Hello, all.
Just wondering how many of you get chest pain because of anxiety?
How does it feel?
Where do you feel it?
How long does it last?
Just asking to see how many different ways someone can describe there chest pain?
I'm having a pressure kind of like pain on my left side right now. It's more centered in the left area near my armpit, kind of. I feel like I can't breathe and my face and hands feel tingly.
I went to the emergency room on Sunday for terrible chest pain that I've never felt before. I got an ekg and it came back "borderline" instead of normal like it always does. The doctors didnt seem concerned so they didn't even do blood work. I went to my primary doctor the next day, got another ekg and it came back normal. I'm terrified what I'm feeling is a heart attack. I had a bad panic attack earlier and ever since my chest has been hurting and it won't go away.
That's how anxiety works. You go to the doctor and everything is just fine but you can't seem to except that it's just anxiety. It irritates me as well
My chest pain is usually stabbing pains, like short and sharp don't usually last longer than a minute. will come at random times during the day, i'll have good days and bad days but i've had a lot of tests on my heart and all seems to be well and good so not a lot i can do expect keep plodding on. Doesn't help though, i've never had chest pain where it stops me still and i grab my chest but some of them can be quiet painful, how am i meant to just carry on? Like yesterday i was moving some furniture about when I got a bit of chest pain, im just meant to carry on and hope i don't keel over, very hard!
I'm a long term sufferer (20years) and when I get chest pains they feel like I'm having a heart attack, all my left side goes really tight and I can't take a deep breath because of the sharp pain it stops me inhailing deep so I have to take short breaths til it passes, yesterday thou it seemed to last for an hour and had me quite scared! But after it passed I was fine 👍
Hi
I got diagnosed with anxiety problems after taking a certain smoking cessation drug back In February. I have terrible muscle spasms and chest pain - today has been by far the worse. I can go weeks and be fine then have a bad couple of weeks. My pain is more of a spasm from the centre of my chest by the heart which shoots round the rib cage and into my back. It is worst at my most anxious but fades away if I control my breathing for a while. This isn't always easy as breathing deeply can be quite painfull. I too have been through the ECG etc but now have come to terms that it is my Anxiety. I know when I'm going to have a bad time when I get a burning sensation in my legs which can spread through my arms and head/face. You will learn to notice the trigger signs and learn to cope with it. Just remember to stay as calm as possible and be aware of your breathing. Believe me - I know it isnt easy. All the best - Simon
Hi simon .... i also suffer from anxiety and i was going through a rough phase 2-3 months ago for About a year .... then i started getting this burning sensation in my legs and arms .... i was very worried as to why is this happening ... i wasn't also getting any info on this on the internet .....this is the first time someone has mentioned this .... i guess this is just anxiety ... however now i am over it for some time ... but started feeling anxious again from 2-3 days .... not much but little .... one thing i have noticed is that 3 months before one day i decided that from today onwards i will believe that nothing is wrong with me and would ignore the symptoms and divert my mind ... magically within next 2-3 days the symptoms started fading away and within a week i was over my anxiety .... i gues thats the best tmedicine for anxiety .... just get yourself checked by doc and if he says you are fine .. believe in him and ignore the anxiety stuff ... it will surely fade away ..... pls share your views over this with me ... thnx
Hi Dee
I had never suffered with anxiety before and it was a very scary experience the first day i had a panic attack. I was sat at work happy as Larry in the morning and as the day went on It gradually got worse. By dinner time I couldnt even answer the telephone and went in to a full blown melt down and was sent home from work. Being a bloke - I was very embarrased.Over the next few days I gradually got worse and pretty much felt extremely anxious to the point I couldnt leave the house for about two weeks. I was put on anti depressants and Beta Blockers which over time have helped. I suffer with the occasional bouts of the burning legs on a regular basis but this doesnt always develop into a full blown anxiety breakdown. As time has passed the bouts are getting further apart. BUT I will say if I have a good stretch of being OK when they do crop up they are usually very good ones that last about a week. Thankfully I only get the chest pains when I'm particularly bad. I won't say I'm over it by any means but I will say i'm getting to be able to tolerate it more. Its not easy to stop the voices in your head when you start. I named mine Geoff Lol. I found it easier to say Geoff do one. You are not going to ruin my day. Some days you win some you loose. Thanks for commenting. Its been nice to discuss it with some one thats been through it. I can safely say that most people dont understand and until they have been through it they never will
i just got rushedinto hospital a couple of weeks ago with an svt my heart rate hit 195 bpm, they did many tests and found nothing wrong with me, im only 16 and been stressed lately, they said its just anxiety, i get chest pain in my left side, its a harp pain that only lasts for about 2 minutes then goes and comes back, now that ive calmed down a bit i only get this rarely but its still annoying hope this helps 
Hi simon ... actually i have gone through very rough stages of this anxiety and panic attacks. I have rushed to hospital thinking i am having heart attack. But nothinv came out in tests. Two times i have discussed my reoprts with heart surgeons .... they reassured that everything is alright and i shouldn't worry for all this at this age of 25-27 .... believe me i have done a hell of a research over anxiety / hypercondria and discussed my situation a lot on this portal. All this has helped me a lot more than medicines. This thing is in our mind and this only can be dealt with shear will power. One thing you should note is that whenver you are busy in some other work .... you might not experience these symptoms or their intensity might be very low as compared to times when you pay full attention to them .... this problem is based on fight or flight phenomenon .... i suggest you read about this fight or flight .... generally mwn are of fighting nature ... i you get a chsst pain or something you start fighting to get over it ... you research on net ... get medical tests and help .... keep thinking about it all the time ... this worsens this situation ... however on the other hand ... women are of flight nature .... they tend to ignore them and copw up with the that if its happening let it be ... it will pass away with time ... let me do my work instead of wasting time over thinking about this .... the flight is the best way to dwal anxiety .... as once you acceot it as an anxiety symptom and not other disease and ignore them ... your mind would slowly forget itand you will get over it ....
You must be thinking that i am saying too much on this but believe me ... i have done so much of research on this that i can do a PHD on anxiety problems ... ha ha ha .... try these things and see that you are not alone and their are a lot of us with exactly same problem and same symptoms ..... all the docters cannot be wrong .. if every ones docter says they are fine then its not a disease .. its anxiety only which can be overcome ....