Healing Costochondritis and Anxiety

This is my story you wrote.. mine definitely arose from anxiety and felt exactly like yours.. traveled down my left arm and of course I thought it was a heart attack... I'm still struggling with it at the same time trying to gety anxiety under control.. I'm interested to learn how you are doing, I know this was wrote a few months ago

Hi Kelly sorry to hear of your pain and anxiety symptoms that come along with it. I've been given the diognoses of rip tip syndrome but strange mines on my right side abdomen. I have heard of most cases effecting the left side mostly for people. I've under gone endoscopy showed mild gastritis all blood tests normal. Mri checked my gall bladdder again they said normal functioning. I find it hard with pain drags you down doesn't it. I have read in cases this may help you I'm looking into it myself with a referral by my gp to see a pain clinic that injections can be given into several ribs to from what I read in about 5 people's cases can actually stop pain completely. I too drink herbal teas like I cut up lemons add honey to green tea or for my gastritis I drink peppermint tea. Cutting out caffeine does help with anxiety so you drinking those teas will help. I have a nearly 2 year old baby and I get very upset 😭 I won't go out or talk to people been shouted at by neighbours because they think I'm miserable and go on about pain I distanced myself since then. I have to smoother deep heat on my shoulders upper abdomen and neck. I sympathise with u your not alone honey 🍯. Hot water bottle hot baths help. It's hard because you feel like you cannot do what you normally are able to do. The exercise thing your worried about don't be just be careful lifting again hard one I know I ride long distances on my bike and yes suffer pain but after a while eases plus endorphins are good for the depression and anxiety. Only thing I struggle with I have withdrawn socially.  I got a nearly 2 year old little girl I find hard not to lift. It's impossible actually when they want mummy. I have gone through so much I have been up a n e numerous times. In my head was so sure it was gall bladder as friends said that had gall bladder problems that it can cause anxiety. But reading about ribtip sydrome which is a new word of other word known as your diognoses this can cause anxiety too. I suppose any kind of pain can let's face it it's a pain in bum to have or in our case in ribs it's on my mind a lot I find it hard to think about other things other than the pain. I also read counselling is a good thing to have on regular basis. I go fortnightly helps. Also seeing doc tomorrow about antidepressants hard because I suffer bi polar it's finding right treatments that don't get me manic. I heard trylic anti depressants are good for pain and give calming effect. Tablets arnt always the answer for most people. But if u feel really brings you down I would say ask your gp to refer you to pain clinic so they can take good look into pain relief for you which include the injections. I ride my bike a lot just to feel moving fast stops me thinking about the pain swimming good also. And great stuff you eat loads veggies I do too. Thought I'd just let you know I know how you feel keep your chin up. Pain clinics are referred by gp. I do know there can be a wait but well worth going to they will help you good luck my sweet best wishes nicola. Xxx also spiritual churches offer healing to people in pain if your a believer it helps a lot of people to relax and they use spirit to ease pain. Again it's for some people not for everyone. Good luck most importantly rest when painful and hot water bottle on it xxx 

I m going back to my cranial therapist which helped me with the pain I had before I was even diagnosed it's relaxing and sure helped

Thanks so much Mitouback. I suspect that may be a possible reason and have an appointment with my Dr next week and will get organised to see an Osteopath. Even just to rule out a misalignment or deal with the issue if that is the case. Fingers crossed this can be resolved!

. Sitting for long stretches of the day or driving for hrs on end can male it flare up... .Cut out sugars .Inflammations feed on sugary goods.

Eat anti flammatory foods..Google and find out which they are..

Keep a perfect posture...

Mitouback

Agree with this. I have costocondritis type pains also, and due to prolonged anxiety and PTSD and an occasion when I was hit by a car as a pedestrian, I ended up with extremely tense in my musclature which thus caused pins and needles, spasms and general aches and pains. I also have hyper joint mobility which exacerbates everything. It thus makes sense that my skeleton may be out of alignment. 

Thank you Margaret. I feel that sitting for too long is not good at all. I get bad back pain when sitting at the computer for too long and am trying to get up and move around a bit. And it does feel better when I am up and moving but sometimes I get pain when lifting objects like a pot of water etc.

I agree

I've been treated now 4 times for my misaligned rib cage. Have had 3 sport massages for my shoulder blade area. I'm 9 days pain free.

I urge people w this condition to see either a great chiropractic e lots of experience or an Osteopath who really knows about ribs pushing into sternum issues and misalignments..

Good luck.

Mitouback

That does sound worth exploring. I certainly wouldn't rule that out as a possible cause for me due to prolonged poor posture at work. I will also look into ways to improve my workspace. Thanks for the advice!

EMDR (Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) is very good for severe flashback anxiety. It works well in Combat Stress cases too. It helps you process visual memories that have become stuck and have not been tucked away in long term memory stores.