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i need help i have chest pains!!!!!!!and im 15
by chuy2008, Jul 17, 2008 09:37PM
im 15 im 175 and i have anxiety and for the past 2 weeks i been havin stabin pains near the middle of my chest and im scared it might b my heart!!but i been trough ECG AND THEY SAID ITS FINE AND I HAD MANY BLOOD TEST MANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!when i wake up i feel fine for an hour or so and after i start gettin jaw or throut pain i cant point at it and my arm starts hurtyng like a stabbin pain that is radiated from my chest at the moment i feel jaw pain like a stabbin pain and at night i try to sleep and i start twitching and it disturbs my sleep and i star gettin beary uncomfortable feeling in my chest that radiates to my arm and my neck please try to explain to me !!!!!!!!!
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Anxiety causes a myriad of VERY VERY real physical symptoms...one of the most common being chest pain. Actually...a combination of symptoms that mirror heart attack symptoms. Scary? HECK yes!!!!!
The good news is...at 15...you are NOT having a heart attack! How do I KNOW that? Because you have been THOROUGHLY assessed, had the appropriate diagnostic tests done...and they were fine. If something big and bad was going on with your heart...it would have showed up somewhere.
Are you addressing the anxiety with your physician? If not...that is where you need to start. Make sure you clue your parent/guardian(s) in about all of this if you haven't already...and see about them asking your doctor for a referral to a pediatric/adolescent psychiatrist who can properly assess and diagnose you...and begin appropriate treatment...most likely some talk therapy for sure.
We all know how scary those feelings are..but PLEASE take comfort in the fact that you have been assessed by a doc for these complaints (which is always good, btw)...and also the fact that SOOO many people with anxiety issues have experienced exactly the same thing.
Hang in there...and please let us know how you're doing. Try some deep breathing....and try to think positive, calming thoughts until the morning when you can get a hold of your doctor.