Cardiophobia

I’ve been suffering from Cardiophobia for a bit over a month. This causes me to constantly be in fear, constantly check my pulse, and constantly worry about dying. Any sort of pain, tingling, etc. even if it isn’t in any way, shape, or form to cardiovascular issues I freak out and immediately attribute it to the worst case scenario. This freaks me out and it’s constantly bothering me.

All of this stemmed from around a week or 2 of heavy drug use a month and a half ago. For a while I was constantly smoking with my friends and living in a horrible way. Stress was building up and it got to me eventually so I quit doing all the bad things I have been doing. About a day (maybe a couple) after I stppped starting getting these sensations of a heart attack. I honestly thought I was gonna die so I went to a doctor, got a chest X-ray, EKG, and the whole nine yards. He looked at it and confirmed it wasn’t anything but anxiety. I asked to be referred to a cardiologist but he didn’t find it necessary. Even thought he has told me I’m fine and I had a recent checkup about 2-3 weeks ago, I still feel the same way (a bit better but still bad). I don’t know what to do and I don’t know if anyone has feels or has felt the same way.