[PunkDizzle]

Last night as I was getting ready for bed I felt a bit of a headache starting.. I thought no biggie.. took an Advil (plus the rest of my nightly med cocktail.) and went to lay down..

I would say about 5-10min after my head hitting the pillow I started to get this pain/burning/pressure all around my chest and back, it came on kind of quick and then proceeded to become almost unbearable over the course of a few min. after a bit it started to also spread into my arms/hands and neck..and became more of a sharp constant pain/pressure.. if that wasn't enough I started to feel like I wasn't getting enough air.. I could take a deep breath no problem.. but it just felt as if it wasn't registering in my swiss cheese brain.

I really have no idea when it ended because I either passed out from my nightly meds (they make me pretty drowsy) or the pain knocked me out... but it def went on for a good 1/2hr.

Since I woke up this morning the pain was mostly gone, just a dull ache here and there.. but I have kept feeling just "out of it" all day.. spent most of the day in bed trying to sleep it off but no such luck so far..


any input/ideas would be helpful.

[SallyC]

I don't know Punk, but if it were me, I would think 'heart attack"!! Some can be mild like that, but, just in case, I wouldn't sit around waiting for the next one.

It could be what you thought, but check with your Doc anyway..

[PunkDizzle]

Sally, that is the first thought that popped in my head too.. but I had just seen my cardiologist a couple of months ago and did the stress test, echo, all that fun stuff and I checked out fine..
not to say It couldn't come out of nowhere though.

[Blessings2You]

I agree with Sally, a few of the symptoms you mentioned aren't typically part of the "hug". I'd want to get it checked, just in case.

[Lynn]

I agree with the other posters - better safe than sorry. There are worse things out there than MS....and we aren't immune(sadly) to any of them. Get yourself checked!

[PunkDizzle]

Went to my cardiologist this morning.. got all checked out again.
It is not my heart..
It is not my MS..

it is.... *drum roll* acid reflux! uuugghhh


sad thing is I have been taking something for that for a few years now.. never had it hit me like that before though, guess it is time to call my PCP and see about getting a higher dose or different med. at least that is all it was.