A young man who had his ‘debilitating’ chest pains misdiagnosed as anxiety for a DECADE was actually suffering from a heart condition.
Tom Roberts endured heart palpitations for years but doctors could never identify a cause. The 27-year-old often suffered a racing heart and serious bouts of fatigue but the symptoms were dismissed as panic attacks.
Tom was placed on numerous medications for stress and anxiety but nothing seemed to work. It wasn’t until years later that a heart abnormality appeared on a test for an unrelated matter – prompting an immediate referral to a cardiologist.
