Dear Friend,
Suffering with this type of pain all the time and not just temporarily from side effects is just awful. Now, I am concerned because having anxiety and having heart issues are not incompatible. one could have both. This is my concern.
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Originally Posted by Brokenfriend
A family member was blunt,and it affects me with pains in my chest. I fealt like I got hit with a medicine ball,right in the middle of my chest,and the whole trunk of my body ached for three days. This was two,or three weeks ago.
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My goodness, Friend, this is really really really awful. Do you think it is like a PTSD type reaction - is it associated with people being somehow hurtful or insensitive to you? Especially friends or family? Panic attacks can feel just like heart attacks.
HOWEVER
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When I get that pain,it usually starts in the middle of my chest. Sometimes I have a pain over my heart. Sometimes the pain travels to my back ,and slowly goes up my chest to a point under my left arm pit. When I feel like this,it's hard to do anything. I can break my concentration with a hobby. It takes time for it to stop hurting.
Sometimes it hurts in the middle of my chest,and the left back area,around the upper kidney area,and then it goes up my back to my arm pit,and shoulder area.
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What worries me thought is how long it goes on, and the radiation of pain through the armpit, arm, and back. And if you get upset, that can raise your blood pressure which in turn can cause underlying heart disturbances to manifest with symptoms such as you describe. Now, many heart problems are very simple to manage, so if it you had something wrong and were treated you would feel much better and not be so vulnerable to these episodes.. On the flip side, an
undetected and untreated heart issue could become dangerous.
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Sometimes I feel these jabbing pains in my heart area,but it isn't a heart problem. It's physical pains from anxiety.
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I am afraid of alarming you. On the other hand, I want make sure you are ok and stay that way!
Having anxiety and panic attacks does not mean there may not be heart issues. (You know, like, the "
just because i'm paranoid, doesn't mean they're not out to get me." )
Could you see your GP and discuss this, and request a full cardiovascular workup? That should reveal any issues including past events. S/he should not have a problem ordering the tests for you. Medically, anxiety can be ascribed/dx'd as the cause of similar episodes
only after cardiovascular problems are
ruled out. Better safe than sorry!
Sooo...
Will you see your doc for me? Pleeeeeeeeeeeease?
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Also sometimes my head has so much pressure in it,that it feels very uncomfortable. That to is something that people don't understand unless they have it. Dang! I wish that they could cure it.
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Can you describe this more? Does it hurt, or does it feel like it is being compressed? Are there areas which are more or less affected - for instance is it as though you were wearing a band that s too tight?
I am sorry you have all these issues. I know it is terrible and people really really do not get it at all.
~ waves ~