sharp chest pains :(

[sherylee xx]

hey guys well today i keep gettin sharp chest pains (shootin pains) and sometimes when i breath in i get the sharp pain its also in my back behind my chest :( gettin afew arm pains aswell, i had an ecg about a month ago that was clear but im worried xx

[macc noodle]

It sounds like anxiety to me hun - know the feelings well - I can conjure up chest pain and arm pain from nowhere if I am feeling anx.

You could be overbreathing and causing all the little muscles to overwork and this in turn causes constriction which is painful.

Why not take a couple of paracetomol and a warm drink and distract yourself with a book or a film and see how you feel?

:hugs:

[Rach29]

i get that when i over breath and try to take a deep breath its just anxiety try not to worry it always passes x

[teez]

i get it when i im tense and have held my chest muscles too tight ,,im aware im doing it but find it impossible to stop,,also after days of shallow breathing

[sherylee xx]

thankyou so much for replyin and reasurin me :) much appreciated :) im goin to just try relax and watch tv and see how i feel thanks again my lovlies :) xx

[lindajane1971]

hi sherylee,
for the last 3 hours ive been having sharp pains in my right breast, they are sometimes random but also feel them when i "tense" it and when im breathing and also moving my right arm. I am terrified because i suffer from anxiety attacks but im trying to replace the bad thoughts with good ones, im sure its muscular pain, i just need to convince my brain its nothing else and its not an easy task!!!
good idea to relax, gonna try that too
xx

[ellie_C_mason1990]

Definitely anxiety! I had the chest pains you described during an exam period, thought it was a heart attack and that is what started my health anxiety!
If your ECG was fine then there is nothing wrong with your heart. Good luck relaxing.

[sherylee xx]

lindajane1971 i know how you feel hu i was the same last night and as sson as i took my mind of it (bit f online shoppin lol) it eased off and went its s hard to believe its anxiety and i just cant help but thin k its my heart :( xx

ellie c thanks hun :) xx

[xtremx]

Hiya i get sharp stabbing pains all over my chest/back.

Very much muscular as heart pain from what i understand does not present with stabbing pains.(someone may correct me on that "but that is what i have been told and have read over the years of googling).

[xtremx]

I am terrified because i suffer from anxiety attacks but im trying to replace the bad thoughts with good ones, im sure its muscular pain, i just need to convince my brain its nothing else and its not an easy task!!!
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Hello kearar, I understand what you are saying I am still going though the same thing but about the only thing you can keep telling youself is that you have had the pains before and everytime nothing bad has happened and this time nothing bad will happen again, Until your mind starts doing it on its own accord.

As I said I am stuck in this with you and others.

And sherylee xx sry for replyin to someone in your post.

[sherylee xx]

thankyou xtremx :) xx

i know how you feel keara :( xx

[sherylee xx]

and thats ok i dont mind :) xx