anxiety chest pains

[jo h]

Hi

I seem to be having chest pains/fatigue caused by anxiety and also can feel my heart beating in various places....does anyone have any remedies to ease this as its distracting to say the least ....

I am now off the Citalopram and all is going well apart from the above which seems to have crept up on me again.

Thanks

Jo

[jo h]

Paul

Thank you so much for that advice...I really do try not to think about it but
when I wake its there in my mind and I really do think its my heart all the time ...worries me to death to b honest !!!

I will see if I can do as u suggest with the breathing and posture..there is no
one place with the pains though they can be in the middle or start under my ribs at the side and then I get little shooting ones ...that make me stop what I'm doing ....its horrid :(

Thanks Paul

[jo h]

still getting them ..:( it really is worrying ....i guess i just have to put up with it ....does anyone else have any ideas how to relieve them ???

I also want to exercise but am scared to as think it makes the pains worse :( x Got no energy whatsoever at the moment ..

[SH412]

Im also getting chest pains :( Round under my armpit and under my left breast :( And sore left arm! All classic heart attack symptoms but im rationalising that a heart attack couldnt last 3 days !! Im just using distraction and thinking of my fears rationally! What kind of pain is it? Im having intermittent pains, wouldnt say stabbing or dull I cant really explain it!! x

[jo h]

Hi

Like you I can't really explain..I was driving on the motorway yesterday and really though I was having heart issues kept feeling dull ache where my heart is ....today I am getting little twinges and pains in the middle :( ..also pins/needles in right foot ..feel really tired ...I got a bad one last week ...woke me up with a pain in my left side under my left rib cage and moved across to middle ..was really scared that day nearly went to hospital :( ..... so in your case is it helping trying to focus on other things ?? I am trying but I can't stop thinking about it ........

Thanks for replying it does help ):

[SH412]

Yeh it is helping but Im also on Citalopram 20mg now and I think that is really helping block out some of the negative thoughts!! Im feeling twinges aswell its like a niggly pain every now and then! Telling myself its muscular because my heart rate is fine and Ive been checking my pulse every once in a while! I think distracting yourself and just keep telling yourself right if Im not ok in 20 mins I will do something about it!! xx

[jo h]

Yeah i think thats all we can do..I was on Cital 20mg for a while too and i have to say had no pains to speak of really but I am off them and really don't want to go back down that route if I can help it like u say if we having heart attacks it would have happened by now i guess x

[s11fyx]

it really sounds like tension i get this and muscle and nerve spams cos im holding my self so tense. i do ver easy yoga stretches every day also try and make sure ou sitting correctly i have a massarge once a month and also meditate everyday that helps my muscles relax.

[jo h]

thank you for that i have done yoga before and found it relaxes me..so will start it up again...i like hearing that you guys think its tension too as i am so so worried about it :(

[jo h]

Also does anyone else find the chest pains are worse if you get tired???