Does anyone get chest tightness on regular basis?

[tlcha]

I have had anxiety for 2 years now. I have been battling it with meds then alternative meds. IT's been a daily struggle. Right now I am getting ready to start lexapro. I struggle with chest tightness. I get left arm pain , upper back pain, depression now too. Weird head pain and it's all on left side. It's the chest tightness and shortness of breath I hate the most. I concentrate on taking deep breaths just to help calm down. Does anyone else go through this? If so how do you cope on a daily basis?

[silverberg]

I just got back in, I left the house and went for a drive in my neighborhood, just around the block, because I was getting the tight chest feelings,(been in house all day) of all the feelings with anxiety or PA, I hate the tight chest feeling the most, as my mind has a party trying to tell me it's worse then what it is.
Anyway I did deep breathing and came back to house, then as I get out of car I step in Dog poo from my neighbors dog, I was like son of a $*#&#(, and took hose out and started to clean my shoes off, then I noticed I had forgot all about my chest!! I just rolled my eyes (and laughed) and moved on. I had to laugh it off, but you know it really amazes me how ANY distraction and the symptoms are gone? so now I tell my mind, knock it off!! and will challenge my thoughts of (oh no chest pain, arm hurts) or doing deep breaths saying I'm getting to much air?? WOW my mind sometimes runs wild when in  Anxiety or Panic , but I just have to keep on moving on. Well off to casino for dinner and maybe win. ha ha (already had planned for today and will not let Panic change my day. and (tlcha) thanks for sharing your concerns!

[morgan29]

I have the same problems. I have chest pains and under my left arm, and it scares me so bad. I think it is a part of anxiety, i hope anyway. But I never had experienced this before anxiety.

[Dee174]

I to have some sort of chest sensation almost everyday, including tightness. In fact this morning when I woke up I had upper back pain and the chest tightness/small pressure feeling. I also get these annoying stabbing pains on the left side of my chest once in while. I really get more left shoulder pains than arm pains and sometimes I get this weird head pains/feelings that are like stabbing or like I'm going to pass out. I too have been to the Doctor and said everything is fines but yeah they are REALLY ANNOYING. Like you I practice breathing exercises and just really try as hard as I can to reassure myself that nothings is wrong and that it's just another anxiety feeling. I also tell myself that these symptoms are becoming "normal" for me so this helps me cope. We just gotta try to move forward as best we can. Stay strong and take care.