Please keep in mind I am a military wife so I very rarley see the same doctor twice since they leave any were from 6 months to a year after they arrive at a base. 7 years ago I was extremely tired saw a doctor I was told my triglycerides were over 800. I was told I was fine get some excercise. I was around 160lbs 4'11". The doctor left a few weeks later. i saw several other doctors over next 3years all said I was fine excercise. I found out 3 years later normal tri's are 100-150. Doc said we need to fix this or you will die of a heart attack by 40. Started fish oil doctor left. saw other doctors over next year no one took notice. I reached over 200lbs. decided I really needed to get help. Finally got a nutritionist and a doctor to give me something else for tri's which were at 400. Niaspan, asprin. I was eating healthy speed walking 3miles in 30 minutes each day,volunteering everyday at my childs elementary school,cleaning my 3 bed 2 bath house including moving furniture and other heavy house work in less than 3 hours, mowing a large lawn, jumping on trampoline with my child all this everyday. I felt great! I lost about 40lbs in a year. One friday I woke feeling awful. I was totally wiped out. I thought I had the flu. Dizzy,naseau, headache,pain under my breast area, extreme fatigue. By monday I couldn't get out of bed but I had to get my child to school. I walked 1/16th mile to her school and back. I slept the rest of the day and when I picked her up I was still so tired. It was like this for several months. A few weeks after that weekend I saw a morning show about the difference between men and women having a heart attack. And everything they said fit to a T. At first I denied that it was possible. But 10 years earlier my cousin died at 33 of a heart attack and left behing her 11 yr old daughter. I made an appointment. Doc gave me an EKG and told me I was fine. I don't think he believed me. He incressed my tri meds. Everything I had been doing I didn't have the strength to do anymore. I couldn't even open a jar anymore. I had to stop volunteering in my daughter class because I was so tired. It took all I had just to make a meal for my family. It took me about a year to be able to clean 2 rooms in my house in 6 hours while my child was at school. The doctors I have seen still aren't listening they don't believe me. I am on Zetia now too. I gained all my weight back since that weekend 2 years ago. The worst part is I keep hearing my cousins daughters voice in my head from the funeral. She said I wish I had stayed home that weekend mom wasn't feeling well she had the flu. She had stayed at a friends for the weekend. Last week I went to the doctors again of course a new doctor. I balled my eyes and asked to please refer me to a doctor I will always see. My appointment is next week. I am worried he won't listen either. I want to demand a CT of my heart but I don't think they will do one. I am stressed depressed and scared. I don't know what to do any more. I have met some nice military doctors but they don't like to make an effort since they will be gone before they can remember your name. How can I be sure it was a heart attack?