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Chest pain, shortness of breath, etc
by Steph224, Apr 23, 2009 01:15AM
I am a 22 year old female and i've been having similar symptoms. In fact it's 2am and I cannot get to sleep because of them.
I have basically been feeling strange for about 6 months now with soreness or pain in my chest. The pain felt more like a bruised sternum and ribs and less like pain in any organs. The pains come and go...some days are worse than others. Rubbing the area helps but my chest is sensitive/sore to the touch.
Very recently I've begun experiencing symptoms like you guyshad described. My heart sometimes flutters or I get short of breath during the day but the problem is significantly worse at night when I try to sleep. I'll just be getting to sleep when I'm awakened by a sudden loss of breath and what feels like a sniping heartbeat. After that it's impossible to get to sleep at all because when I lie down I feel like can't gettnough air or I'll have pains in my chest.
This began about a week ago but I thought it was a side affect of a benadryl I took for allergies, but I'm having the same issues now and I haven't taken anything.
I have had problems with anxiety and panic attacks in the past but the soreness in my chest and fluttering heartbeat are unlike the symptoms I used to experience with anxiety ( rapid heart rate, racing thoughts, sweating, etc)
I'm pretty concerned about all this.. Which I'm sure is only causing me to worry and become even more anxious.
Unfortunately I have no health insurance and not enough money to pay to see specialists out of pocket. If anyone finds an affordable way to lessen these symptoms please pleeeeeease let me know!
Thanks everyone and good luck to you all.
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I have basically been feeling strange for about 6 months now with soreness or pain in my chest. The pain felt more like a bruised sternum and ribs and less like pain in any organs. The pains come and go...some days are worse than others. Rubbing the area helps but my chest is sensitive/sore to the touch.
Very recently I've begun experiencing symptoms like you guyshad described. My heart sometimes flutters or I get short of breath during the day but the problem is significantly worse at night when I try to sleep. I'll just be getting to sleep when I'm awakened by a sudden loss of breath and what feels like a sniping heartbeat. After that it's impossible to get to sleep at all because when I lie down I feel like can't gettnough air or I'll have pains in my chest.
This began about a week ago but I thought it was a side affect of a benadryl I took for allergies, but I'm having the same issues now and I haven't taken anything.
I have had problems with anxiety and panic attacks in the past but the soreness in my chest and fluttering heartbeat are unlike the symptoms I used to experience with anxiety ( rapid heart rate, racing thoughts, sweating, etc)
I'm pretty concerned about all this.. Which I'm sure is only causing me to worry and become even more anxious.
Unfortunately I have no health insurance and not enough money to pay to see specialists out of pocket. If anyone finds an affordable way to lessen these symptoms please pleeeeeease let me know!
Thanks everyone and good luck to you all.
This discussion is related to Chest soreness, shortness of breath, etc..
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