Hi, I haven't posted here for ages..I thought I'd conquered this thing a few months ago with relaxation, tai chi, st jonns wort and this site, but although my anxiety levels fell my chest pains continued. I have been stressed about uni etc, but now I'm off for 8 wks and can totally relax. Trouble is, I haven't. Instead I have developed calf pain..feels like they'll burst and fore arm pain..dreadful aches..sometimes I get pains in buttocks and feet too. I wake at 3 or 4am with these pains at their worst and feel totally depressed. Of course my first reaction is cancer! I have been to a rheumatologist and await blood tests..in the meantime, the pain continues, the anxiety rises and I feel this must surely be something bad. Has anyone else ever suffered with chronic pain for as long as I?

Dave S