I've got chest pain all the time when I stand up both arms hurt I feel sick and lightheaded been a&e numorus times ecgs blood tests and xrays all come back normal finding it hard to believe it's anxiety and not my heart
It’s probably anxiety, we’ve almost all probably felt similar.
I know it probably is but it's hard to believe it is you probably know the feeling just need to convince myself it is anxiety
I know it’s hard to believe but if you’re checked out for your fears and it comes back normal you should at least know you’re not in immediate danger. Your mind is a powerful tool and the more you give it a chance to worry about a particular symptom the more you feed it. Excercise, give your mind an excuse for the daily aches and pains.
Angela
If they have tested and tested I would say to you trust the tests, you have Anxiety, so stop worrying.
To be honest you really need to stop having so many tests you could make your Body ill then you will need treatments that are not very nice.At this time consider your options for your Anxiety and stop worrying about your health. Has your GP recommended any form of treatment pathways ?
Believe there is nothing wrong with your heart, live with it, enjoy your Life
BOB
I have the same exact symptoms. I've had 4 ekgs, 3chest xray, a stress tests, & an echocardiogram. It's just anxiety. It happend when you lay down for long periods of time being depressed,or just at genrald discontent. I've told my cardiologist about it ain't he didn't even seem phased. BUT he did say drink plenty of water & that really helped. Drink a lot of water & get up more often. Maybe every 30 mins. Go for a walk. Eat a better diet. I promise you it helps.
My gp has put me on medication (fluoxetine) given me a few leaflets for counselling so going look though them and make phone calls on Monday my gp said she's going to check on my pains and stuff in a month then possible refer me to a cardiologist for my own peace of mind she is 100% confident it's anxiety and not my heart it's just so hard to get my head never had anxiety before don't even know what brought it on to be honest
Thankyou it's a relief to know it's not just me that has been though this fingers crossed I can get over it even just a little bit
Angela
You need to be comfortable in your own Skin although you need to understand after your tests and CBT you will need to move on and live your life. One problem we all have is health niggles throughout our lives, these niggles are generally nothing to worry about. You are sensitized to these and you need to control these feelings. So you will need to accept these problems we all have and move on.
When it comes to tests, XRays etc, having these done over and over again can cause health problems. It is ok to have several tests although it is important you accept these results. Look at it this way you have the relevant test you should generally be 100% sure all is ok
BOB
I feel for you 100 percent I've went through all the tests myself as my anxiety just like yours was so physical that I was convinced it was more. i became so mentally ill with this that it became all day all night thing for almost a year.. it was so debilitating and scary and isolating.. keeping my faith and the visits to the doctors eventually in time I was able to stay calm long enough to give my body time to recover.. when we are so anxious all the time the bodies just not getting time to come down and heal.. it's not easy but you will get better.. it's just gonna take time and perseverance.. even if that means constant trips to the doctors to help with your recovery.. I hope you feel better soon but I was where you where and it's only just passed few months I've been able to live a normal life again.. I have my days where it try's to creep in but now i know it's anxiety am able to shut it down quicker than before and so I don't get the extreme symptoms I once did..
Thanks I've been like this since September I'm hoping there's light at the end of the tunnel it's horrible not able to do anything I usually did my husband and kids have been brilliant though this but can't help but feel guilty that I'm not able to do things for them I'm hoping these meds work and going to try counselling see if I can get to the bottom of it alot has happened in the past 2 years so it could be everything just got too much and I've thought I've dealt with things but haven't
There definitely is light at end of tunnel.. so good you have support. I felt guilty to for my husband and kids but they understood. Just got to concentrate on getting better and taking all the help and support you can until you get stronger. Yeah a number of things can trigger it and if you've had a lot going on then again don't be hard on yourself. You can only take so much. I got councilling and got put on sertraline but I found the medication made me worse but they do help some. I had bad side effects on them too.. I really found here so helpful on my bad days as so many understood what I was going through and it really helped me..