Worried

[jamxtart]

I wonder if any one could give me some advice about some chest pains that I have been experiencing. About 3 years ago I started to get some left sidied chest pain, I went to my GP and I had an ECG and some blood tests done(i cant remember which ones) both of these came back normal.The doctor diagnosed me with muscle pain and told me not to worry. In December last year the pain came back again (the pain only lasts for a few seconds goes away then comes back again later) but now I have a ache down my left arm and occasionally say once every two months I get a slight head rush/dizzyness that also lasts for a few seconds. I have been back to three different GPs since then and they have all diagnosed me with anxiety. Just wondered if you think that it may be connected to my heart as i'm convinced that I do have a heart problem. Im female, aged 28, non smoker , no family history of heart problems and my blood pressure has always been in the ideal range although high blood pressure runs in my family but it is controlled adequately by medication. The chest pain comes on randomly and I don't really get breathless. Sorry for banging on i'm just really worried that the doctors have missed something.

[redcrx]

If 3 GPs have said anxiety and youve had an ECG and blood tests done then what can a bunch of strangers on an internet Q&A site offer you?

If you dont trust your doctors then why not pay for a private doctor to give you a medical.

[sqad617]

wow redcrx....you are on form today.

jam...did you have a stress ECG i.e ECG on the treadmill?

It is unlikely that the Drs have missed something in your heart

Google Carotid Artery Steal Syndrome.....se if it interests you,

[coccinelle]

I get those kind of pains and they're due to anxiety, they're really painful sometimes and I feel I'm having a heart attack too.
Actually, women are protected from heart problems while they're menstruating but become as vunerable as men to heart attacks once they get to the menopause. I'm no doctor but this is what I've been told.
So, don't worry and when you get one of those pains sit down and take some long deep breaths...

[jamxtart]

Squad I had a resting ECG

[sqad617]

Not good enough jam......ask for a Cardiologist referral and only then should one make a diagnosis of anxiety, after

[sqad617]

sorry jam, it just disappeared....
after stress ECG and possibly ultrasonography.

[tamirra]

Jam, i get the exact pains as you, the symptoms are all the same, ive had an M.R.I done and E.C.G all normal, so i cant help you with what it could be, but would be very interested if you do find a reason for them. xx