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please help. so scared by chest pains

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kerry02122
kerry02122

I've not posted for a while. Feeling so panicky. Have a strange pressure in chest which is the norm when feeling panicky. Got a weird feeling in my neck with it tonight though. I get so scared about having heart attacks. I'm fairly young. But it runs in my family and I'm convinced it's going to happen. I keep telling myself it's a panic attack...but what if it's actually pains leading to a heart attack. I feel so scared.

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  • ken90641
    ken90641 kerry02122

    Posted

    Have doc prescribe proponol. It'll level you out. Its more imagined than REAL
    • shaz48
      shaz48 ken90641

      Posted

      have been diagnosed GAD.I have a sensitive stomach and reacted badly to antidepressants.It's so bad I'm having to go to the bowel clinic.So I am not on medication but have severe anxiety.Does anyone know what I could take.It's unbearable.
  • william19883
    william19883 kerry02122

    Posted

    Relax if your young its probs not you heart. I to always think that its my heart im 25 my problem it i keep getting a sharp pain and then feeling my heart beat witch makes me worse. So dont feel your heart beat if you do that. Try lying down and sipping ice cold water this seems to help me a bit i also take propranolol witch really helps so talk with your doc about what you going through
    • kerry02122
      kerry02122 william19883

      Posted

      Thanks William. I'm 28. Just hate this feeling that something terrible is going to happen. I'm currently on sertraline But may ask about changing it. I have been to the docs probably more than I should unfortunately they just seem to get a bit frustrated with me
  • kirsty1989
    kirsty1989 kerry02122

    Posted

    Hey kerry,

    Try not to worry I get frequent chest pains on my left side I'm also taking propronol and sertraline, I thought I was having a heart attack first time it happened but I'm still here, the sertraline can have a side affect of chest pain and also if your anxious and worry about it will seem worse than it is

  • jennifer_01212
    jennifer_01212 kerry02122

    Posted

    Kerry02122 with anxiety you get tention in your neck your back and basically your whole body. When you start to have anxiety you start hyperventilating which leads to the tention And chest pains. Not uncommon to feel it in your neck, jaws , back and arms. I have been an anxiety sufferer since the mid 1990s when I wad in middle school now I'm 35 and it still affects me every day so I understand your worry.
  • gwen1953
    gwen1953 kerry02122

    Posted

    I think that because you have heart problems that run in the family there is nothing wrong in going to the doctors and discussing your fears. Pains in the chest leading to panic attacks usually affect your breathing. Your doctor is the one to put your mind at rest or suggest tests for you. See him as soon as you can.
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