Dull pain in chest and extremities between-shoulder blades

Hello my name is Saxxon

I posted earlier this month about having pains in my chest arms and legs.

You can see it here
http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Teen-Health/Dull-pain-in-chest-and-extremities/show/1439211?personal_page_id=1976981#post_6555887

Since then I have been to the emergency room again and been to several clinic visits. I've had a total of 3 EKGs and 2 sets of blood tests done.

All of them fail to show anything useful.

I am 17, a smoker, a slight history of drug use.

New symptoms have shown up or been made apparent. It feels like the pain is coming from my veins in my arms and legs when it happens. The pain appears to be completely random and i can't find a trend other than it happens more at night than during the day.

My veins also started twitching, i'm fairly sure it's my veins however it I could be wrong. They twitch sometimes in conjunction with my heartbeat for up to a minute.

The pain in my chest comes on and off for 10 minutes at a time maybe slightly more. Same with my legs

I can't find a common denominator for when the pain starts. However it is very mild pain. I can easily get through this pain if it weren't for the fact i'm fearing my doom.

This is causing my extreme mental distress and to everyone around me which happens to be just my family. I've written a will and canceled all my pending web development contract.

I've also been taking propranolol for close to a month now. It has eased my anxiety i believe but not done much else.

I feel like it's getting worse.

I feel like there is something seriously wrong with me, It's hard to explain i just feel like i can't be wrong and that there is something seriously wrong. It's a very strong feeling in my gut.

However i feel like nobody is taking me seriously because of my age. Everyone i've been to says "it's very uncommon for people your age to have heart problems". And that seems to negate everything i say just because my EKG is fine.

I want to go to the doctor every day until i have this figured out but my father won't take me. We're going to some ****** free clinic every 1-2 weeks or so.

I've thought of suicide about a dozen times during the last month and I'm getting closer and closer by the day. I don't want to sit around and wait to die when i know something is wrong with me and i don't want to leave my family with a shitload of medical bills.

I really don't know what to do and neither do my parents. I need help. Someone want to live chat with me or answer a few questions over these boards. I could really use some support.

[cindy707]

Okay saxx first off you need to relax a little my friend and don't take things to this extreme okay....you need to think things out logically.  First off you have alot of positives going on here and the positives are number one your age...i know its an old story but the odds sound like they are with you in that regard because you probably have a better chance of winning the lotto then having heart issues at 17 unless its congenital.  The second thing is that your tests have all come out negative which is another huge plus my friend.  That is the thing about life saxx each nite when we go to sleep we get a new day the next day to start over and things believe it or not do get much better for all of us.  Sometimes we have to go thru the bad to appreciate the good.  I can only toss out some guesses at what your symptoms are however if those are medical peeps that are telling you it is highly unusual trust them it is so you have to get to the root of the problem and try to find the answers my friend so that you can get rid of the frustration that you are feeling.  The power here is in info and being fully informed.  Some of the symptoms that you have posted almost sound like issues with your sciatic nerve to me and if you google it out you will see what i mean.  A feeling of doom no matter what age we are is pretty normal and its just life...but trust me things to get better each day and the main thing is that you don't let the unknown take control of your life via the feeling of giving up.  I am totally here for you for support and you can private message me if you like.....at your age what you feel is valid trust me...been there as most of us have been so you are not alone in this okay?  And yep sometimes its tough going to your parents when you feel no one is taking this seriously and what you are feeling....i am definately taking it seriously saxx......i was 15 years old when i was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse which is pretty unusual at that age so nothing is impossible trust me...i have never had an issue with it and i am much older now but at least i found out it wasn't in my head after also being told it was nothing,,,,,,it was anxiety,...i even got one that my bra was too tight...what a joke that was.  If you feel something is wrong saxx keep searching.....Medhelp offers a great ask a doctor site that is pretty great and the docs hail from the Cleveland Clinic one of the best in the world and it may take a couple of times to keep a response after posting but i'll tell you what if they don't have the answers they will ask other docs who do...don't give up...i didn't....i had to learn to be more proactive to get the answers and finally put my issues at rest and like you went to alot of docs before one finally stepped up and said ....oh yeah i know what this is.....keep posting saxx or send out a message....i'll also toss this out to the community as well.....we are here for you and like they say been there done that one and got through it.......

[RNRita]

I am hearing you!!  When I was only 19 I started having heart problems that scared me so bad!!!  I went to the doc and he told me not to worry about it....that I had a touchy ticker.  Oh, that made me feel MUCH better!  NOT!  No one else ever had what I was getting and there was no internet at the time.  It took until I was 30 until I found answers. I am still not "cured" but at 53 y/o, I can say I've lead a kind of normal life.

I felt the way you did, at times, but luckily I had a daughter that I knew I had to live for.  I am glad I did.  Living and looking for an answer is a whole lot better than the alternative. Go to doctors until you find one that WILL listen.  They are out there you know!  

You always have us.  I have found a ton of support on this forum.  Also, see Cindy's post above and read carefully.  Keep posting!!!

[saxx]

Thanks alot for your comments, Really helps to know there are other people out there who go through the same hardships.

On a side note. A mod just told me to call 911 lol. *facepalm* i've been to the ER twice, nothing they can can do.

[cindy707]

Glad you re posted saxx.....and yep there are alot of us out here going thru what you do with not getting the answers but like Rita and i both posted we just didn't give up until we were totally satisfied with the answers and for both of us from what i have seen she posted we both succeeded in getting the answers to our questions which good bad or indifferent sort of gives you back control of your life because at that point you know what you are facing or may in your case not facing w. the negative results on your tests.  Its pretty normal for the mods to post messages to all of us regardless of the reason.  They monitor all of the Medhelp sites and it may have been your last paragraph on the original post that threw the red flag ......as a side note from me saxx.....i have been in the medical field for years and the creed of any E.R. is to "treat em and street em" which in a nutshell means they get you in and out as fast a possible to make room for the next serious situation.  Their job is not to do follow up or even put you thru diagnostic testing the yields the results days later...the testing they do is called stat testing meaning that they get the results fast and story over.  The other advice i would give you is to talk to your parents and have them schedule you with an appt. with a heart doc so that they can do the exam, do the follow upo and do a sit down exit consult with you and tell you exactly what they think it is thats happening.  If that doc mimics what the clinic or ER docs have said you can pretty much take it to the bank.  And then will come issue number 2 which is how do you deal with this if it isn't heart related?  Okay if its not then that doc should tell you what he/she supects it may be and go on from there.  Again we have all been there and had to go thru the same thing.  Just don't let it get the best of you where you are entertaining thoughts of suicide...i mean i was about to pull the hair out of my head but suicide saxx is permanent...you cannot change your mind, you cannot come back, you cannot say maybe i should have thought this out a little better before i thought this.  Frustration my friend is just that and you have to recognize that you do have control over your life in terms of medical issues...you just don't know the right direction to approach it is all.  Thats what we are trying to tell you..get proactive, stay patient and for gawds sake saxx nix those thoughts of ending it or call a crisis hotline in your area to physically talk it out w. someone...there is nothing in this life that we cannot change w. a little bit of effort...spring and summer are coming the world is about to look a little better and a little different and if you play your cards right and push to be seen by a heart specialist to put this to rest you'll have something to look forward to besides the next 50 years of a life that offers promise, laughter, hope and experiences..you'd be cheating yourself and heck only knows how awful and lifechanging it would be to your family and friends....it would be something that would destroy so many people that love you and care about you and like i said..you have a place and purpose here on this earth so time to man up and deal with all of this garbage...as always we're here for you and if you feel like the thoughts are getting the best of you yes...listen to the mod and reach out a safety line and call for help to ease you out of this...you are important, you are needed, you are wanted.....<3cindy707