Chest pain !!! Palpatations! !! Pain in left arm and can't breathe 😢😢😢 HELP ME !!!!

Mental health
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I went out for drinks with friends and wasn't drunk but had a few drinks and dance , I returned home at half 1 and fell asleep after 3 hours though I woke up all hot and sweating , my heart racing and gasping for air my left arm aching ...I suffer with anxiety but have it under control or so i thought ...I've never woken up from sleep from anxiety is this normal ??? Has anyone else experienced this I'm so scared sad

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I uses to love a drink on a night out. Not anymore, the day after a few drinks my anxiety will be through the roof, heart palpatations and sweating from the alcohol. You will be fine. They say to avoid alcohol if you have anxiety. Even though you are fine at the time its after yoir anxiety can increase. You know deep down its all classic signs of anxiety. Either relax and have some sleep, drink plenty xx

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Thank you ...I normally go out and am pretty fine just seemed this time it's got me and I think I let it get the better of me it may of been what I was drinking as I had very hot chest pains so could of been indigestion related too ??? , I managed to get to sleep but arm is still quite tense and short of breath a little but am trying to avoid dwelling on it too much 😕

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Yeah alcohol and caffeine are not your friends if you're suffering anxiety, even if you think you feel ok. It's probably best to stay off it for the time being if you can.

Also if ever you're worried about left arm/chest pain, consider this. If you're able to write a post, it's likely your anxiety and just take some deep breaths.

If ever you can't type a post like this, get words out, stuggle with your speech or coordination...that's the time to panic.

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I didn't write the post at home offeeling like that i was too busy worrying but yes I am alot calmer through the day and my breathing is getting better ...maybe I just overdid it in the night out and need to be more careful in future 😆

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Hi,

Have you been checked out to confirm it was only just anxiety or indigestion related ?, that left arm feeling you had sounds a bit concerning. I suffer from anxiety, angina and mild heart disease, I have suffered anxiety for 30 years and believe me, you can tell the difference from panic chest discomfort to actual chest pain, your body knows, I thought I was merely having a bout of anxiety, I knew I wasn't feeling right but put it down to the same as you, anxiety or indigestion, there was pain, lots of it and only moderate, that's why I put it down to indigestion, kept working away when I wasn't breathless, I got sick of feeling like I did so called an ambulance, 1 hour later I was told I had suffered a heart attack, NSTEMI kind picked up by a troponin blood test. 

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I've had numerous blood tests echo , heart monitor over 2 weeks etc and all clear and quite a few ambulance trips to A&E they have found nothing each time ...i think it's tension in my arm as had the pain for over a year now !!! It's got to be anxiety its just hard to convince mysrlf when its happening 😕