MissBee
07-01-16, 21:21
I have been suffering from chest pains for the last 4 weeks or so. Everyone keeps saying it's probably down to my anxiety but I've not even been feeling that anxious.
The pain isn't crippling or constant. It's not stopping me exercising or going about daily life. It's more of a sharp twinge or dull ache in my heart area spreading up towards my shoulder. I saw my GP who took my blood pressure and said he was confident it wasn't heart related but I have health anxiety as well as GAD and I can't shake the feeling there is something seriously wrong in my heart. I am scheduled to have an x-ray to check lungs etc but I don't even feel like it's worth going because it won't show up anything in the arteries of my heart.
I know I should take the GP's advice on board and stop worrying but I can't. I am only in my twenties and there is no family history of heart disease. My cholesterol and everything is OK. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?
The pain isn't crippling or constant. It's not stopping me exercising or going about daily life. It's more of a sharp twinge or dull ache in my heart area spreading up towards my shoulder. I saw my GP who took my blood pressure and said he was confident it wasn't heart related but I have health anxiety as well as GAD and I can't shake the feeling there is something seriously wrong in my heart. I am scheduled to have an x-ray to check lungs etc but I don't even feel like it's worth going because it won't show up anything in the arteries of my heart.
I know I should take the GP's advice on board and stop worrying but I can't. I am only in my twenties and there is no family history of heart disease. My cholesterol and everything is OK. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?