Chest pains! is this an Anxiety attack?

You need to have a talk with your doctor and tell him what you are telling us. Ask him how long you need to be on your anti-anxiety meds before they work for you. Why would your husband's questions cause you so much stress. Is he suspicious of you? Maybe you need some counselling instead of medication. Maybe you need both. Where I live, lots of poeple are getting sick with stomach ailments. It is common this time of year.

I had to have an EKG, blood test etc before Christmas due to chest pains, it was more precautionary though because my doctor is well aware of my acute anxiety problems., so I share & understand your grief. Firstly you need to get your husband to understand what you're suffering from, show him some web sites explaining just how awful & unpleasant anxiety & stress is. A problem shared is a problem halved. Try to avoid stimulants as already stated, & try & focus your mind on pleasant & happy things. Lose yourself in things you enjoy to do. When I'm out & about & start to get that edgy feeling that comes before a panic attack I try to distract myself. A good exercise for this for example is looking at car number plates, try n make up words out of the letters. It sounds silly but it can really help. Because the more time you spend focusing on yourself & how you feel the more the anxiety will affect you.

try to undergo stress test,ECG,2decho and also try to undergo angiogram. Angiogram is an invasive procedure but its good to see whats going on inside your heart. Try to read some books about the signs & symptoms of heart diseases.If its what you feel then you have to ask the doctor to see whats on your heart.Heart attack is a disease of old persons before,but now doctors must be more suspicious coz people are dying from heart attack younger.I was even diagnosed having a myocardial injury but most doctors doesnt believe coz im still young.well,they must do studies,coz my mom had her bypass at the age of 45.

Well if you have a clean bill of health from the doctor I suppose it could be anxiety alright. Have you had ekg's and whatnot just to be sure? I recommend you try not to get so worked up. Try counting to 10 or taking deep breaths before it escalates to the point of chest pain. Also why not talk to your doctor about adjusting your meds to help the anxiety?

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Having chest pains is a possible sign of an anxiety attack as I experienced this myself years ago while working a call center job. I was very stressed out and my chest was hurting and had a hard time breathing as well. You have to find ways to relax and not feel stressed. Exercising daily and eating healthy are two ways of improving your health and reducing stress. You can take a break and go for a brief walk to relax yourself. Drinking water is good for you as well. Make sure you do not spend too much time in your home as it will help clear your mind by being outdoors or outside of your home.

From reading your post and the responses, it looks as though your physician has been thorough in searching for possible physical reasons for these 'attacks'. Anxiety and panic attacks can often mimic heart problems, short term stress, aggravated by guilt can intensify these things. You state you are on medication for depression and anxiety but are only receiving relief from the depression...I suggest you talk with your physician about the anxiety medication not working for you as well as you feel it needs to and also check into therapies you can use to help relieve the stress in a more immediate manner. Sadly disorders whether they be short or long term, such as depression and anxiety are not understood by most people as well as such things as heart problems or other physical conditions, making it even more difficult for treatments to be effective as conditions surrounding the sufferer aren't changed to aid in avoiding the triggers which preceed the attacks. Family or couples counseling can help both you and your husband to understand the conditions you appear to suffer and to learn ways to deal with stressful situations which will allow him to express himself without upsetting you to the point an attack occurs. And you to learn ways to deal more effectively with such situations without triggering an attack.

Wow you have it bad. Tell your doctor about the pains in your chest. He can order something for that. Im sure he can. As far as the stress you have to figure something so that you dont get is bad. I feel bad for you. I had a heart attach when I was only 33 years old so I know what chest pains are. Please tell your doctor about it. Hope your feeling better.

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My mother and I both have anxiety attacks. When I do have them, my chest does hurt a little. And my mom's chest hurts as well when she has these attacks. It kind of feels like someone is stepping on my chest. It always goes away though. Doesn't last long and it only happenes when I'm stressed or have a panic attack. My mom went to see a Doctor when she first started having chest pains and they put her on blood pressure pills and that seems to actually help her. I never been to a Doctor about my problem, I feel I already know what the Doctor will say, but I should go. I hope you figure everything out. Good luck!

It sounds like mitral valve prolapse to me. I would ask your doctor to check you out for it, it can cause a host of problems, including anxiety and depression. I hope you get some answers soon.

It can be indigestion and gas. Check it properly with your doctor, check your pressure also, sometimes high blood pressure also. I think you should not eat oily things too much and keep cool and pray. I think you will be better if you do this, consult a good doctor and don't take too much stress try to be happy always.

its temporary, some people have it too. Its pain sometimes when you eat. The only thing they said, was the cure was wait, no medicine needed, When you eat sometimes the chunks are too huge, you will have to chew food in to smaller chunks, from what they said.

that sounds pretty scary. i think it probably is panic attacks or something like that. i had an episode like that back in april. it was about 1 1/2 months after my bf (the love of my life) broke up with me and i fell into a really depressed state. i dont know what sparked it, but i was in the computer lab doing some work when i suddenly started having these really severe chest pains. at first, it wasn't too serious but then it started to hurt really bad to the point that i couldnt breathe right and i thought i was gonna pass out. i staggered my way to the bathroom and called my friend to come pick me up. i could feel my heart racing, and i thought i was going to throw up. it hurt so bad, so i called the health center and my friend took me over there. they didnt know what was wrong. they said it was probably a severe panic attack, so they put me on anxiety pills for a bit. they said that it was unlikely it was a heart attack because of my age, but that was a possibility. however, they said that it would be a better idea not to run all the heart tests unless it happened again.

it could be anxiety. stress effects everyone so differently. i have one other suggestion for you, have you had your gallbladder checked, because my first experience with gallstones i felt like i was having a heart attack and that someone was sitting on my chest and it lasted only an hour and went away but came back later.