Chest pain 28 yr old. I fear disability coming soon.

I am 28 yrs old about 6'0 tall 175 lbs married 3 kids and had issues for about 3-6 years now that progressively got worse and now I am struggling to function/work/live a life with my family. I used to workout and was pretty active outside and it gradually declined to nothing as I was having issues especially with heat and worse earlier in the day. Now I do nothing but work(and I struggle, not even too physical of job but I do have to walk a lot) and am at home. I know this is long but I have spent a lot of time in misery and I just want my life back. I will list my symptoms from worst and most bothersome to just a symptom. This is crippling me and it only gets worse I fear I will have to go on disability soon. I first noticed it because I played Frisbee golf(disc golf) all the time and gradually I was able to spend less time doing it as I would feel chest pain and sick, palpitations and racing chest if I was out there too long. It literally just slowly went from me being able to be out there for 5 hours to drying up to now I cant do it at all over 1-3 year period. I struggle to watch my kid play football on a 75 degree day or go to the zoo. I no longer work out. It takes me a while to cool off after feeling sick in the heat. I have spent a lot of money at doctors and the best I get it "I think it is anxiety" but it is hard for me to swallow that. I struggled the other day to drive to work in 80 degree weather with windows down for 20 minutes. I had to cool off at work for about 30 minutes I thought I was going to have to go to the E.R. I used to run around in 100 degree weather just like 5 years ago no problem. Main complaint is chest pain and palpitations/dizzy.

chest pain, discomfort, pressure feeling middle chest behind breast bone, like I have been punched inside my chest like a bruise, possibly radiates to jaw sometimes.

daily chest palpitations randomly or caused by activity, stairs, ladder, lead forward, sex, crouching, flex chest muscles, high stress, feels like racing/skip beat/beats hard.

heart racing different causes sometimes just waking up, mild activity like walking, many things seem to make it race faster than normal.

extreme dizzy or dizzy spells especially standing still sometimes from seeing something move I get a strong quick spell, sometimes feel like fainting or vertigo.

shortness of breath very easy, sometimes even prolonged talking brings it on, smothered or lack of oxygen type feeling.

cant tolerate any heat even mild, gradually got worse over years used to enjoy it very much and I looked forward to summer.

struggle very much daily activity no matter how simple like walking or carrying.

sometimes I see stars randomly, can be brought on by activity(I have got it from a cartwheel or flip before).

feel terrible if I eat breakfast also if I get too hungry or miss a meal(besides breakfast).

feel worst first half of day, wakeup very slow/tired/chest pain and I feel best towards end of day but still bad.

stretching hurts my chest and gives a black out feeling which before problem stretching felt great, sometimes head too, also deep breath hurts.

chest discomfort even shirt or seat belt can feel heavy or scratchy.

sometimes feel extreme weakness in arms and legs almost a loss of control.

sometimes stinging sensation tops of wrist/forearm and shins especially morning or sneezing.

chest beat uncomfortable sometimes starting walking after staying in sit position.

weakness in chest sometimes when urinate, chest collapsing feeling.

easy cramping feet and hands sometimes muscles twitch.

clench jaw, grind teeth, sometimes rub nipples to distract chest pain.

sometimes left face pain or sensation/twitch.

cant seem to empty bladder enough at night as I wakeup to pee sometimes.

digestive problems.

cant drink caffeine as it makes me feel sick.

sometimes blood shot eye.

sometimes spit green/yellow/ or rarely a little blood in morning.

long standing dry cough.

bloody nose randomly maybe 10-15 times a year which never happened before.

occasional night sweat.

lack of thirst.

lack of sweat but I do drink decent amount(not alcohol or caffeine).

shallow breath.

fatigue.

border line high blood pressure sometimes(random).

tunnel vision 100% of time.

dark urine.

blood microscopically in urine I was told when younger(cant see it).

mid back pain which is pretty bad in spinal area worse by lifting.

diagnosed general anxiety disease(I believe it).

GERD gastro esophageal reflux disease(I believe it).

shingles because I had pain that kind of ringed from front of chest to back(maybe but I have never had any rash).

I take Xanax as needed probably once a day about .5 - 1MG it helps me with anxiety sometimes. Also 40MG Protonix for GERD which doesn't seem to help symptoms.

I have had lyme disease test, numerous EKG, chest CT scan, upper G.I. endoscopy with biopsies which only saw a "erythematous hyperemic duodenal bulb", stress tests(saw a PVC which they said was normal), ER multiple times usually think it is anxiety related, blood work, moderate line level cholesterol but I eat pretty healthy. I have also seen chiropractor about back pain and spine is slightly curved thinks normal otherwise. All tests seem normal so far. I also seen a lung dr and he did a test where I blew into tube and checked oxygen from finger.

I don't know how much more I can take of this and I don't know what to do.

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