to scaredjo(cheltenham) heart anxieties

[waspman1]

hi scaredjo, i was reading your postings and experience the same feelings you do, i have chest pains  and strange feelings on a daily basis, i believe it is all anxiety related as i also worry about constantly having a heart attack, was just wondering what your exact symptoms were. hope you're feeling better

[scaredjo]

hi where do i start on my symptoms lol i have chest pains on a daily basis, they are allsorts of different pains sometimes really bad sometimes jus tightness, sometimes when i wake up in a morning my heart is racing the first thing i do in a morning is take a deep breath and if i cant get this deep breath i panic, if the chest pain is bad n i focus enough i get pain down my left arm and my throat feels blocked, and thats basically it!!!! i have had these symptoms on and off for 10 yrs and am now having CBT which i think is helping although this web site helps more because it makes you realise other people experience the same things. i hope this helps and i would love to know if your symtoms are similar

joanna

[waspman1]

hi, yeah i pretty much have the same feelings,  i get weird pains in my chest,not always in the same place and then my heart starts racing(this is probably because i start getting  anxious) and i start taking heavy breaths. about 9 months ago i had a really bad panic attack followed by days of anxiety, then i started getting physical symptoms such as heartburn indigestion, ibs, pains throughout my body, tingling and so on, if you've been to your doc and they say all is well you can probably just attribute it to the anxiety, thats what im trying to do, but sometimes it is difficult!!!lol

[scaredjo]

how do you believe a doctor? i cant get it through my thick skull the thing that worries me is i had the 24hr monitor, fitness tests etc in 2002 so i really think things could have gone bad since then, although i have had numerous ECG`s since, check up`s and blood pressure checks which were all "normal" but i just cant get my head round if everythings normal why do i still have the pains? ahhhhhhhh lol

[waspman1]

i have never had my heart checked out by a doctor, i went to the doctor after a bad panic attack and days of anxiety, she told me it was all anxiety, when i researched the net on the symptoms and physical effects it caused, i realised that it was all due to the anxiety, it can give you heartburn and bad indigestion and this is where some of the pain could be coming from, also when you are anxious you tense up and are actually pulling the muscles in your chest, this can also cause the pains, anxiety can do weird and wonderful things!!!!!

[scaredjo]

i got my therapy tomorrow think im ready 4 it!!!! i just dunno how much longer i can cope with this its awful i know exactly what your saying but i just cant get it i cant stop thinking there must be something its not normal to experience pains every day

[waspman1]

i know how you feel, ive felt like s**t for a few months now, with different pains daily, but anxiety symptoms can occur all the time, have you heard of anxietycentre.com. click on to the symptoms and you'd be amazed at the amount of physical symptoms anxiety cause

[scaredjo]

im gonna look now!!!! i need calm down before i go bed