Jsp
30-05-12, 16:49
I've been suffering from anxiety for a while now, getting the usual palpitations, chest pains and all the other stuff associated with it. But, in the last week, I've been getting slightly different chest pains.
The pain is located just left of my sternum, sometimes below it or above it to the left, and is a sharp, stinging kind of pain. Will only occur for no longer than 10 seconds at a time. Sometimes the pain will go down the left side of my chest too.
Usually, with my chest pains induced by anxiety, they are more of an aching pain across my entire chest, but mainly the left side, going onto my back
I'm really not sure what it is. The pain is not excruciating or anything, but it just worries me that I've got something wrong. Today I've probably had the twinge about 20 times, other days I've had it a lot less.
I've had an ECG done and an echocardiogram a few months ago and everything seemed to be fine. I'm only 17 so my doctor says there is no reason for me to have any heart problems. I haven't seen my doctor about this pain though, don't want to seem like a nuisance!
I wasn't sure if it was stomach related (I get really bad stomach acid) so I've been taking 20mg of Omeprazole to help calm it down. Not sure if it will do anything though but it's worth a try.
If anyone has any advice please comment. I'm not really looking for a diagnosis or anything, It's just I get so anxious over things like that and nothing can calm me down, plus I'm not sure if this pain is also linked to anxiety. I start counselling tomorrow so I'm hoping it helps me with situations like this.
The pain is located just left of my sternum, sometimes below it or above it to the left, and is a sharp, stinging kind of pain. Will only occur for no longer than 10 seconds at a time. Sometimes the pain will go down the left side of my chest too.
Usually, with my chest pains induced by anxiety, they are more of an aching pain across my entire chest, but mainly the left side, going onto my back
I'm really not sure what it is. The pain is not excruciating or anything, but it just worries me that I've got something wrong. Today I've probably had the twinge about 20 times, other days I've had it a lot less.
I've had an ECG done and an echocardiogram a few months ago and everything seemed to be fine. I'm only 17 so my doctor says there is no reason for me to have any heart problems. I haven't seen my doctor about this pain though, don't want to seem like a nuisance!
I wasn't sure if it was stomach related (I get really bad stomach acid) so I've been taking 20mg of Omeprazole to help calm it down. Not sure if it will do anything though but it's worth a try.
If anyone has any advice please comment. I'm not really looking for a diagnosis or anything, It's just I get so anxious over things like that and nothing can calm me down, plus I'm not sure if this pain is also linked to anxiety. I start counselling tomorrow so I'm hoping it helps me with situations like this.