioned “Dates”, so I started eating it, two per day. I started walking more because I heard walking helps reduce the likelihood of heart attacks and other cardiac events. I walk about 1 hour every day, about 5 to 6km competed every hour. Then I came across some article on the wonders of beetroots and how it helps to relieve blood pressure by relaxing your nerves, I started eating it and then started to eat at least 2 cloves of garlic a day, I read that it relaxes the hearts nerves. I mostly eat them at night. Also, at night, i make sure I eat at least one citrus fruit like orange or mandarin. I drink lemon water every 2nd day. Also, I added an apple, pear, kiwi , and some spinach to my nightly snacks and a cup of green tea. All these I heard are good for the heart. I now have strawberries, blueberries, almond and cashew nuts added to my morning cereal, added Mindfulness to my exercises. And for about 3 weeks now, I haven’t had any of those symptoms except for heart palpitations. I have also increased the number of my sleeping hours from 4 to about 5-6 every night. I used to be scared of sleeping cos I always feel like I’m going to die of a heart attack in my sleep. Also, thanks to the new ECG feature on the Apple Watch, I now check mine at least once a day. I keep track of my heart rates.
And all of these helped in reducing my anxiety. Fingers crossed that soon, the heart palpitations would be gone.
I hope this helps someone else.
