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mitral valve prolapse as a contributor to anxiety attacks

since the literature often lists mvp as a cause of anxiety
is there a possibility that it could cause one to wake up in the night with severe panic attacks...happened 3 times....in the past 6 years....extreme fear..depression to the point of suicidal attempts...for which nothing could be found other than a mental heal diagnosis?

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• Link ph 21:36:14 1/12/03 (1)
  • Re: Another Link ph 21:38:11 1/12/03 (0)
• Re: mitral valve prolapse as a contributor to anxiety attacks Jon 19:27:25 1/12/03 (1)
  • Re: mitral valve prolapse as a contributor to anxiety attacks (Archive.) Walt Stoll 15:39:55 1/13/03 (0)

In Reply to: mitral valve prolapse as a contributor to anxiety attacks posted by Coy Pullara on January 12, 2003 at 19:00:04:

How does a usually mild normal variation to the Mitral valve directly cause panic attacks? The only thing that could, would be over worrying about the harmless condition (which I used to do). Check out Dr. Stoll's archive on MVP.

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• Re: mitral valve prolapse as a contributor to anxiety attacks (Archive.) Walt Stoll 15:39:55 1/13/03 (0)

In Reply to: mitral valve prolapse as a contributor to anxiety attacks posted by Coy Pullara on January 12, 2003 at 19:00:04:

mvp

• MVP

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• Re: Another Link ph 21:38:11 1/12/03 (0)

In Reply to: Link posted by ph on January 12, 2003 at 21:36:14:

And your anxiety:

• About Your Anxiety

In Reply to: Re: mitral valve prolapse as a contributor to anxiety attacks posted by Jon on January 12, 2003 at 19:27:25:

Thanks, Jon.

This seemingly harmless foible of physicians (a convenient though erroneus diagnosis), which lets THEM sleep more easily at night, has the opposite effect upon the patient for whom it gives just one more thing to worry about. More iatrogenic illness!

Namaste`

Walt