Been having chest pains for about 3 months and pain in left arm whent to er 3 times ekg and blood work normal and chest exray can anxiety last this long or is it something else help
If your ekg was fine, your heart is healthy.
Absolutely, anxiety can last long. I have had it on and off for years but that doesn't mean you will. I didn't know how to manage it. I had no internet support back then and my doctor was useless.
Remember one thing, any symptom related to anxiety cannot hurt you!! It cannot hurt your heart or anything else. It's scary but that's all it can do.
You get symptoms because when you are anxious, the brain is also anxious, so it sends out adrenaline through the body. That causes different symptoms including rapid heart rate, shortness of breath, etc. An over anxious brain can cause chest pain, arm pain and hundreds of symptoms. So people get scared and think they have some terrible disease or condition.
The only way I got rid of most of my symptoms is by calming down my brain.
I listen to meditations on you tube for anxiety and my whole mind and body are completely calm. They teach you how to separate anxiety from yourself and negative thinking. Just search for Guided Meditations for Anxiety or depression or stress.
I use earbuds and lay down to listen.
Its important to use proper breathing techniques with anxiety. Search you tube for
"guided meditation for breathing ". Always go to your breathing when symptoms or anxiety begin.
You will be fine. It just takes a little practice but be determined to be the one in control, not the anxiety!
Dont be frustrated if the anxiety comes and goes. Eventually it will even out if you keep practicing relaxation.
A great book called Mindfulness teaches you all of this and teaches you how to manage anxiety and get your peace of mind back. It's a white cover book with a ball of string on cover.
Feel better!!
It's anxiety...I used to be afraid I'd have a heart attack at any minute as well...if there was any issue with your heart the doctors would have found it during one of the tests. Do you get panic attacks?
Yes i get panic attacks it just scares me because i have have this pain for 3 months now i never thought anxiety could do this
Here i go again its back after 8 months left arm pain pulsing in my ears chest discomfort does anybody else get this from anxiety please help