xtremx
04-01-12, 21:08
Hi, over the last 4 months or so i have been getting a intermittent stabbing pain in my jaw (at the front/just to the left) the pain only lasts for a few seconds at a time but scares the life out of me that i am about to have a heart attack (as that is a major fear in my life).
I do have chest pain but that is almost a constant everyday thing as i have GERD/Reflux and also costochondritis. And have been taken into A&E twice in 12 months with chest pain had chest x-rays done and ecgs and also bloods taken to show no damage to the heart (so no heart attacks).
Have in the last few months had a Treadmill stress test to see if it was angina (that came back all clear) and the dentist has done x-rays of my jaw and also a head mri and thay cameback ok.
But my jaw pain seems to be a daily thing now and does seem to come on when stressed, but not all the time and also sometimes if it is cold.
Once i get the stabbing/shock like pain it leave my jaw in that area feeling sore.
I am taking naproxen 3x aday for the pain and the dentist has given me pregabalin (but i have yet to start them yet, To scared).
But no one seems to know what is causing the pain the dentist thinks it could be a nerve thing.
Does anyone get this and do you think it is just anxiety.
Thanks
I do have chest pain but that is almost a constant everyday thing as i have GERD/Reflux and also costochondritis. And have been taken into A&E twice in 12 months with chest pain had chest x-rays done and ecgs and also bloods taken to show no damage to the heart (so no heart attacks).
Have in the last few months had a Treadmill stress test to see if it was angina (that came back all clear) and the dentist has done x-rays of my jaw and also a head mri and thay cameback ok.
But my jaw pain seems to be a daily thing now and does seem to come on when stressed, but not all the time and also sometimes if it is cold.
Once i get the stabbing/shock like pain it leave my jaw in that area feeling sore.
I am taking naproxen 3x aday for the pain and the dentist has given me pregabalin (but i have yet to start them yet, To scared).
But no one seems to know what is causing the pain the dentist thinks it could be a nerve thing.
Does anyone get this and do you think it is just anxiety.
Thanks