The morning of July 30, 2020 around 10 am I suddenly had felt sharp pain in my heart. I fell on the floor and my coworkers called an ambulance. I didn’t remember anything after my wife told me I had a aortic dissection repair. I was on a ventilator for eight days as I had a severe case of phenomena. On August 8, 2020 I was discharged from the hospital (VGH).
A few days later I began feeling depressed, then I started getting panic attacks. One day during one of my panic attacks, my wife called an ambulance because my pain felt like a heart attack. I was very scared. Finally I got an appointment with a physiatrist specializing in surgery mental health. The physiatrist recommended me mirtazapine 15 mg, which helps me for panic attacks, but I still suffer from depression throughout the day.