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Anxiety and Depression Reared its Ugly Head

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Back at the end of March, I had a feeling of nervousness that was causing me to be short of breath and to worry about the slightest things. I was getting ready to fly to Utah to see my older kids and I almost decided not to go because I thought maybe it was a whisper of the spirit not to travel but it felt different than other promptings so I chose to go. It was a great weekend visiting but the shortness of breath turned into chest heaviness then a few days after I got home, it turned into chest pain. I never felt like it was urgent enough to go to the hospital and I tried to make an appointment with my Dr. but he was only available 3 weeks from then so after a few days I chose to go to the urgent care. Although I have family members who have suffered with anxiety and depression I never thought it would be me. Does this look like the face of anxiety or depression? I can't even count the number of times I faked it until I could get home and crawl into bed.  At the urgent care