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Can having panic attacks everyday, which raise my heart rate cause me to have a weak heart? i'm 19 and fit

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Dr. William Coutts ii answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

No: The same part of the nervous system involved in anxiety/panic attacks, just happens to increase your heart rate as well. This will not cause you to have a weak heart.

Answered 5/13/2015

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