Stress Chest Pains in Women

I dont really have a comment,,,so much as a question,I have upper back pain and chest pain,,,have had a stress test,EKG,and echocardigram done and they showed nothing wrong,I also have acid reflux really bad,,my digestive system does not work all that well either,,have severe constipation and I was wondering if the acid reflux and the digestive problems could be causing my chest pains. recently I have been put on muscle relaxers and motrin for pain in back and chest,,they seem to work alittle. but I still have chest pain ever now and then.I would like to find some answers to this but dont know what I should do. my doctor is aware of it and she seems to think that I need breast reduction,,,for the pain and then that it should go away.I am top heavy yes but I dont think that bad. anyway any in sight to this would be greatly appreciated. thank you

so i smoked cigarettes for about ten years. the last five years i was probably up to a pack a day. I’ve quit for about three months now but experiencing mild chest pain..i’m not sure i could call it pain. kinda like tightness in my chest. I worry about everything under the sun, just not sure what’s going on in my body. any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

rita, i had simular problems, i had very bad acid reflux and so i took neixum tablets, ask your doctor but they solved all of that for me. it could just be all the acid hurting your muscles in the chest.

I am having pain in the middle of my chest and between my shoulder blades. Sometimes going into the left arm. I have had scans on my stomach and gallbladder. Everything there looks good. I have called a heart Dr. but cannot see him for 2 weeks. I stay tired lately and want to know if you have any idea what this pain might be. The pain in the center of my breast is sharp and the pain between my shoulderblades is a dull pain. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

i am 16 years old and i have chest pains. i have taken an EEG, a EKG, sonograms, an MRI, like 5 blood tests and no doctor can figure out what is wrong with me. they thought it was my heart, then my lungs, then my head, and then my esophagus. sometimes i can have them one a week. once a month or even 4 times a month. when i get them everbody says that i get a blank stare, i cant move, basically like im frozen. and sometimes i drool, and tear up. and i start hyperventilating. i just don’t know.

Tori,
I could’ve said the same thing when I was a teenager. My chest pains started at 10 year old. No pattern, could be 1-5 times a month and no relation to my activity. I did many tests but wasn’t diagnosed until 19 with mitral valve prolapase. Ask your doctor about it to see if that could be your issue. Just knowing eased my mind.

About 20 or so years ago I was diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse. I am 40 now. Every once in awhile I get a tightening in my chest. I equate it to stress even when I really dont feel stressed. The pains dont feel like they are in the heart (deeper in the core of the body) but they feel more toward the surface although located in the heart area (left center and through the left breast).

Comments?

I have the same thing, but my reflux has not been bothering me for a few months now. I still have gas & some mild stomach pain & indigestion. A few days ago I had what felt like a bad pain right under my breast bone & it traveled up my chest to lower jaw area. Scared me bad, I went to the ER. Took lots of tests & have to follow up w/ my doctor today.

Sorry forgot to address my comment to Rita. Hi Rita !

Hi there! you are yung to put up with this,I can suggest this to you,Since I’ve lost my job,then my dog and soon to be my house,I have had the same symptoms as you,it is called a Panic Disorder,possibly that is what you are dealing with! Good Luck to you

I, too, have these similar problems. Back pain and chest pain. My back (between my shoulder blades) often feels like it is burning). I thought it was heart related, but after testing found out that it is not. My doctor put me on NEXIUM. She also had similar symptoms and said that the esophagus can cause chest pain and shoulder pain. I have been on nexium for four days. My back pain has gotten so much better. I still feel my chest pain, but I also suffer from anxiety.

i was feeling pressure in my chest. i went to the doctor took a ekg and she said it looked normal. she told me to take pepcid complete and the pressure did go away. Howvever i’m still worried. I had so many test run a few years ago but nothing was diagnosed

Most at times I feel pain from my right sholder through my chest to the ulter most part of back, it occours when I shout and having long rest at same side.

I have recently been experiencing random sharp pains in the left side of my chest and through my breast. They so far have only lasted a few seconds to maybe a minute and am a little concerned. I am 22 years old and my family has NO history of heart disease what so ever. I was recently diagnosed with anxiety and shortness of breathe. I am skeptical of this diagnosis, because the rescue inhaler I was given doesn’t seem to work for me. I will look more into the Panic Disorder because I panic ALOT! It is for some reason easy for me to panic and expect the worst in most situations. I can not even ride in a vehicle, when some one else is driving, with out bracing myself at least once. If any one has any idea what these chest pains could be please let me know!

Most at times I feel pain from my right sholder through my chest to the ulter most part of back, it occours when I shout and having long rest at same side.

Emy:

Sounds like panic attacks. When I was younger, I would have pains as you describe. I was also anxious. Then in my thirties, I developed full blown anxiety. Was given Zoloft
until I reduced the dosage and weened myself off after many years. I still get anxious, but not like I did in the past.
I try really hard to not let things upset me and to trust
in God to help me during the rough times. I am sorry, but I had to giggle when I read the part about you riding with another in a car. Me too. I like to be the one driving! even if I get anxious about my driving!!! My advice-get some GOOD medical advice, be careful about meds perscribed, trust yourself, and trust God. ??? inhaler??? Why???

I just started having chest pain in the last 6 weeks. I was wondering if anyone else is dealing with fibromyalgia. I never know when to contribute something to that or when something might be serious. I am 41, overwieght and have diabetes also. I have also been tired (just sleep 13 1/2 hours). Stress is going on as I have to find a job to pay rent because we are losing our house. I am trying to decide if I should go to my doctor knowing i have a huge deductable on lab work. Uggg!

I have had a constant pain in between my breasts fo a couple of days. It hurts even more when I’m driving and turn my upper body to the right to check for oncoming traffic. It also hurts even more when I press on the area. Could it be a sore muscle?

I have had a constant pain in between my breast for a couple of days. It hurts more when I’m driving and turn my upper body to the right to check for outcoming traffic. It also hurts even more when I press on the area. Could it be a sore muscle?

Sara you should really go in and get that checked out. The pain between your breasts is a tell sign of heart problems. Chances are your heart is swelled, the lining is swelled, fluid around the heart, or even possibly a heart attack… Most people don’t realize they are having a heart attack because the heart itself has no sensory nerves so it puts pressure on the breast bone…

Hi there.. I came across this trying to figure out what the heck is goin on with me! I am 23, overweight, mother of 2 young children (3yo and 10mths) and a new Army wife who just moved 500 miles away from my hometown.. Since we have gotten up here, I have had chest pains, mostly mild, sometimes worse than others.. But never in any routine or when I do certain things, just randomly.. I also have been getting really short of breath randomly. I do smoke cigarettes, but have never had symptoms like these, and before now, I have been completely healthy, despite being overweight… I seem to think that because of the huge upset in my life (moving far away from home, dealing with Army life, etc..) that it is just stress… But, I want to add that before this I have for awhile, been a nervous person.. I read about someone in cars, have to drive, I am the same way, but I take it one step further.. I refuse to get on any mode of transportation that I can’t stop and get off of when I want.. I have a fear that if I’m on a boat (ex.) and something happens to me, that’s it.. I will be a goner! I know it sounds crazy.. I’m a very paranoid person.. This all started when I was pregnant with my youngest daughter… Any ideas or suggestions? I have plans to go to the doctor, but figured I’d get some input here first.. You ladies seem to know your stuff..

to Mary Jenkins on April 7… many years ago, I experienced simultaneous pain in the chest/back… I had taken my vitamins, or a pill just before it started and discovered I needed to eat or drink something after to make sure it wasn’t dissolving before it reached my stomach.

I have been feeling a little tightness on my chest. I went to the doctor the other day and my BP was 180/90/63, she gave me an EK and the test showed all was fine. Maybe it is my esophagus giving me problems I have been burping a lot too. I did have an endoscopy/colonscopy and the polyps were benign so I can’t understand why I am feeling so poor. I am under a lot of stress at this time. Any advice will be very appricate.

Have had the same problem. Have a look at this website. It talks specifically about fibromyalgia and chest pain.

http://www.fibromyalgia-symptoms.org/fibromyalgia_chest_symptoms.html

hi emy u know i also started having this shortness of breath and chest pains which i think its pain in my haert i got all tests done and im going for a cardiac ultrasound..and just like you i PANIC ALOT! and im hating cuz i stress so much im just having a hard time cuz i keep worrying about this. is it the same thing u get??? itll be good if we keep in touch and help outselves with this.

Angela
It sounds to me that you are simply having anxiety attacks. I am the same way as you are when it comes to being on boats and not being in control. These feelings in me get worse as I get older and I am now diagnosed with Panic Disorder. I ALWAYS assume the worst in situations. Your chest pains are very common in anxiety attacks and if you go speak with your doctor about it he/she will probably subscribe you a rescue inhaler like mine. However you might get another prescription to help you with you panicking as well.

Komi
A little easier way to tell if it is your heart is where the pain is located. The heart itself has NO pain sensors in it. So when you are having chest pains pay attention to the locations. If in fact it is located at your breast bone chances are that your heart is not doing well and it is swollen and is physically pushing on your breast bone. My chest pain is under my left breast, a little in my arm pit, and sometimes up the left side of my neck. This is a common symptom of an anxiety or stress related chest pain and has little or nothing to do with my heart. How ever, should you EVER get shooting pain all down your left arm you should take an aspirin and head to the hospital immediately! This IS a sign of heart attack. Also if you start feeling out of breathe as though you had been running and you haven’t done physical excersize to cause this. You could have a fluttering heart and should go to the ER immediately as well.

II just went through a stress test for the same symptons you are experiencing and then they sent me for a heart cath (with dye) they found no blockage, but I still have the pressure in my chest and upper back. I am going back to my family doctor to start all over I guess. I am a very high energy person normally, and have been getting out of breath and tired, which is not like me at all. I also in the last week getting up with my lower back hurting and when I go to the bathroom I have to bare down to urinate, so that is something new. I have also thought like some of you that the pain could be from acid-reflux. I am living in a small town now, moving from Houston,TX and I sure miss the doctor there. He would really sit and listen to what your problems are and take it one step at a time, where here the doctors don’t seem to have but a few minutes for you. Unfortunately I can see that getting worse with all that is going on now with the government.

Kay
Back pain is definitely a sign of something wrong with your heart. Like I said before your Heart HAS NO pain sensors so when there is something wrong with it, it sends signals to the spine with an exception of a swelled heart that causes pressure on your breast bone! I don’t have ANY pain in my back at all!! If any one thinks they are experiencing a heart problem and has back pain NEEDS to get checked!!

Hi all.. I posted earlier and wanted to let you all know 7I ended up goin to the ER after a 9 hour car ride with my kids (we went home from NY to PA for vacation). My symptoms were so bad; weird tunnel vision, chest pains, and severe migraines that I had to pull over various times and got myself so worked up that I was dying that I ended myself in the emergency room. After an EKG and x-rays of my chest and back, they told me it’s either a pulled muscle or stress… Gave me nothing except the suggestion to go have a beer and relax… Nice.. lol.. So, I have an appointment with my PCP on the 27th and plan on trying to get something to keep this under control a little better… I can’t live like this forever!!!

I started having chest pain Tuesday on my left side that ends up in between my shoulder blades with my left arm not really numb but it feels heavy. It will go away for a little while but comes back. I have not been feeling like myself really tired. I was sitting at work when it started, doing nothing stressful at all so I don’t know if it’s anxiety or something else going on. Any ideas???

hey i was just gonna say i have the same problem exactly i thought is was a heart problem but they did the ekg, stress test & echo but found nothing wrong & im only 20…so if you figure out anything please let me know. thanks august

Just wanted to let you know you should go to the emergency room just to be safe. I walked around for four days with tireness, lack of sleep at night, shortness of breath, loss of appetiate, back pain, arm and jaw pain, heaviness in my stomach and feeling like my stomach was upset. I also had a feeling like a vein was pulsating in my neck, and dizziness. Iwent to the ER and they gave me pills for my heart and they helped. The sad part was the cardiologist that came in the next day to see me was more concerned with my size than what was troubling me. I did the stess test and breathing test, they told me I had asthma which I knew, but told me my heart looked good. The problem with my visit was they gave me the stress test once I was pumped up with those nitrate tables and sleeping pills and other meds. The sent me home but the nurse felt something was not right, and advised me to see a cardiologist outside the hospital. I have not yet, but now I am having the same problems. My primary care doctor told me it was a warning sign and take an aspirn each day, they help some. I think luckily I was taking alka seltzer which have aspirin before I went to the ER. You see I had a dear friend that had a heart attack and had the same symptons as me, she is alive but it really took her down. My mom also died from a heart attack and when she told the doctor they told her it was just a hernia. One other sympton was I developed a cough for no reason. Woman are treated someone differently when we have chest pain, get medical help asap. Better safe than sorry. I wish you well.

i HAVE BEEN HAVING NOT SO SEVERE CHEST CRAMPING [AS I WOULD CALL IT] IT HURTS ONLY WHEN I TURN A CERTAIN WAY SUCH AS LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER WHEN DRIVING, BENDING DOWN OR EVEN LEFTING SOMETHING UP. THE PAIN IS LOCATED EITHER IN THE CENTER OF MY CHEST OR ON THE TOP OF MY LEFT BREAST. ALMOST FEELS LIKE I STRAINED SOMETHING. I HAVE LARGER BREASTS & DON’T KNOW WHETHER THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO WTIH IT OR WITH THE WAY I SLEEP. tHIS DOES NOT HAPPEN ALOT BUT HAS BEEN EVERY NOW & THEN THIS PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. DOES THIS SOUND SERIOUS. ANY SUGGESTIONS & ADVICE IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANKS OH AND MY AGE IS 26. HELP?

Since the end of April, I have been experiencing a feeling that I have a lump in my throat. It feels like I haven’t entirely swallowed my food. Mid-June I began feeling pressure in the middle of my chest just above my breasts. I had a barium swallow test that showed I have a small hiatal hernia. My gastro doctor prescribed 30 mg. of Prevacid which I take every am 20 mins. before breakfast. I am still having pressure in my chest that comes on both before and/or after I eat. I am scheduled to have an upper endoscopy done the end of August. Had an EKG done last week that was normal. PCP said he wouldn’t do a stress test since EKG was normal. Any thoughts, please?

Toni~

I read your comment about your Mom passing when they thought she had a hiatal hernia and turned out to be her heart. (I am sorry for your loss) Wonder if my heart is my problem?

i have had chest pains that started suddenly in the car.
i have just lost my unborn child and was on vacation with my family. i had pains in the middle of my chest that were somewhat stabbing and pain on my left chest side that felt like pulling. sometimes i get that on my right upper chest side too, but not as often. i have had that since 6 weeks now i have had 3 ekg’s done, a calcium scan and blood tests. they found nothing. i am still worried that it might be the heart. what to do???

I woke up this morning and started having very sharp chest pains right under my left breast in the breast bone area. I could not take in a full breath without having a pain. Finally, after 5 min. I rolled on my right side and the pain subsided. Oh yeah, I also got really tired and weak for a couple hours after the episode. Anybody have anything similar happen?

I have a history of anxiety disorder and it sounds like you might be having panic attacks. They often are not traumatic like you might think, but mild and can feel the way you describe.

For the last 5 dyas I too have had a pain in the left side of my chest under my breast. It comes and goes, but 3 days ago it was so bad it woke me up. It’s not sharp at all, more of a dull burning type pain. I do have ulcers, but I have never had ulcer pain here before. I’ve gone to the ER & had heart tests done, but it shows nothing. I doubt it’s my heart, but any ideas on what would make the pain better? I’ve been taking tylenol & pepcid AC. they don’t really seem to help. I have allergies to Advil so i can’t take that. Thanks!

i have been having chest pain for about a week now,i know im am stressed due to having twins which are 16months now but im woken by them about 6 times every night so im not getting any sleep and i have looked after them every day on my own even though i have a husband which does nothing to helparound the house i do everything and even when he is home he just sits around,these pains do worry me dont want to die leaving my babies behind.

Hi There

I am 24 years old. I have had intense pain above my left breast for couple of months now. The pain stay for up to an hour and then my left arm goes numb and feels heavy while the pain continues for a few hours more. Only this morning I have discoverd swelling above my left breast where the pain usually occurs. Should I be worried?

I am 20 and have two kids and have the same problem.
i know it is not stress i am not a stressfull person and it happens even when i am relaxed. i have been to the hospital many times in the last two months. i’ve had echo’s, xrays, stress tests everything…and they cant figure it out. If you find out let me know.

let me know if you find out the problem please.

im sorry i am new to this but my comments were directed to angie who messaged on july 31st. I have similar symptoms and am getting worried that I am going to die since they cant figure out what is wrong. I have two kida and am only 20. I want to feel normal again.

Hi All,
Not sure if this has been suggested yet.. but after having chest pains and getting all the necessary test to rule out all the dangerous stuff, including ECG, catscans, ultrasounds and a camera down the throat. My doctor simply said.. go get a deep tissue chest massage and you know what! The pains went away two days later.. no more vomiting no more pains in chest and no more feeling i was going to faint all the time. I had another two weeks later..as I started to get it again.. it went away again..it’s now been three weeks since my last one… I am starting to get the pains again.. but back to the massage therapist on Wednesday will do the trick!
So try it if all else fails!

Cheers,

Bel

PS what it came down to was STRESS which was pulling my muscles… funny I kept saying i wasn’t stressed just busy… well guess what i must have been!

Had a panic attack at work, after not having any for years. Now my chest between breasts is very sore, heavy. Anyone have the pain between breasts? I tend to get this a lot when I have PMS.

I keep getting pains in my chest and it feels like my whole chest is caving in, the 1st time I had it I thought I was having a heart attack! it was that scarey but hospital ruled it out.
I seem to have found a pattern to when I have this pain, every time I get stressed an worry over something,
I have pains right now, and Im so stressed right now its unreal with huge worries over my partners job loss, and a wedding in 4 weeks
is there anything that can be done? Is there any point in me visiting the GP??

hold on. you are not going to die. it is a bit scarier when you are a single mom and your kids are small, you think what is going to happen to me, if something happens right away.
but you are stronger than you think. try to set up a support system and see about your health. sometimes pain is a warning that we need to change somethings in our life; diet, relationships, rest and began to love ourselves into good health.
your kids need you and dont ever think the worst. God loves you and he gave you those kids to take care of them and you will be able to, just take one day at a time, i promise you will look back and it will be like it never happened.
May the Good Lord Bless your mind, health and strength!!!

Talk to your doctor about the possibility of esophageal spasms. I went to the hospital with significant pain in my chest radiating to my back and up my neck. I also have GERD and had been treated with meds for about 15 years….back when Prilosec was the little purple pill. After a series of tests, the doctor concluded that I had an esophageal spasm. I was put on medication to take when it happens and it seems to help.

This definately sounds like me, i recently had chest pains. They did not bother me so much until i called my doctor and told them, they freaked out and told me to go to the er, well there they told me i probably have acid reflux, which well..that makes sense to me, but i couldnt sleep that night. next day, i went for a follow up with my doctor, she sent me to hospital for ekg, chestxray and bloodwork, everything came back normal.. two days later, i went back to the doctor because my left arm was tingling, here, my back was out of place, also. needless to say i still believe it has something to do with my heart, and i am scared of dying…im 21, female, weigh about 140, active enough, and my family has no history of heart disease. oh yeah, im super paranoid about everthing. email me?

I saw a cardiologist a few months ago because my heart would race seemingly out of control day and night for no apparent reason. I was monitored over 24 hours and was told my heart is working approx 8% too hard I was given Cardicor 5mg which i take once a day. My chest is painful and sometimes feels as is someone is standing / leaning on it. I sometimes feel sort of breath, however when I excercise and my heart rate is higher I feel fine.

I’ve been experiencing some chest pains, just starting today. Me, I’m paranoid when it comes to any kind of pain I get. I’m 18, maybe 15-20 pounds heavier than I should be. My family does have history of heart problems. My pain seems to be on top of my left breast more towards my arm than my chest. I get random shooting pain there. I also experienced it between my breasts, and a little in my neck on the left side. I don’t want to blow this out of proportion, because I tend to do that with things. I shouldn’t be worried about a heart attack right? My mom and friends seem to think I’m just stressed about everything at school, with midterms coming up next week. Plus, my home life hasn’t been the greatest, and I’m constantly worried about my parents. (I really don’t want to panic anymore). What should I do?

I guess I should be honest and admit that sometimes I have the occasional cigarette, and I’m on birth control. Horrible, I know. I hope I haven’t screwed myself over.

I need to tell many of you this! I had severe chest pain that the pain level was above a 10. I spent the night in the hospital on morphine iv push every 3 hours. My DR. loves tests and I have every test known to man. ( Thank God for good health insurance). At any rate I was released from the hospital with all mt tests coming back normal. It is STRESS. I am a nursing student and a home health care provider. I should of known this but I got scared to death. We need to get rid of stress in our life because it makes us unhealthy. Now if I could, I would, however, being a nursing student is big time stressful. So please do not make yourself more anxious thinking your having a heart attack because from what Ive read most of you have the same symptoms as I do. Stress take a load off and relax as much as possible. Yes I know easier said than done.

i have a history of panic disorder & attacks. so i know all about those & have had chest pain once in a while with them. i also have scoliosis, so my posture puts me out of whack quite a bit. BUT… my husband had a heart attack in august, followed by a triple bypass ( he’s only 50!) and ever since then i have been a wreck. i have chest pain off and on. it is in my breast bone and across the top of my chest-above my breasts & down into my left breast/arm pit area…i won’t have it for days/weeks & then it can come for a few days ( i did a big hike yesterday and it started to ache-very scary) of course it sets off a panic attack & hypochondria of sorts. i went to a dr. about it. had an EKG last month and it was fine. my BP was 130/70 and i am trying to get that down as it is high for me ( but i was a nervous wreck @ the office!)
i get back pain as well that comes & goes. i just feel so scared all the time that it could be my heart. my husband says it is all in my head. i had not had the chest pain for 2 weeks and now it is back? any clues?

I HAVE BEEN HAVING PAIN IN MY LEFT SIDE UNDER MY LEFT BREAST SORT OF AT THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. IT HURTS WHEN I MOVE SOMETIMETOO FAST , SORT OF A SORE PAIN. ALSO, I HAVE PAIN IN THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND UP THE SIDE OF MY NECK ON THE LEFT SIDE. I HAVE BEEN TO THE ER AND SPENT OVERNIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL AND HAD ALL SORT OF TEST DONE BUT THEY ALL CAME OUT NEGATIVE. THE DOCTOR TLOD ME TO CONTINUE TAKING MY BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION BUT I STILL HAVE PAIN SO I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT IN TWO DAYS WITH A DIFFERENT DOCTOR. BY THE WAY, MY BLOOD PRESSURE GOES UP AND DOWN AT RANDOM.
i JUST TOOK IT A FEW MINUTES AGO AND IT IS REALLY HIGH AND I’VE HAD A HEAD ACHE FOR THE PAST HOUR. ANY IDEAS??

MELVY

Lately, I’ve noticed an almost burning pain in the area where my ribs separate, underneath my breasts, right in the middle of my chest, below my sternum. It usually only happens when I get really upset about something, but the pain lasts for about 5-10 minutes. I’ve also noticed that once the pain subsides a bit, it feels like it jumps up into the back of my throat. Does anyone have any idea what this might be?? It’s starting to worry me, but I’m not sure if I should see a doctor about it, yet.

My girlfriend has been experiencing chest pain for about a month now consistently with no reltaion to physical activity. The pain is enough to keep her awake at night and sometimes makes her cry. The doctor she saw said she should take Motrin and that she would be fine, shes not. The x-ray didnt show anything and she is still waking up at night with excrutiating pains. Is there someone answering question son this page or is it just us helping eachother?

Hi EVERYONE iM A 19 YEAR-OLD FEMALE RECENTLY HAViNG LiGHT CHEST PAiN [MORE LiKE iN THE CENTER OF MY CHEST] iT ALSO FEELS HEAVY. i AM OVERWEiGHT & i DO HAVE A LOT OF PANiC ATTACKS & iM VERY STREESED AT THE MOMMENT. I’VE BEEN FEELiNG LiKE i CAN’T WAKE UP iN THE MORNiNGS [TOO TiRED/SLEEPY] WON’T EAT LiKE I USED TOO BECAUSE i FEEL LiKE iMMA GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK iF i DO. I DON’T LiVE LiFE LiKE i USED TO BECAUSE iM ALWAYS HAViNG THE THOUGHT OF iM GONNA DiE TODAY. I TOOK 3 EKG iN THE LAST 4 MONTHS I BELiVE & BLOOD WORK & EVERYTHiNG iS OK… BNUT YET I STiLL PANiC & THiNK IMMA DiE OF A HEART ATTACK. EVERYONE TRiES TO CONViNCE ME THAT iM JUST STRESSED & ALL PANiC ATTACKS BUT i DON’T BELiVE iT. I WAS A HEAVY DRiNKER & SMOKER UNTiLL LAST THURSDAY THE NEXT MORNiNG AFTER I DRANK I WOKE UP WITH MAJOR PANiC ATTACK SO I DECiDED TO LET DRiNKiNG & SMOKiNG GO. I DO FEEL THOUGH THAT HEN iM DRUNK OR BUZZED iM VERY RELAXED. I DO HAVE A 17 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER WHO iS iN VERY GOOD HANDS & i WANNA ENJOY LiFE BUT CAN’T SEEM TO BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS LikE THESE…. I WANT OTHER OPiNIoNS FROM PEOPLE LiKE YOU BECAUSE iM TiRED oF HEARinG FROM MY FAMiLY & BOYFRiEND THE SAME THiNG BUT I DON’T BELiVE BECAUSE THEY DON’T KNOW WAT iM FEELiNG. I DON’T KNOW WETHER THE CHEST PAiN iS FROM STReSS & THE PANiC ATTACKs OR AM I REALLY GONNA HAVE A HEART ATTACK? LiKE I SAiD AS A REMiNDER iM a 19 YEAR OLD FEMALE, OVERWEiGHT, VERY STRESSED, EX HEAVY DRiNKER/SMOKER, NOT REALLY ACTiVE [DUE TO THE FACT iM ALWAYS PANiC & BEARLY WANNA LEAVE THE HOUSE BECAUSE iM iN FEAR oF HAViNG a PANiC ATTACK iN PUBLiC], I DON’T EAT HEALTHY BUT I ONLY EAT MEALS a DAY, & I THiNK THAT’S iT EKG & BLLOD WORK WERE VERY GOOD … PLEASE BE HONEST & DON’T BE NiCE HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON THANKS & GOD BLESS

Hi,
I’ve been very, very stressed lately, and - besides anxiety attacks, I’ve started having bad chest pains in the centre of my chest/ breastbone. I also have real tension in my throat/ lower jaw. I feel like I’ve swallowed a brick!. I assume it’s stress related as I had an ECG fairly recently (for other reasons) and it didn’t show anything untoward. I’d love to be able to get rid of the pain though!

Can i ask what happened I am 31 years old and am having the same thing. All of my tests came back just fine however the pain is still there. Did they find anything out re your pain?

I am 64, 169cm. 77kg. no smoking drinking or drugs problems. I have stress situations for las 9 years (no medication yet). Lately I started having a little pain in “upper heart” area, similar to “needdle” pulsations (as if there is a small needle inside of heart) and it hurts similar to heart beating. It comes and goes: 2-3 times a day 7-10 min. each. What shoul I do?

did they do a ultrasound or catscan…not to scare u..i also had the burning in the back same place` as yours…turned out to be pacreatic cancer..i survived..that was 2 years ago

I am having pain in the center of my chest,at the lower part of my breasts where my bra sits. I just went to the doc and had a teadmill test. It was normal. She did not know what it was. This has happened many times before. She was not very nice because I was pushing for an answer. I told her that I am tired of feeling like crap. She has misdiagnosed me severel times. She said that I might be bipolar but I pushed to go to an endocrinologist and ended up having thyroid disease–Hashimoto’s. Upon researching Hashimoto’s, women are often misagnosed as depressed or bipolar. So frustrating! I have shoulder pain and can’t sit on a hard surface for any amount of time because it hurts my tailbone. I try not to take any kind of simulant, including soda and medications, because I am hypersensitive. This can casue chest pain. Some of you may want to journal what you eat/drink, your activities, and when the pain comes. Any advice or suggestions are welcomed.

It’s been three long days since I started to have this persistent pain in the upper center of my chest and between the breasts. The pain just centers in that area and seems more severe if I expand my chest or move about too much. My weight and breathing are not problems.
I thought the pain would go away after a few minutes when I first had it days ago like it did before–once in a while I’d have it, but it went away soon, and it didn’t occur often. But this time it seems very different, the pain is more severe and it’s been there every minute for so long.
I am getting scared. I know I should go to see a doctor, but I don’t have medical insurance. I know if I go to see a doctor, I’ll pay thousands of dollars for all sorts of tests, so last night I went to look up for any information online and found this site. I just hope anyone who has the similar kind of pain can share any information or give advice. I suspect stress can be part of the reason for I do have two very difficult teenage boys. Many thanks in advance.

i have been feeling that too. i also am age 26.
it seems to be in the middle of my chest, near my left breast but above it. it feels sharp when i make sudden movements and i’m starting to get paranoid and scared.
it just started a couple of days ago. if anyone can offer any insight, i too would appreciate it! thank you

Thank you for the site. I just noticed the pain in my chest four days ago. One thing I noticed is that my pain does not happen in the morning until I get on my computer. I lean over it. And I just told my son that as well. I do have a doctors appointment in 12 days. So I will bring that up.

I can tell you I have had alot of stress, most recently my boyfriend broke up with me and we were together for 11 years. That happened in July. I can’t get that out of my head to save my life. I started a diet and so far i have lost 40 lbs. however it is the low carb diet. I have started to lose my hair, now I know people shed hair, but this is getting crazy! And now I am having this chest pain. I worry over everthing, so of course I think this could be a heart attack as well. Maybe it is all stress. But i’m going to get it checked out.

One symptom for panic attack is chest pain but I hope it would not go there its too far.

Anyways some reviews of panic attack shows that its only mind over matter(mild case). When you are in good health surely you can handle with it, but for someone having panic attacks since birth I thought the treatment should be specific at different case.

Hi im 18 years old and for the past few days I have been experiencing sharp pains every so often nearly every day on the heart side of my chest i have also experience chest tightness nearly everyday ad my throat also feels tight. I worry about everything so don’t want to go to my doctor over something which may not be serious please help!

Hi, I’m 26yrs old and have been experiencing problems with my chest since about May this year, started after I had a bad reaction to some tablets I tried for migraines. Chest pain has got worse as time goes by, I get a sharp pain in left side of my chest just under my breast and it also feels like i’m constantly short of breath and like I have a massive weight pushing down on my chest. Have had e.c.g done twice, 2nd time I had to have it done 4 times as wouldnt settle, had pulse of 126. Am currently taking some tablets to reduce amount of acid in my stomach incase its gerd but they dont seem to help. Also feel exhausted constantly & have trouble sleeping as its feels like i keep stop breathing and miss a breath. Am getting really down about it now so if anyone has any ideas, my boyfriend thinks it’s stress as I have had several panic attacks but Im sceptical as the uncomfortableness is almost constant (oh and I seem to be burping all the time & feel a little relief afterwards)

Hi, I’m 19 yrs old and have been experiencing chest pains for about 2 years already. I went to my doctors and had an ecg done and the results came back as normal. They assumed it was stress. I admit stress hits all of us, but then I started having back pains as well. My chest pains would suddenly occur and only last for a few seconds but then would appear again a minute later. It doesn’t happen every day. But it does happen once-twice a week. My back pains are only in two specific areas; the upper left and the left middle. I am very worried. My mom is a nurse and she says its stress, so do all of her coworkers, but is it really? When i exercise, I have a shortness of breath but I assumed that was normal for me as well because I was being active. Another thing is that when i swallow food, it feels so terrible in my chest. It feels as if the food is absolutely stuck and i get scared but goes away after. Can anyone help me please?

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I started having chest pains about six months ago been to the doctor I know over a hundred times er fifty or more had every test you can have they say its not my heart said I don’t have ms so I don’t know my life has changed so much I AM SCARED TO LEAVE HOME.

hi everyone,i started to chest pain since 5 days,and still have it inbetween speacially when i become upset or angry.the pain lacates in centar of the chest and somtimes radiates to the both shoulder, neck,and left arm just like heart attack symptoms sometimes it lasts for afew mints and disapear by itself,and sometimes it comes just like that without causes.i have done ECG,ECHO.,and blood tests last year all were normal.but iam still having doubt about my chest pain, and i do not konw really what to do???

started to have chest pain since 5 years.

I have been having some chest pains in the middle as well as left and right side, currently on the right side as i type actually, this pain isn’t unbearable but very noticeable, as well as left, and right arm pain. this pain is an unusual pain as i haven’t had it my whole life..At first i thought maybe it was anxiety or a panic attack, but ive noticed ive become very dizzy when it happens, very tired, but not enough to cause me to pass out. also my heart rate skips beats, speeds, and slows down..which is what caused me to believe anxiety, but since i have a pretty good hang on when and what a panic attack feels like, and since its happened so often im not exactly sure what to do..also, my feet get really cold with this happens…*sigh* im planning on going to the dr, but since im 22 years old, and i didn’t go back to college this semester, i do not have health insurance, so some sort of guidance would be nice…i recently went to the hospital for blacking out…heh, of course they did blood work ekg ect claimed to find nothing, when i came home, i looked over my blood work, noticed my cell count was pretty off..hmm im pretty scared,would just be nice to know weather i should seek emergency help or if i most likely will be fine till my insurance kicks back in…= ) thanks….

I have pain just under my boobs a tighting of sorts, stops me in my tracks, slightly hard to breath and move. happen 5 to 10 times a day….help

I get chest pains when I’m under a significant amount of stress for an extended period of time. It’s only on the left side of my chest, just behind my breast, definitely a tightening sensation, and sometimes I’ll get a “jolt” of pain down my left arm during the pain. I’ve gone to the ER for it three or four times over the past 5 years and they always act like I’m crazy for being there. I’ve had all the tests done and they always show that I’m perfectly healthy. Every time it happens it’s extremely scary though!

I am 18 years old and overweight. i’ve been having chest pain for about three weeks now. at first i had pain on my right side near the bottom of my ribs, under both breasts, in my collar bone, between and under my shoulder blades, and a little in my left forearm and wrist. i went to the ER about a week after it started and got blood tests, pee tests, an EKG, and chest x-rays and the doctors said that it was chest wall pain, which is muscular and gave me pain medication and told me to rest. (i did notice that when they had me hooked up to the heart monitor that my heart rate was a little low, around 76) well i did that and eventually it did ease up but now about a week after the pain went away, its back but it’s a little different. i’m having sharp pain under my right breast, and along the top of my left breast. its also in my right breast now and in my upper back. i did put a big entertainment center together yesterday with my boyfriend so it might be from that. my mom also thinks it might be from stress and anxiety. i have depression and anxiety which i’m not being treated for right now and we are living with my emotionally and verbally abusive father until we are able to get our own place. when i get the pain i do panic and its hard for me to calm down. but until i know whats going on or the pain goes away, i can’t make myself completely calm, you know? i’m going to call the doctor to schedule more tests and check my heart but right now i’m freaking out. i don’t know what to do.

hi,i also had back and chest pains about 7/8 years ago for no apparent reason at 6am in morning i had 3 spells of them within a week,went to doctors and was told they were muscle spasems and cramps with stress could of bort them on!!up until now jan 2010 i hadn`t had one..but on sunday 17th jan 2010 it came on which woke me while i was sleeping,it started with dull pains in my upper back level with my ribs,it then slowley spread to my chest making it hard to breath.the pain was unbearable,it was like squeezing and burning sensation it lasted about 1 hour it that intense i had to take my husbands strong tablets called tramadol but even they took half hour to work!every time i seemed to move it got more intence,it finally stopped after an hour.but the following night it came back again!!!for another hour i just feel so tired as didnt get much sleep..i`m just wondering if anyone else has had this as i don`t really think it is due all to stress,if it happens again soon i`m going to see a doctor as i just can`t take this again…thanks for listening

I forgot to mension i hav`nt had any tests of any kind done,when i went to doctors the first time he said he could feel i was very tenced up, i`m 36 years old,and only overweight by a few pound “which i`m trying to shift”so it can`t be my weight.dose any one have a solution???

I HAVE BEEN UNDER STRESS, HUSBAND IN HOSPITAL AND I HAVE BEEN FEELING CHEST PAINS AND EVERY NOW AN THEN SOME FEELING OF SOMETHING POKING MY CHEST AS IF IT WAS A NEEDLE. I HAVE REFLUX PROBLEMS AND ALSO HAVE A HIATAL HERNIA, I HAD A CHEST X-RAY, EKG AND STRESS TEST DONE BY MY DOCTOR AND EVERYTHING CAME OUT NORMAL, BUT I STILL FEEL LIKE MY WHOLE BODY ACHES. COULD THAT BE RELATED TO STRESS AND THE CHEST PAINS, COULD THEY BE RELATED TO MY ACID REFLUX AND HIATAL HERNIA??????

From experience I have had many of the problems that you mentioned. I could not drive the car over the West gate bridge (ViC) and only drive when the time was right for how I was at the time. A great help to me was reading a little book called living with “IT” by Bev Aisbett.You are not alone with this thing called panic attacks you have to tick “IT” talk to your Doctor or health worker everyone wants to help you. Accecpt it,(panic attack) float with it, let time pass.
good luck

Hi Kim,

It was great to read what you wrote! I have been having the same kind of chest pain and been told they can’t find a reason for it. But what caught me even more was your complain about tailbone pain. I have also been dealing with that too and really didn’t know what to think of it! I have a multinodular goiter and have just been referred to an Endo dr. I was told I have hypothyroid, but have lost almost 40 pounds since August 09. I am overly tired and almost always sick to stomach. Constipation is also a problem. My throat is constantly bothering me too. Feels like it is swollen, or something is always stuck in there. I am wondering if Hashimoto’s is a possibility, but it doesn’t explain the huge weight loss. Any ideas?

I have had pains in my chest for a longtime. The pain feels like someone is sticking something sharp through my left breast. However, I have fibromyaglia and i know that can cause pain in the chest muscles. I am getting scared because I am 54 years old and I have been under alot of stress over the years. I also have panic attacks You know we as people always try to diagnois ourselves, we dont like going to the doctor.

I HAVE CHEST PAINS ONCE IN AWHILE WHERE I FEEL REAL BAD PINCHING IN MY CHEST AND MY BREATHING GETS HEAVY. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

I had chest pain for 2 months now. It’s scare, but I don’t think I have a heart problem until I wake up one night and the pain just so bad. I drove to work, but turn back home and my husband took me to the ER.

They run test and all things, and said nothing wrong with my heart. I never drink or smoke and the chance to have problem very little.

But I still have this chest pain and just don’t know what it is.

Feel heavy on my chest, run up onto my neck, my left arm. I also had lot of back pain. This pain can go on and off all day, up and down.

I just wish I know what it is.

Please help

Thanks and have a great day.

Thyvan

I’ve had alot of stress over years, and always dealt with it on it’s own. but after dealing with my boyfriend who has brain trauma injury and his severly adhd teenager, and the inability to even watch tv and chill out,, during this recent breakup a few weeks ago, everytime i heard his car pullup my heart went mad, racing so so hard, not able to breath well, then it would calm down due to not know what was going to happen, and ever since the past two weeks, the sharp pain starts whenever, doesnt get better changing positions, and they started me on on 2 anxiety meds, but it has not helped the pain at all, nor the length of time it occurs, so I’m going to see dr tuesday, this is not normal for me, and I’ve dealt with much worse in life than relationship issues. so we’ll see what happens!!!

good luck to all of you,

the discomfort will hopefully leave us..
Lisa

To Emy, My whole life I have had panic attacks like yours. I am now 38, but when growing up I was always embarrassed about the whole situation. I would bunch up in a ball and totally lose control of myself. I couldn’t breath and it was like an out of body experience that made me feel like I would rather be dead. I still have them to this day, but more under control. They told me for years that it was vertigo. I, finally, went to a doctor when I got out of college, because I couldn’t handle the humiliation of the attacks anymore. They put me on prozac. I am now on Wellbutrin and lexipro, because Prozac stopped working. Alot of it is talking myself through the different scenarios and one trick that helps me is to tilt my head back during them. Sounds strange, but it works for some reason. Unfortunately, i believe I have passed this horrible thing on to my daughter. I can see the fear in her eyes when it happens. It makes me so sad.

The reason I even was looking on this site though, is because I have been having chest pains, and have had headaches for over a month now (I don’t ever have headaches) and am trying to reassure myself that it is just me having too much stress in my life. Good luck to you:) Breath