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Posted 3 months ago

***below is my post in chest pain. Since this post I hav discovered a few things: vocal cord dyfusion, ineffective esophagus immotily, small sliding hitail hernia, some acid reflex, and weak lower spinter. Could this be causeing my chest pain along with anxiety?? Help plz!! Not sure if I'm even posting thins in the right spot

It seems to be a very shallow pain, on the top of my ribs and sometimes made worse by position of body, other times it doesn't bother me with movement. I've been trying to figure this out for over a year now

Hello all,

Let me give you a quick run down. 26 year old, overweight, non smoker/drinker. I stay fluidly activfor as I get almost 25,000 steps a day. Played 4 years s of college basketball, wait gained after basketball.

Married, kids, love my job. I had a messed up child hood and have always been a person with anxiety.

About a year ago I had an episode were I felt light headed, heart was racing, left arm pain, so I went to the Er. Everything checked out. I had several more of these episodes and ended up at the er 2-3 times. Everything checked out fine. I went to a cardio doc did ekg, stress, echo, and 24 hr monitor. Everything checked out fine (a trace of a leaky value) which the doc said it wasn't a concern. That started a bunch of test, acid reflex test etc. I felt like I was losing my mind and even went to Mayo Clinic! Again they said heart was fine, put me on anxiety meds and that has seemed to help.

I still get chest pain on the lift side which tends to be in a specific spot. It feels better when I press down on that spot. Another concern is I feel short of breath sometimes but have Asma and being overweight doesn't help. Sternum also hurts with movement. Any ideas?

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Has your Dr mentioned Coscochondritis? Your "symptoms" sure sound like this could be what you have! Talk to your doctor about it. There are no tests or meds for this ... don't know what causes it ... and, you never know when you're going to have a flare up ... it's a crappy condition to have because of the pain involved. I've decided that I have to work through the pain or, if possible, and you have the luxury to just check out for awhile, rest to re-charge your batteries. This won't make it go away, but you're not exasberating it with movement. Sorry couldn't be more help. Coscochondritis is probably more common than we think!

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Do you suffer from anxiety or acid reflex as well?? I have never spoke. To anyone who has it, did you first think yours was heart related?

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Yes ... very much so since I did have a "real" heart attack on May 1, 2016 ... I thought it was happening again in December, 2016! I also must tell you I'm a 3 yr Lung cancer survivor, so I also thought the pain I had been experiencing was from having 1/2 of my lung removed ... anyway, in March of 2017 I had a huge anxiety attack ... truly thought I was dying. Back to the hospital, stayed 4 days, played around with my medications and sent me home! I still have the Coscochondritis pain, almost daily since they've taken me off Prednisone! I hate that drug for its "wonky" side affects, but it works (unfortunately it is not to be used for long terms)! The anxiety is not so bad since they put me on Lexipro 10 mg per day. I hope this has helped you a little ... please let me know what your doctor says ...