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Is this pain caused by anxiety

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amore35117
amore35117

I have some bad bouts of anxiety. I am struggling with anxiety about pains I am having I don't have a job or anything to do during the day so all I do is worry about my pains I am having.

The newest edition is pain with swallowing and a pain too the right of my sternum and an upset tummy. It feels as if something is scraping past my esophagus on the inside and then I get chest pain when I get worried.

I had an chest xray done earlier this month because I had chest pain and believed I had lung cancer. I also had a sputum test done because I coughed up some blood after quitting smoking. I am a heavy vaper but stopped vaping today.

I have seen numerous doctors and it seems that all of them is telling me my problems I am having is due to anxiety.

I also get bad muscle tension and spasms and pain in the area of the perceived problem. Like now I have spasms and muscle tension around my sternum at the spot where I perceive pain.

I don't know if anxiety can cause this problems?

Thank you for reading

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  • denise92859
    denise92859 amore35117

    Posted

    Hi Amore anxiety causes every one of the symptoms you have described believe me I have had all of these .Sounds like you have plenty of thinking time I work on my own all day and drive myself mad thinking and worrying .Go and see your gp see if he /she can help this is a horrible thing to have .so many people on this site have the exact symptoms as you and it really is so hard to get your head round the fact that anxiety can actually cause this ,all the best to you 
    • amore35117
      amore35117 denise92859

      Posted

      Thank you for the reply. It is so erratic yesterday I still had chest pain on the side of my ribs. Today it is gone now I have pain directly on my sternum. It is insane how fast they change.
  • caz19600
    caz19600 amore35117

    Posted

    Yeah anxiety can cause nearly every symptom and sensation you can think of. I've had loads over the years, chest pains, breast pain, tired or weak arms, heavy limbs, pins and needles in various locations, localized aches and pains like throbbing in my toes or fingers, headache's, feeling like I have something stuck or lodged in my throat etc. They only started reducing once I stopped Googling every symptom, went back to therapy and started accepted the diagnosis of it being anxiety related. I also came off Amitriptyline that I was on for a long time and went on Citalopram and whether it's just co-incidence or not, but o feel much better since switching!

  • amore35117
    amore35117

    Posted

    I am very glad that I am not the only one experiencing these symptoms. So a way to curb this is stop googling every symptome because the first result is always cancer and I have a massive fear of cancer and think that I have a change of it being cancer. 

    I guess I have to accept the posibility of it being anxiety although the symptoms doesn't feel like anxiety and there is physical pain when I swallow or when I swallow hard a scratching sensation on the right hand side that might be because of acid reflux.

    I guess this can be also because of a fear of having pain when swallowing and getting very anxious before I eat or drink just waiting for the slightest hint of pain. The only thing I can do still is a gastroscopy to set my mind at ease but it is too expensive as I don't have insurance.

  • denise92859
    denise92859 amore35117

    Posted

    When I google I always put in symptom then the word anxiety and it comes up that anxiety can cause this and that .Skip the vile c word if it appears DONT read .

  • denise92859
    denise92859 amore35117

    Posted

    Ps I’ve been having pain when swallowing feeling of lump in throat for 15 years think I’d be dead by now lol
  • leigh40412
    leigh40412 amore35117

    Posted

    oh I am experiencing this currently.. been to my doctor so many times...had a headache for 9 days straight now.. back left side...constant pain...i as well don't work so have symptoms from the moment i wake up until the moment i fall asleep.

  • amore35117
    amore35117

    Posted

    This seems to be a struggle of a lot of people in my situation have any of you have a way of relieving this or found some sort of cure for this?
  • leigh40412
    leigh40412 amore35117

    Posted

    they try to say to say to focus your thoughts elsewhere...kind of hard when you are constantly in pain...
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