My life three years ago was pretty average. I had two parents and two siblings. I went to Notre Dame High School where I was interested in playing football as an offensive guard and working out. I even had a part time job on the weekends helping my dad renovate rental homes. Then one day at football practice my heart began to race during a simple blocking exercise. All throughout practice and after practice the racing hadn’t seemed to stop. I even had chest pains, weakness in my extremities and cold sweats. I spoke to both of my uncles, who are doctors, about the incident and they blew it off as dehydration or anxiety attacks. I continued to attend and participate in practice for about another three months while experiencing the same symptoms. …show more content…
The symptoms even seemed to follow me in other areas of life. I began having episodes at home, in class and even during my sleep. By this point I felt that the best thing for my health was to quit football and to wait to see another doctor. I was bullied and called names by fellow team members because they thought that I quit because I was weak and didn’t want to work. I went to see my primary doctor and he told me that it was anxiety as well. Frustrated and infuriated I went see a friend of the family who was a