Long lasting chest pains on the left, is it perhaps anxiety?

Hi All,

I'm very happy to have found this site. Some of the responses I've seen have been truely uplifting. . I've seen a few forums that talk about stuff that seem similar to what I am going through, but I figured I'd ask for my specific stuff to see if anyone else is perhaps going through this. 

For about a month now I've been having chest pains on the left side.

Breif background: I am male, 25, and while I am pretty heavy (5'11", just under 250 lbs) I am fairly active. For the last couple of weeks I have been especially active in effort to lose weight. Generally this includes high intensity cardio every second day with something less intense inbetween like going for a run or bike riding. My blood pressure is more or less normal and my resting heart rate is generally pretty good (usually around 60, but some mornings when I am well rested it has been as low as 54 bpm).

The pain tends to be fairly localized. To get a general idea for the area, its right under the place where if you put your left hand on your chest with your pinky and ring finger tips essentially on the nipple. However, I have had it occasionally (but relativly rarely) go to the right side in approximately the same place. The pain can be sharp, but sometimes its just a pressure. At some points I honestly can't tell if I feel it or if I think I feel it. When it does come about it can last as little as a day, to as long as a week (I'm about 5 days into one right now).The pain seems to be completely random as far as I could tell. One time it started as I was making a sandwich, once as I was going to bed. Almost never has it occured during a time when I was active. Excirsize does not seem to increase the pain, and honestly sometimes I feel better about it because it gets my mind off of it (for example, in some of my excirsizes my heart rate will go to as high as 180 bpm, and there is no pain).

I've been to the doctors several times, and once to the emergency. I've had EKG done and chest x-rays done and they said they found nothing of concern. I had a blood test done for an annual checkup just prior to this starting, and the doctor found nothing of concern. I am currently waiting on the results of a Stress EKG, but the people at the clinic did not seem to be worried about the initial results (I was able to make it to the end of the test relativly easily). I'm considering asking for a ultrasound next time I see my doc. 

Main Question: I've had it suggested to me that this could be stress related. I am a fairly anxious person, especially having developed a pretty bad case of health anxiety over the last 3 months or so. Part of the reason I've been excirsizing as much as have been is that I found it a great help for my anxiety. I guess my main worry is that any time this has started, I would never say I felt stressed or anxious. Almost always the stress and anxiety comes after the fact, and it just stays no matter how hard I try relax. Has anyone else gone through something like this perhaps? My thanks to anyone who found the time to read this and reply

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