| August 5th, 2009 | Mickey | | Watsonville |
Reading your testimony gives me a sign of relief. I have never been checked for MVP or MVPS, but will definitely do so. I am 38 years old and I too lived with panic attack for the past 3 yrs of my life. I still experience panic attacks once in a while. I started getting these panic attacks a week after one of my brothers past away in a car accident.
I was waking up in the middle of the night with my 5 yr old (who was 1 at the time) in my arms screaming thru the house shaking her thinking she wasn’t breathing. This went on for a while until I decided to go see the doctor. I was getting worried that shaking my baby the way I was, was dangers for her and would end up hurting her. The doctor didn’t start me in medication, but did suggest I would start if I didn’t get better. I told her I would wait a little longer and maybe with time they would go away. I was afraid of taking medication for the fear of relying on medication for the rest of my life, so I told her I would wait a little while and see if I could deal with the problem myself. What I was really thinking was going to the Doctor of Doctors (God) and trying His medication? I didn’t tell the Doctor this, but thought about it in my mind. I went to church and explained to the Pastor what was happening. She prayed for me and that was over 3 years ago, since then I have not had any major incident. I still wake up once in a while and I still think my daughter is not breathing, but I have control over myself. When I do have an episode, I put my face as close as possible, and ask her “Are you ok?” While I am having my panic attack I tell myself over and over she’s ok, she’s ok and it tends to help get over my panic attack.
I can hear myself now, before it was just a loud noise in my head and all I could hear was a mumble coming out of me.
Well, Peggy, to conclude my story. God did heal me and I luckily didn’t have to take medication. God has helped me deal with these panic attacks (or whatever is inside of me). I thank you again for sharing your story. God Bless you. |
| July 20th, 2009 | Maria | | |
Hi Peggy, I have also been diagnosed but I have heart pain daily. Doctor just put me on atenolol.
I am so afraid that it will get worse and that the medicine will not help take my pain away!!! or that I will need surgery.
Thank you
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| May 14th, 2009 | Janie | | Ireland |
Dear Peggy
Just to say thank you so much for this website. I am also suffering from MVP and have just recently been diagnosed after suffering symptoms for the past 2 years. Thought I was alone and going to die. Im 35 years old with 2 children and a part time job, stressful enough without MVP also. You are so inspiring, God Bless and hope you are keeping well. |
| May 18th, 2008 | Sophia | | |
| HI. I'm doing research on MVP for my life science class ( im in 7th grade). Part of the project was to get stories of people w/ MVP, and you helped me a lot. Thank you and take care! |
| July 13th, 2007 | Cindy Orick | | Tennessee |
 Thank you for writing your story. I've been newly diagnosed with MVP after suffering for nearly 6 years with no relief from my symptoms. Thank God I know that at least someone else has a story very similar to mine. Thank you. God Bless you and may be continue to bless you. With Christ I was never alone it just felt that way till I read your story. Thank you. |
| May 25th, 2007 | helina | | kl |
| my doctor also said that i have panic disorder ...so she gave me chronazepam and sertraline....one day i read in the website that patience with MVP is sensitive to drug....help me find the solution...bcoz im confuse right now and i believe all things that happen to me is because of MVP...which is fatigue, anxiety, panic , palpitations ..allergic to caffein...etc...i have mvp since i was a baby....and i believe that my condition is not associated with pshychology. |
| May 25th, 2007 | helina | | kl |
| my doctor also said that i have panic disorder ...so she gave me chronazepam and sertraline....one day i read in the website that patience with MVP is sensitive to drug....help me find the solution...bcoz im confuse right now and i believe all things that happen to me is because of MVP...which is fatigue, anxiety, panic , palpitations ..allergic to caffein...etc...i have mvp since i was a baby....and i believe that my condition is not associated with pshychology. |
| May 25th, 2007 | helina | | kl |
| i have mvp...all the symptoms that u tell i've experience it right now..sometimes feel give up to live anymore.. |
| October 19th, 2006 | Sheana | | amityville, ny |
I just wanted to say Peggy thank you for posting this on the internet ...May god bless you and continue to b/c by reading this I saw myself in your story. For a year the docotr told me it was anxiety disorder and I was on Xanax OMG... everything... I couldn't believe it I know there was more to my problems than anxiety!!!!!! Despite the fact that I'm a happy person ... I know my body and I know when something is not right... That's when I seeked out my cardiologist and he confirmed to me that I indeed had MVP... i did some research and found out it was due to the fact that as a child I had rheumatic fever and was in the hospital with a 106.1 fever as a child... I was also born with a heart murmur but it disappeared by the time I was 6. However before it closed fully I had rheumatic fever and was hospitalized for a week as a child.. this caused stress my heart and later on in life would be the cause for MVP... it all made sense... I was so angry with the doctor for misdiagnosing me and to think of XANAX as the solution which causes so many other health issues... Thank you again for creating your web page  |
| October 13th, 2006 | mythe | | philippines |
thanks . i knw understand what MVP really mean..
my sister got dis thing also..i cant help but cry for i dont how to tell her that everything will be ok..
the things that u mentioned in ur story were almost da same of wat she's been tru..
im goin to print ur story and let her read dis thng..
thanks and pls pray for my sister to understand fully...bout MVP..
God Bless |
