tightness in throat and chest

[crooky1990]

Hi! I am a 21 year old female! Mother of 1 and 6weeks pregnant with my 2nd! For the past 3 months or so I have had this tightness in my chest and throat! Its horrible! There is NO pain, just the uncomfortable feeling that I aint getting enough air! I went to the doctor a few weeks back, bloods were normal, ecg normal, oxygen was 98%! And lungs and chest sounded clear through stethascope!had 2 ECGS,2 oxygen tests, I am a constant worrier,always thinking I'm dying when in reality I'm probably not! Does any1 else have this problem and know how to ease the feeling?doctor says its anxiety but I just don't believe him! Plz help!

[crooky1990]

Thank u for your reply, I always just think its worse, and with feeling the tightness I thought " ah no I'm dying I've got cancer" bein a hypocondriac isn't the best ha! I will try get help for anxiety and see if it helps! Thank u again for your response

[mammo]

It's always difficult to accept all that anxiety can do to us. But once we've been checked out thoroughly for other causes, we have to come to terms with it being anxiety.  If you read through some of the posts on here you will find that anxiety causes some mind boggling symptoms.  You've ruled out all other causes, now you need to address that this may be anxiety so you can either rule it in or out, and I think it will be ruled in as the cause.  There is help and know you're not alone.  When you are feeling this way, try to do deep breathing exercises...breathe in thru your nose and blow out of your mouth several times.  When we're anxious we tend to breathe more shallow and this may make you feel like you're not getting enough air.  See someone about the anxiety so you can get some relief.  Best wishes.