hospital trip and anxiety

[anxietyguy3]

Hello everyone. Im a 21 year old latino male. I recently quit smoking about 2 weeks ago. I smoked for about 2 years, and i had 4 to 5 cigarettes a day. Well just last week i took a trip to the hospital, because i started getting chest tightness and shortness of breath, While i was in the car. So i went to the hospital, they checked my pressure, they did an EKG, and they took an X ray of my chest! The doctor came in my room, and told me i was healthy and both my lungs and heart were good. He told me i had a anxiety problem and i had a panic attack. But when i went home i still have the tightness of my chest and waking up at night with pains. Im living in fear that i could have an attack, and not wake up. I feel like i will never get better i dont even want to hang out with friends. Please give some insight, if i have something bad with my health. Thank you!

[birdie0907]

It sounds like you have nothing to worry about, other than the worrying. It is not easy to focus the mind away from something that keeps popping up, like your health fear. The tightness is caused by fear.
If you exercise hard that can help calm you down. If you find a gym too boring, maybe there is a sport you can take up?

[birdie0907]

Sounds like you have anxiety every day but it is in the back of your mind so you don't notice it. Too bad the symptoms couldn't go unnoticed as easily. I think that half my anxiety comes from symptoms.

[Ms_C]

I had a severe anxiety attack one night and it lasted for several days. I still have a lot of symptoms a year later. Pains in my chest, my back, jaw head all on the left side. I'm constantly worrying about my heart. I've had several EKG's, a stress test, echo test, x-rays, I was on a holter monitor for about 2 months or more and my doctor and cardiologist say its anxiety. Even if I don't have bad anxiety I still have the symptoms that come with it everyday!!