I've had RSD since 2000 and it spread through my entire body in 2005. I've been through just about all of the treatments along with drugs, an SCS and a pain pump.

I begin having these episodes of chest pain about a year ago. I can feel it when it’s coming on and it can happen with sitting, standing, laying down, eating and even wakes me up from sleep. My chest becomes really tight with crushing pain. I also get shortness of breath, sweaty, dizzy and nauseated. They last between 7-15 minutes or so and then slowly go away. I started having them a couple of times a month and now I'm having multiple episodes every other day. My family doctor put me on nitroglycerin, which does help after a couple of minutes. I was sent to a Cardiologist, who did a nuclear stress test and an echocardiogram. My results were normal. I asked the Cardiologist if he had any ideas as to what could be causing this and he said that it could be from the RSD, an autoimmune disease or something else totally. He recommended that I go back to the Neurologist and start this whole process all over again. I don’t mind going to see another specialist but I also don’t want to become another lab experiment either.

If it's related to my RSD, I can accept that and move on but I've also been losing weight (26 lbs. since Nov.) without trying and I have a lot of fatigue. My regular doctor took some blood tests but everything looked good. My question is, has anyone experienced problems with chest pain due to their RSD? I'd like to hear from you. Thanks!