Ahhh chest pain....I have chest pain almost every day and when I'm in a huge flare I could swear I'm having a heart attack. I too have elevated cholesterol and high blood pressure. I take BP meds and was taking Lipitor and found that it affected my memory and increased my pain. I hate statins.
Iv'e been to the ER a few times over the years and it was not my heart, it was TOS/RSD.
Now when I get the chest pain I take my typical Soma, add a Darvocet and a 400mg Motrin, sometimes a second Darvocet then another Soma. Take a hot shower, stretch out on my ball, apply a Lidocaine patch, hot pack and that usually takes it away, at least for that day. My pain isn't in the chest when I wake up, it hits at about 10:00 am.It's a burning pressure....if I did't know the routine again I would swear it was an MI. I can relate to this.....