Hi all. I am happy to find this place, it is such a relief to discover that so many people share some of my symptoms, I have been experiencing a wide variety of symptoms for 2 years now. Each period of time of these two years were characterized by a specific nature. I am 26 years old , fit male . I was a regular smoker for 6 years or so. Last two years I quit and come back, right now I smoke occasionally.
It all started with a bronchitis, a week after I had a heavy chest and upset stomach and I throw up, from that incident I started to have a constant right side lower chest pain with the fear that I had a cancer, I did not know how to manage anxiety that time because it was new thing for me. So I did all needed blood test and it turned out to be nothing.
I did not get things together for myself so things got worse, the following month I had a very depressing time with chest pain , insomnia, nausea and fatigue and then I had my first panic attack which I thought it was a heart attack off course and I had a seconded attack after a week from the first one, so I had to take an SSRI( anti depressant ) because I started to develop a huge concern that hunted my mind that I have a heart disease , I always had aches cramps , pinching pains every where, heavy chest sometimes , I was checking my pulse so many times a day and I could not sleep well also, in general that time was excruciating and ugly.
Things improved after SSRI ( I had a couple of attacks but they were mild )
After I traveled I stopped medication and I lived a relatively normal days for about a year with minor events (pains in the rib cage , left, right and back), I kept on doing 3 sessions of sport a week , I had an active life style but I kept on light smoking.
For the last ten months I started to develop exactly heart related symptoms, general chest pain and chest tightness that radiates to the left arm , light headed and nausea and extreme anxiety. So I did on the course of 10 months 4 EKGs , 1 echo doublers and one stress test (endurance test EKG) I reached level 5 in that test , also I did 2 blood test , all came back to be normal , in addition I had an echo and an endoscopy for my stomach with good results. All doctors said go home you have nothing to worry about!! I am still not convinced because I am still having theses pains and they are making my life very difficult. I still smoke occasionally and I work out almost daily , still having depressing painful times lately especially during nighttime , mostly the pain comes at rest or when doing something easy , not when I am running or lifting , the pain comes when I am alone or with friends or in a public place. It has a huge negative effect to my life.
I am trying relaxation methods like massage sessions and having cold showers. I think It is about time that I get back to anti depressants , any thoughts and ideas that can help me ?
Thanks for reading , hope you all the best.