Still have the Stamina to hike but getting weird symptoms - Hospital appt today?

[ZenAlex]

Hi. So I was a big hiker, but around 2022 I went through some difficult life issues and couldn't hike for about 15 months up until recently. Last week I went on a hiking holiday, where I did a similar amount of distance/effort as I used to before my long break for over a year. 

I felt like I had the endurance to do it, I wasn't that tired, but every day I was getting, at times, very tight chested, elevated heart rate when resting and waking up in the middle of the night with elevated heart rate, tight chest, higher anxiety, racing thoughts. 

Could it be that I've done too much too soon? A lot of people I know have told me to go to get a doctors appoint as tight chest + random elevation in heart rate even when resting is a concern.

Why is this happening though?

Why am I experiencing these symptoms even though I still have the stamina to do the exercise?

I still can do the exercise, I don't even get that tired.

[flowboy]

Sounds like anxiety attacks.

Could they have something to do with the difficult life issues?

 

[ZenAlex]

3 hours ago, flowboy said:

Sounds like anxiety attacks.

Could they have something to do with the difficult life issues?

 

My life is going by fine now, my mental health was ok, but there's a direct correlation between me starting to exercise again and me feeling irritable/depressed.

[flowboy]

 

On 18/09/2023 at 5:14 PM, ZenAlex said:

A lot of people I know have told me to go to get a doctors appoint as tight chest + random elevation in heart rate even when resting is a concern.

Sounds like the way to go?

[ZenAlex]

47 minutes ago, flowboy said:

 

Sounds like the way to go?

Already done, they said I was fine. They told me I should may be go for blood tests, which i likely will do, although my diet is the same as it has been for years when I got my bloods done last time and I was fine.