I've hit my lowest point in my life and I really don't see any hope anymore. For almost a year now, I have struggled with this mystery illness that I cannot get any answers too. I have been to the ER over 6 times, I've been to my primary care doctor at least 10, and seen countless numbers of speacialists. I am convinced I am going to have a heart attack. I am a 21 year old female who constantly is in fear now. I went from healthy and happy to bed ridden and in fear in a matter of hours. My heart skips beats, my chest is tight, I'm dizzy and lightheaded, I have pain down my arms and legs (mostly left), the left side of my face gets a funny feeling, I get random sharp back pain, sharp jaw pain, vomiting, numbness, head prsssure, loss of motor control in my hands, and diharrea. I know I should listen to the doctors considering they haven't found anything, and by now I think a heart attack would have happened considering it's been 11 months since this started happening, but I can't shake this feeling of impending doom coming. I've heard these are panic attacks and all anxiety related and recently I have been seeing an eastern medicine doctor who told me he doesn't see anything wrong with my heart but diagnosed me with liver stagnation. However, I know the symptoms of a heart attack, epescially in women, and mine line up all too well, especially this last episode I had two days ago where I was driving and all these symptoms hit me. My family is already financially struggling after all my tests and doctor/hospital visits so I really can't go anymore, but I am scared. I am scared I am scared I am scared. I am still having all these symptoms now and I can't shake them. I just need to know if I'm going to make I through this or my heart is going to give out. No tests have pointed to anything, but what if it was something small 11 months ago but now it's something big....I've tried everything but heart attack is in my mind especially because all the symptoms I have line up perfectly. Please help me. I am beyond scared.
Hi Alex.
Sorry to hear and read about your problems you are experiencing. It's not nice and it can be worrying.
It could be down to stress or worry.
Can I ask is there any family history of heart problems. You probably don't drink alcohol or smoke.. reason I ask this it's because they are some factors.
For 3 years I was in a similar situation to you. Most of the symptoms you have. And guess what I had a lots of tests done. Bloods ECG treadmill test plus many others. Results all normal. But put on a load of medication for the heart.
Admitted to hospital many times.
Then last year they perform a coronary angiogram. This was the last test performed. Was admitted with in hours after the specialists found a severe narrowing of the main L A D artery. After 9 days in hospital having a stent fitted . I discovered the artery was 98% blocked.
What I'm trying to say is ..
YOU KNOW YOUR OWN BODY..
You know when something is wrong.
Hope you get things sorted.
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I do have a family history of afib and tachycardia, but that's it. Nothing slog the lines of heart diease or blockage that I know of. I've had countless number of tests done. The tilt table, heart monitor, blood tests, an eco of my heart, chest x ray, head CT and MRI, and maybe even a couple of small other ones. And everything was normal. But now I'm kind of worried that I might have what you have...
Oh dear i too am experiencing all these symptoms mine stemmed from having pneumonia back in April i am still so ill cant walk i do know some is anxiety but when i have this awful fist like throb in my left heart area on every exhertion i do i know it cannot possibly be anxiety i have been unable to wear a bra for months due to the tightness and soreness around the pleuratic area. i also have sharp pains in my shoulder blades back and upper chest has a dull ache. the left heart area has a nipping sensation at times too. i have had 4 ECGs a heart scan and all ok i am now having respiritory tests but cant see a way out as i am deteriating every day x
Hello,
I'm a 16 year old male, and i have also been experiencing chest pains and arm pains for over a year now, it goes with sudden nausea, dizzyness... I feel like my heart is weak and i get palpitations, sharp chest pains, sometimes chest pains that get worse with breathing (or not) after running, or eating. i've been posting quite a bit on this website, to reassure myself. It all started off as a chest pain that wouldnt go away, so i've went to see my GP and he kept putting it off as anxiety related. That didnt satisfy me, but i tried to ignore the symptoms. The symptoms kept getting worse, and well at some point i've called an ambulance when i was home alone. A doctor came and well evaluated me telling me i just had a panic attack. I've been going like this back and forward, with my symptoms getting better at times, and then getting worse than the last time. I've became more enclosed and i dont go outside anymore nor i take part in any "teenager" activites that my friends do, because of the fear that i will collapse somewhere. i was refeered to a hospital to get further tests done, they took my blood and i've been waiting for a chest scan appointment for over a month now. Which is scarying me, i want to stop worrying about this and find out what's wrong with me. I hope nothing is wrong with your physical health, and hope you get better! 
Also to add, my pains change in time, sometimes i start getting chest pains with jaw pain that last few seconds, sometimes arm pains that are usually in my left arm.
This sounds just like me but everything turns out to be negative, so it's very frustrating.
Yeah i get it, to be honest i feel like i'm weak and helpless with this, people are trying to tell me that it's just anxiety. I do admit i'am an anxious person, but it is hard to believe that it would give me that many strong symptoms. I do too find to be not satisfied with results, i think they did do a ECG and a blood test in the past, but that was a while back so just like you i think that maybe it wasnt that bad back then, and now it is worse. If i had more serious tests done maybe i would relax, and well... maybe i would accept the fact it's only the anxiety. I really hope i'm okay, and i do hope you're ok too!
I always tell myself that it's almost been a year so something should happen by now. But nothing has happened. I have done countless number of tests and seen countless number of doctors even and eastern medicine doctor and he believes it's not my heart as well. But somehow I just cannot except it's anxiety.
Yeah i get it, i've been telling myself that too... i've been having this almost for over a year now. It just keeps suprising me, it never stays the same... It seems to get worse or the pain becomes more unexpected... It's hard to explain, but it is always finds a way to get me worried again. I have tried to get myself together and ignore these pains, but when i get through them, different pains and symptoms start that im not prepared for... idk if this makes much sense :D but yeah... :D
Literally feel THE EXACT SAME WAY. I don't want to believe it is my heart and I feel like something should have shown by now....but keep your head up!
If you dont mind me asking, where are you from? and do you find yourself staying up late thinking about stuff? :D hope it doesnt sound weird...
I'm from the Detroit area in Michigan but I go to school in Grand Rapids Michigan. Oh, and yes I stay up late almost every night thinking about this. I'm afraid that I won't wake up the next morning...
Hi alex1996 and sorry you're going thru this, but I too have gone thru this just recently and since April 2017. I'm 58 yrs. old and take Lisinopril a blood pressure medication and I also took metoprolol another blood pressure medication and began experiencing strange symptoms like you described so it seemed out of the blue...plus more symptoms. I was getting numbness, tingling all over my body including my face and head and it switched from the left side to the right side and I was sure I was having this or that (rather not even put the words out there because it's the power of suggestion that can cause physical symptoms for many people. I did see my primary care and he brushed off most of my symptoms and said he thought it was muscular. Had blood work done and came back okay except for the usual vitamin d deficiency. long story short I lived in fear like you day and night believing I was going to die any minute and became basically couch bound or bed bound with nothing but horrific painful symptoms from my head to my toes... I had tests done too and even had a cardiac doctor yell at me about my symptoms which I won't get into; he made everything much worse..I decided that's it and I said to myself it has to be the Lisinopril or the metoprolol causing all these strange cardiac like symptoms so I weened off the metoprolol with the doctors knowledge first and saw drastic improvement and much fewer symptoms such as the numbness and some chest pain and bone pain and joint pain as well as muscle weakness and tightness which are all side effects of metoprolol and Lisinopril. I saw drastic improvement and realized the Lisinopril probably was causing the symptom of labored breathing so I decided to taper off of that too and I saw that symptom go away too...I was experiencing adverse side effects of 2 medications I had been taking for over 2 years when the doctor insisted no it was not the medications. I had swelling in my knee which disappeared too. I knew much of the symptoms were compounded by the fear and anxiety of fearing I was going to die and the symptoms of anxiety can cause cardiac like symptoms such as you describe so I am wondering if it's that you are suffering these symptoms as a result of your fear of having a heart attack ? Makes sense to me, but why not ask your doctor for a panic medication and try with all your might to put having a heart attack out of your mind by being with other people, getting out of your present environment; doing something you like, etc and I know how hard that is to do, but try it as best as you can.I also did end up in the ER 2x with very high blood pressure from being so scared I was going to die due to the fear put in me by the doctors saying I would have a heart attack, a stroke, etc...I was infuriated with the doctors 2 of them for saying such horrid things to me and told them so...also have your doctor check all of your vitamin levels and do complete blood work as I learned I had a salt deficiency too while in the ER...It sounds like You are not having a heart attack, but your are experiencing all the symptoms of having one because you know the symptoms and our minds are so powerful...have you checked out possible allergies and yes allergic reactions can cause strange symptoms...I started using my elliptical and riding my stationary bike and feel much much better...just have to force yourself to make the moves and overcome the fears that are doing this to you or to atleast address the fears with maybe your doctor and ask for help with that because it is an anxiety condition that's causing you great stress and fear...I hope you will try something new; leave your present environment with a friend or someone you trust and just get out of the sickness that's making you fear for your life... I think that this happens to everyone at some point in our lives where we fear we are going to die and we don't die...it is a fear at the moment to be dealt with like any other fear..panic attacks are painful for the person having them, but a medication may greatly help you with that; maybe just take for short amount of time and see if it helps...hope you recover quickly and get your mind off of it which is the answer I think and yes, even with physical pain...try ice therapy too just by using a icepack and placing in different areas going in a downward way which gets your mind off of what you're fearing and instead gets your mind on how the ice feels on your body...put ice on your pain and see what happens...that's what I did and it worked; got my mind off of my fear of dying...I guess you can use heat too or massage therapy plus any other things...I don't take pain medications except for extra strength Tylenol and I did use that and got relief too...I think something very stressful may have happened to you as it did me and caused the fear to manifest into the array of painful symptoms you're having...Good luck Alex and you will get better, but force yourself to try something new...sorry so long, but I understand how painful this is...so get rid of it because you can...we can heal our bodies with our minds and with the help of exercise...don't watch tv where all the ads are pharmaceutical; same on social media; they're trying to sell medications by making it seem like we're all very sick and unhealthy people when we are not...
I'm from Lithuania, but i live in Northern Ireland, UK. I do too stay up late, because i fear the same thing. I also have a fear doing any physical activities or anything that involves me leaving my room and doing something. Sometimes im afraid to go to the shower in fear that i'll just collapse there... it really has changed my life and the way i do things, and it's really annoying.
Also do you get any symptoms in your sleep, like do you wake up from sleep with pains? or do you get pains when you're not fully awake, by that i mean... when you wake up but you're still kind of sleepy and u just stay in your bed. :D because for me i've noticed that i only start to get pains when i'm fully awake, and i also find myself checking my heart with my hand a lot. do you do the same? :D
I'm not joking when I say you sound just like me. I mean sometimes the chest pain will wake me up but that hasn't happened all the often, maybe like 4 times in the past year. But I notice that as soon as I wake up I start to feel them. For example, I slept okay last night! But before I went to bed, I was having back pain between my shoulder blades which is a big sign of an oncoming heart attack in women so I stared freaking out and sobbing. I was able to fall asleep and I didn't feel a thing at night, but as soon as I stared to wake up, I could feel it coming on.
I really appreciate the long and thoughtful post! I wasn't on any meds when this started happening. It really just came out of the blue one night and continued to happen. But in the summer it seemed to have simmered down a lot. But now it is back in full swing. I have done EVERYTHING. Between going to the ER, the doctor, getting all tests done, trying to get out and do things, massage therapy, acupuncture, cupping, using herbs, and counseling. It won't go away. How do you fight something that won't go away? And it's painful. I mean it really mimics spot on heart attack symptoms for a female. And now back pain and jaw pain has set in, which are two huge symptoms. So it just is vsey frightening...
Yeah, this sucks... well anyway, keep us updated! I really hope you get better!