Originally Posted by
skippy66
Today I had the sort of chest pain I have dreaded for the last 5 years, since my health anxiety got really bad.
Im 28, male, 6'5, 12 stone
I was driving after a fairly heavy meal. I suddenly had this humongous pain in my lower chest like I was thudded with a battering ram. It was right in the centre between chest and stomach, I would class as lower chest rather than upper stomach, but it's right between them.
It lasted probably 2 seconds max but I nearly passed out from the pain, and my heart was pounding after it for a bit (anxiety response?). I went on to have a normal evening, no more recurrence of the pain.
When I say nearly passed out I mean it, the pain was so bad. This is not something I would normally chalk down to 'anxiety'. It was deep rooted and 'real'.
I've had all the heart tests saying repeatedly that my heart is fine.
But I'm scared, because this has happened a few times now, not as bad as this time and not always but mainly after meals.
What the hell is happening, please someone diagnose me. I've been to the doctor with this in the past and they've brushed it off and stuck me on stomach meds for acid reflux.
This is not heartburn. It feels far more muscular than that. But not muscular. Some very deep rooted intense pain, but very fleeting.
Hernia? Pinched nerve? Blood clot? Mini heart attack?
Please put my mind at rest because I'm struggling to cope.