Chest pains

Hello, I hope you have found some releif with your problem. I'm 22 years old played sports all my life. Skinny but active, I weight lift now. I also had this problem with chest pain. It always tended to be on the left side of my chest where my heart was which scared me. I went to Urgent care one day and they actually sent me to the ER. My EKC wasn't "normal" says the guy at urgent care. However, once at Sparrow hospital they confirmed i was not having a heart attack. They said he was probably not used to seeing a young mans EKC, he was used to older pacients. Anyway, i was traumatized by the event. They diagnosed me with anxiety. I was afraid to workout because I couldn't stop thinking about my heart beat, was it to fast? A battled through this for a year or so until i went to my family doctor and got on a medication for depression/anxiety. Mainly for anxiety. It's called Zoloft 25 mg. a very small dose. I've been on it for 2 months and I feel so much releif. I cant even explain how good it feels to not think about my heart at all times of the day and night. So just a reccomendation! I workout 5 times a week and for the most part i feel great. from time to time ill think about it but it is nothing like it was. 

good luck!

I have exactly the same problem did you ever resolve or find out what the problem was. I've gone threw everything you describe the ECGs, stress ECGs the blood tests all of it comes back fine but still I suffer with chest pains especially at night to the extent that I'm afraid to go sleep. I was diagnosed with anxiety a while back and I was fine for about the last week but the pains afew back now.

What did you do

Hi everyone,

I'm also going through the same since past three months. Yesterday I consumed alcohol and today mrorning I started feeling pain near my heart. At first I ignored but later it was started getting unbearable. Maybe I got scared a lot and immediately rushed to hospital. Doctors immediately did my ECG, reports were Normal and was said that I'm having gas related issues. I'm not able to sleep the entire night as I'm alone and I'm continuously thinking that something may happen to me. Suddenly after reading the discussion I'm feeling a bit relaxed. But still I want to ask that if nothing is shown in ECG then does that seems that u don't have a heart attack, cause I think that as said when I did ecg pain went so may be it dint caught that. Please help as I'm being going through these panics situations from last three to four months and everywhere I go they say, u are fine just have gas but I don't know why this gets so intense.

I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE REPLYING ABOUT HEART PROBLEMS BUT I WENT THROUGH THE SAME THING AND I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE. MY CHEST PAIN WAS UNBEARABLE, MY BACK HURT SO BAD AND IT HURT THE WORST AT NIGHT. I ENDED UP FINDING OUT IT WAS GALLSTONES. IT ALSO HURT MORE WHEN I DRANK ALCOHOL BECAUSE THE GAS BUILDUP. SONEVER RULE OUT DIGESTION . MANY TIMES IT IS CONFUSED FOR HEART ATTACK AND FEELS THE SAME. I'M GLAD THE FOUND MY PROBLEM, I HAD TO LITERALLY FIGHT FOR MY LIFE. I WENT TO FIVE HOSPITALS, ALL OF THEM SENT ME HOME WITH PAIN MEDICATION UNTIL FINALLY MY HUSBAND YELLED AT THE ER AND SAID WE AREN'T GOING HOME UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT'S WRONG. I HAD A COMPLETE BLOCKAGE AND WOULD HAVE DIED IN A WEEK FROM SEPSIS IF I WOULD HAVE WENT HOME. ??NEVER GIVE UP ??

Hi Gyda, I have suffered from heart attack like symptoms for 13 years.  I was initially very ill with cronic fatigue, cronic all over body pain which lasted the better part of 3years which I believe was made worse as I had to work while ill. I got ill 2 weeks after my brother got glandular fever but the doctors tested me for this 3 months later and said although I had glandular fever in the past  I did not have it at the time.  I have  never knowingly had it or was ever this sick or ever diagnosed with it.

At some point in my illness the chest pains kicked in.  I suffered cronic fatigue, it would take me 20mins to make the bed with just a duvet on it and I would need to rest for another 20mins after.  I often dozed while driving, (drs wouldn't give me  time off work so I had no choice) my whole body felt like I had been hit by a truck, I suffered massive memory problems to the extent that at one point I not only couldn't remember what I had done a few minutes ago but I lost an entire 3 months of my life.  13 years on I still suffer memory problems, fatigue, and with exertion (like running across the road) or stress I get chest pains with tightness, pain down my left arm but the most painful is the pain that radiates into my lower jaw.  Pain will often hit 10/10 if I do not stop what I am doing and rest until it eases.  

Over the years I have had multiple ECG's, Angiograms, heart stress tests, which showed nothing. I have had a camera down my throat and up my bottom (I also developed cronic stomach pains and diarrhea after a few years)  which were all good, there were no indigestion issues. I was in a wonderful relationship, had lots of support, 2 wonderful kids who gave me no grief, no money problems, and I had no stress in my life other than the stresses caused by the onset of these symptoms.  Initially my doctor tried to tell me it was anxiety, completely ignoring my statements that I had nothing to stress about and that I had a wonderful life.  I was not prescribed any anxiety medication.  I have taken so many different pills for heart conditions and indigestion issues as an experiment to see if they worked over the years which none did.

3 years ago I was sent to a team of specialist drs who believe that I contracted an initial illness that damaged the nerve endings to my heart.  There was no test to confirm this.  It was explained in this way, an amputee has lost his foot but he can still feel it itch.  Those nerve endings are damaged but the brain still believes there is a foot and will create all the sensations of it itching.  When I exercise or stress my brain believes I'm having a heart attack and produces the symptoms.  This does not explain all the chronic fatigue or memory problems, and I have been given no explanation for them.

I certainly hope you don't have what I do, were you initially ill before you got ill that you may not be connecting with your symptoms.  The good thing is that this won't kill me, all the doctors agree that I would probably be dead by now if it was life threatning.  It has however changed the quality of my life drastically.  I am constantly reminding myself that there are worse people off than me, but its hard to live in constant pain, with a very low quality of life compared to before I got ill.

I would be keen to hear how you are getting on now or from anyone who is experiencing anything similar to what I go through and what their doctors have said.  

I had pain at the heart for 20 years and all doctors attributed the symptoms to either anxiety or fibromyalgia or asthma. What they fail to check was the nerves to the heart. In the end, ended up with 6 blockages, a spasmodic nerve in the left ventricle and only two branch bundles instead of three found in the left ventricle; they're your electrical branches to make the heart wall beat. After 20 years of misdiagnosis. the heart weakened causing a pacemaker and defibrillator implant need.

If you feel a second diagnosis is needed by another doctor. remember number one:. It's Your health we're talking about....go go to that second opinion never need to ask others...do it for you even if you need to have a discussion with your insurance to let them know your medical issues haven't been resolved and secondly, remember that all doctors are alike. I happen to fall into a Cardiology Group who I love and who take care if me but they all think differently at times. Most time when I have a heart Cath, there's more than one Cardiologist reading the screen talking about my heart...I do know this waking two times to watch them and even talking with them during an angioplasty. Watch the BP upper and lower readings to make sure you're not in stroke territory but if you keep worrying about your health then it's could put you in threat of stroke. So get that second opinion and as I said, your insurance company needs to know these issues aren't resolved. There's so many heart problem symptoms but then the "Widow Maker" happens so quickly that the symptoms may not be present or all happens at once then the ticker stops.

Whether it's the heart, or lungs, infections, or whatever organ......you need resolution...go for it.....prayers that a doctor will find the answers for you. Read about hearts issues. lung issues, what makes you dizzy.... Could it be due to an imbalance of sodium, potassium. calcium? All needed for your nerons to function properly .... or any meds taken to cause the issues.....or any other things to rule out. Stress whether good or bad can affect us all but also, family medical history affects us too regardless of how well our diet is and/or how well we exercise.

I do know your frustration....I know your needs to know....I know your need for medical resolution..... but also remember the gall bladder, and other organs may be causing the problems.....also, the environment in which you work and live can be factors. Don't feel crazy.... Instead go get your resolution. Don't feel like you need to accept your current answers and still feel sick..... Always remember a second opinion saved my life and can save so many; or makes life much more productive and enjoyable.

iam also having chest pain quiet often..I feel like squeeze in chest and sweat. .I did ECG 4 times which came normal.TMT and 2d echo twice which are normal well..blood picture is fine..doc's pointed out in had anxiety syndrome and Bcos u Google a lot for symtoms. .thing now I cannot stop thinking about health that I have some thing and unable to concentrate. So.iam in mode of taking CT angiogram for calcium score. .as of now taking rablet gastro tablet in morning and Nexito plus for controlling anxiety.I have hemoglobin 15.3 yet my mchc and mch were near borderline low.