This morning I thought I was having a heart attack. I couldn't move my arms, turn, or bend with out a lot of pain. I really started getting scared. I took 2 tynols and an hour latter 1 asprin, then I remembered what they gave me for indigestion so I took that. I finally called my daugther and she drove me up to the hospital, only for me to decide not to go. My reason being that I was just in the emergency room about a month ago with chest pains and it turned out to be indigestion. Except last time the pain came and left on and off. This time I still have the pain 3 hours later (except its not as bad as the first couple of hours during this course). My pain is in my upper back(it feels as if its my lungs) and right in the middle of my chest. It's also on the side of my upper ribs. I finally ruled out a heart attack, being that so much time has passed. Could you tell me what the symptoms are for a heart attack in a woman, I'm 43 120lbs. The pain was constant for 3 hours. If it was a heart attack, doesn't it take you down to your knees, and doesnt it feel like its your heart and not the area around it?