THANK GOD both reports came back absolutely normal.
I was... am relieved but I still have this ...( idk how to explain this feeling,) feels like my heart is being stabbed or pinched or pulled on and off many times throughout the day the sensations last for a sec or less and continue on and off throughout the day. Any time.Sometimes they dont happen at all.
The more I think of them the worse they get.
And they are reallllly uncomfortable.
They're actually happening right now. Every few seconds.
I was CONVINCED something was wrong but both the tests came back nomal.
ECG was normal.
In ECHO, the doc checked up my heart and showed me too! It was scary.. you know, seeing my heart.. ( its like an ultrasound) everything came back normal! And both the docs and nurse were basically smiling
They were like " you're a healthy 20 year old"
Why the hell am I feeling this way then! GAH!!!! And yeah, I get this lump in my throat feeling on and off too... I can still tolerate it but this feeling in my heart. I just wanna cry so hard right now!
Whats goin on!
P.S I visited the Biggest and the best hospital in my Country.
Maybe you are worrying a bit too much about the little things because you have a lot of time on your hands worrying about nothing serious enough to warrant medical treatment. I appreciate you are concerned about your health, but maybe try not to take life so seriously with regard to threats to your body. Occupy yourself with other things and try not to think in the same way again it is damaging to your time and uses up a lot of resources.
First let me start by telling you that i have the exact heart symptoms, stabs, claw like sensations, heart tightness that is sometimes combined with the feeling of weakness and the feeling that i am going to faint. I soetimes feel y heart pulsing in my whole body. I have dizzy spells, the feeling that i will faint in any moment, alotugh i never lost my consciousness. I've had numeorus EKGs, 24 hour EKG, 24 Blood pressure, Cerebral MRI, Upper GI endoscopy as i also have digestive issues, blood works. Except for 73 palpitations in 24 hours everything is just peechy, and even those palpitaions are nothing to worry about they say because they are very few. I am still not sure if its anxiety or not and i am scared as well, even at work sometimes its horrible. So you're not alone. The good part is there is nothing physical wrong with us, well as much as the doctors say and i've been to more than one so i guess they are not all idiots. I also have good days, like today when these symptoms are taking just 2 hours of the whole day for example. Be brave and let's pass trough this, if you ever find the exact cause please let me know, cause i know i will tell anyone who is suffering from this crap life stealing thing. Best of wishes, Gordon.
4 years ago, I had exactly what you explained. I was 15 at the time. I had very very sharp mains around the heart area (sometimes right side of the chest). I went to the doctor after having multiple anxiety attacks and they reported back to me that everything is fine. However, i still felt the sharp pains in my chest and felt paranoid. I didnt know how a heart attack felt like but everytime I had the pain i thought i was about to have one.
Turns out all I had was a cold. I dont know the exact translation (I was in libya at the time) but it was caused from moving to a very hot place into a very cold place. In my case it was from being outside in the heat and going inside under the AC. After a while the sharp pains stopped. Everytime you have these sharp pains, just stretch your arms out, breath in and out multiple times. Even if it doesnt go away, just remember the only thing that brings on fear is yourself.
Your mind has been trained to think anything abnormal is going to harm you or kill you Even if it your mind, its become a habit and that is the first reaction you will have when responding to the pain.
I reccommend just relaxing, go on holiday, exercise or even meditate.
Its not like I am enjoying this here! ,its NOT a little thing ! It is basically ruining my days.Ofcourse I try and distract myself as much as I can but the pain is too real and affects my thinking pattern. How can I not worry!
Its really easier said than done.
Wish u could step in my shoes and see how it feels.
1. Stay off websites like these. When I was going through my anxiety, reading up on symptoms made me feel symptoms that I never really had.
2. Don't google what you feel. You wont find the answer on google, it will just give you bad information that will make you worse.
3. Don't listen to other people. They will make you feel like you are weird and not normal. You are normal. Everything you are feeling is normal. Believe me I had the same thing and it made me reall upset.
The only difference is I had no one to relate to, so i couldnt really feel comfortable. Im here to tell you that I know exactly how you feel. It will go 100%!
Thanks, its such a relief knowing im not the only one.
I hardly get any palpitations so yeah, I'm assuming your case is far more complicated than mine! Sounds like a living hell ,but I know that doctors know much about our bodies than we do. There's no way they can be wrong especially when you're seeing more than one like, they can't all be a bunch of idiots.
I'm just worried about these aches.
They're really uncomfortable and hinder ur work and functioning.plus they freak me out! No fun
I know what you mean. It also makes normal things seem like symptoms. You start sweating and your mind will tell you 'its anxiety, panic!!!!'. The reason you are having anxiety is because this pain is around the heart area. If this pain was in your leg you wouldnt mind it. The pain is really in your chest and not in your heart!
Try hard to resist googling symptoms, it will do wonders !
A thought that may be in your mind is 'how long am i going to feel like this for?' and 'This is going to last until im old'. These thoughts will not allow you to progress and will make you feel trapped.
The video will help you a lot. People really look down on meditation when it has been practised for thousands of years. Research it and watch your anxiety go away!
At your age Tiffany I was in the depths of anxiety, trying to keep going with my college course and basically ruinng everyday of those precious years with constant panic.
My support was called desensitisation. I had to face my feeling whilst still carrying on with my everyday activities. At the end of each day I had to tell myself that I was still alive and healthy and that it was my brain overreacting that had ruined that day with uneccesary worries and anxiety.
I realised from repetition that nothing dreadful ever happened to me.
I also decided to believe the medical profession. Like you endless tests came back telling me I was healthy.
And I am....I'm 60 now and can look back and feel so cross about the time and days that were spoilt.
Our bodies do strange things sometimes and when we get a feeling we dont like we focuss on it and it gets worse.
Try and say to yourself. "oh dear, here is that horrible feeling again but I will come out the other side of it" Just like a mantra. When it has gone forget it. Dont cry and carry on with what you want to do...It truly is mind over matter.
Dont forget everyone has horrible feelingd sometimes but most can let them go....
It is frustrating but keep reading carefully what I had written earlier. Just from the 2 sentences you just wrote......
You are letting your brain focus on the fact that it can make you feel the worry. It is draining you and eating you up.
But you know you will come out the other side. Say this to yourself. " I will come out the other side" It is a positive phrase and your brain will react in time. (there are no instant cures and it is hard work).
You wrote you can't put an end to it.. YES YOU CAN... always positive thoughts.. not negative thoughts.. no more I can't.
Instead of I'm feeling terrible think or say out loud "I am getting better".
Turn it all on its head...negative to positive.
You can do it. I did from a terrified young woman who could hardly cope with anything and was constantly so frightened I have now had a professional career, travelled the world, brought up my 2 children.
Tonight I am travelling on a coach to London to the theatre.
When I was 20 I could not have got on the coach let alone sit in a theatre.
This was almost 2 years ago. Did any of you ever get over this or how so this has been happening to me for the past 3 months going on 4 and I need it to stop,it might be anxiety because it started for me exactly around the time that I started to get anxiety by definition but I actually never told anyone,my family sees me as a quiet man or whatever lol but the doctors constantly say I'm fine after every ER visit. All 8 of them in less than 3 months. I need anxiety meds but I'm afraid to admit I have anxiety my mom always disappointed in me I just need to reach a certain thing that's closer than ever some plz respond I need to be sure.
Often times, chest pain due to gas may be the result of heartburn, which is caused when stomach acids escape and flow up into the esophagus. ... If you have frequent heartburn, it could indicate a condition like acid reflux or gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD. Symptoms of Trapped Gas.
I know thisome is an old post, I wadon't wondering if any of you with the similar symptoms are feel8ng better mentally and physically?
I seem to have developed this chest pain which started all of a sudden one Saturday whilst I was just at a family party. Nothing to trigger any chest problem, just a sudden tightening pain and (the scary bit) slight shortness of breath. I went to the emergency room for a check and they ran a few tests, however they came back to me saying I was a healthy 28 year old. This made my day, however I was still feeling a little pain, nothing major. I was fine to work through following Monday and Tuesday with delight discomfort but nothing that stopped me from working, however the sharp pain came back on Wednesday. In between this time I had a chest xray which came back fine. I had to miss work to attend another emergency room, having run the same tests again the did not find any problems however I knew this is was not normal. When you here them say it's fine the pain slightly subsides which is a little strange, probably anxiety.
A week later after a few 'back to normal' days I suffered severe (I would think) heart palpitations and dizziness during a lunch break at work. I tried to ignore this and turned to breathing exercisespace, however this only made matters worse. I was quickly taken to a nearby walk-in centre and there they saw that there was a slight abnormality with my heart rythym. This is scaring the helloyds out of me and now I'm overly anxious, my mind is not at rest. I have been told to go to my local doctor and request for a 24 hour heart monitor tomorrow (04 October 2016). This is scaring me ever so much , which I believe is making matters worse, but I can't help but think of it.
Has this happened to anyone and if so how did you go about getting this treated etc?
By the way I was on holiday in a really hot country for 2 weeks. I returned 2 weeks ago, the problem started 6 days later, not sure if this is linked to my issues at the moment?
I am also described as very quiet and reserved however I do a lot of thinking, sometimes a little too much.
I believe I also have anxiety issues and need to get rid of it as soon as possible. All but 1 of my test havery come back 100%. My most recent test shows I have slight abnormality in my heart beat apparently. I need to obtain a heart monitor at the docs as soon as I can.
I really hope it's nothing but my mind is not at rest at all.