For the past week I've been experiencing extreme shortness of breath, chest pain, and heart palpitations. And i mean very very extreme. So extreme i debated on weather or not to go to the hospital. Seriously thought i was moments away from a heart attack. Keep in mind I'm only 17.
I honestly had no idea where it was coming from. I have added a few new supplements in to my regime days before this started occurring, but i had zero suspicion of these supplements being the culprit. I looked up all of them, and came up empty handed. Couldn't find anything on these supplements causing these problems. Then i started looking at the "other ingredients" at the bottom of the bottles. Came to find out the cissus i have contains Titanium dioxide. Looked into a few studies done on it and found out it may cause lung inflammation, as well as some cardiac issues.
Discontinued taking the cissus and the next day my symptoms were completely gone. Thing is i have been experiencing these terrible symptoms for over a week. I would get random attacks that lasted about 2 hours everyday of a extreme feeling of pressure on my chest, also i don't really know how to explain this but i had a weird feeling of emptiness within my chest also. A very odd fluttery type feeling. Lasting over 2 hours. Accompanied by extreme shortness of breath and palpitations. Panic attacks and extreme anxiety were also present.
So my question lies, have i caused any permanent damage? I know people who suffer heart attacks have permanent damage due to lack of oxygen to the heart, so is it possible the same may have happened to me? Im currently very troubled over this and any help is appreciated.