Hi everyone,
So I've had OCD and Anxiety for all my life, I'm 19. But this year it got really bad. I started having constant Chest Pain which ended up being anxiety. I have had 4 EKG's, 2 chest X-Rays, blood drawn, 24 hour EKG, and a MRI with dye. They all came back negative, that was from September-November of this year. Basically now my OCD has returned this week and I have been having extreme chest pain and fatigue. I'm also taking 25ML of Zoloft (Not helping at all) as well as going to see a therapist weekly. I'm going on vacation next week and I'm really worried this is going to get in the way of my trip. Do you all have any suggestions on any medicine I should take or any natural remedies I can try to relive the pain? Thanks so much and any advice is needed.
Hello, I have extreme anxiety also, I have chest pains too, and it's irritating because i panic when i go somwhere far away, I usually practice breathing techniques, and classical music helps a lot also. Right now my anxiety level has went down because of these
Meds don't generally cure OCD if that's what your aiming for, typically therapy of some kind is needed to get to the root cause, meds arent the answer
Chest pain and anxiety may be a result of the Autonomic Nervous System trying to deal with something in the digestive, circulatory, metabolic, endocrine, and immune systems. If antihistamines like Zantac (ranitidine) help with the anxiety, there may be a problem with mast cells (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome), food allergies or Celiac disease (try keeping a food diary). Also check into Dysautonomia, some otherwise minor cardiac conditions (like a faster than normal resting heart rate) can set the ANS on edge, and a beta blocker might help calm the heart and ANS down.