Anxiety or something more serious?

[BrandonV]

Starting about a year ago I started having issues with chest pain, palpirations, shortness of breath and dizziness.  It was so severe that it put me into the ER 3 times.  Each time being the same,  EKG, x - rays and blood work and always being told the same result "you didn't have a heart attack". After my third ER visit my primary finally started to order tests. Blood work,  stress test,  holter monitor and echo cardiogram all came back normal.  My doctor then with little discussion prescribed me buspar. I never thought of what was going on as anxiety, and I didn't want to be on more meds (already taking 50mg of atynolol and 20mg of lisinopril for blood pressure)  but I was at the point where anything was welcomed if it helped ease my mind.  Everything was going okay,  I still had some symptoms but just told myself it was nothing.  Last week I noticed a different feeling, a little pressure in my chest,  or more so around my shoulder and down my ribcage.  I called the doctor to just note what I was feeling and ask if it was just radiating from pain in my elbow due to tendinitis.  After deciding it wasn't anything serious I played in a baseball game later on that night and after catching a routine pop fly and jogging back into the dugout I fell flat on my face after blacking out for a second.  To make an already long story short,  I went to the ER same results and they refused to order any additional tests because I'm considered (low risk.... 40 yr old, but with heart disease in my family). I am still feeling the same pressure everyday since this happened a week ago and am just wondering if I'm being misdiagnosed due to their laziness in wanting to really find the underlying problem.  Has anybody faced similar symptoms?

[BrandonV]

They didn't conclude why I passed out during physical exertion nor did they seem too concerned. They did send me home with a daily dose of aspirin and some nitrostat which makes me think they know something else is going on other than or along with anxiety.  I was well hydrated,  fed and my blood pressure meds have never caused my BP to get too low. I agree with you on the test results,  but I have had a couple people I know tell me that hey didn't find any blockage with similar tests until they had an angiogram.  I'm hoping it's anxiety and nothing more,  just don't see myself having an attack while out paying a game I love and in a mindless state of recreation.  Thanks for the feedback,  it's all appreciated!

[Kermit the Hermit]

might also be he said low blood pressure

if it dropped temporally it would explain passing out check blood pressure meds your on

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the rest anxiety

i have chest pains with mine wife and doc said i will never know when its real

my and most anxiety can move different areas feeling etc

i get chest pains short breath arm numb and they switch to other stuff

a check up and check on blood meds wouldn't hurt but not a run now thing

good luck

[anxiety860]

I personally haven't but did they come to a conclusion to why you blacked out? I'm assuming you weren't having an anxiety attack then? I would talk to your primary care doctor about this. I wouldn't worry to much though. You had a lot of tests and they all came back fine. On another note I had a friend to passed out out of the blue too. The doctors found nothing after tons of tests. Said it could have been the heat, dehydrated, didnt eat, lack of sleep, etc. just a similar story wanted to share with you