have u started a new med within the last week

I am not on medications. I have ativan for times i really really need something but, other than that I have managed to work through my anxiety by exercising, eating right, trying to get good sleep, and working at eliminating stress and dealing with any issues in my life that cause me major stress. have you ever experienced chest pains when in high stress or highly upset?

I get the chest pains when the stress is gone, it's the last symptom I get before the "tranquil" feeling. What helps me is to keep my fingers and toes moving, and breathing through my nose.
For me, the pattern is my face hurts worse than my chest when I'm highly stressed. So, if your chest hurts in high stress situations, learn relaxing tensed moments to help reduce the severity of the pains after the stress leaves.
Hope this helps.

Yeah, the other night was the first time I had experienced actual chest pains from being upset. I had a hard time relaxing after that. I paced my house and I had a lump in my throat and my tummy hurt too. I took an ativan, a hot bath and passed out.

Costrocondritis could be a factor (chest muscle pain). The chest muscles will hurt in times of stress. We worry it's our heart. You could also have some heartburn etc. Anxiety plays lots of tricks on our body. Relax and try not to worry.

My heart pounds, and chest hurts, sometimes, when I get very anxious, or upset. tho it has not done that for awhile. I have a high heart rate, one thing I did was cut out caffeine, I drink no-caffeine coca cola, don't drink coffee.

I have had chest pains in the past when really stressed out or upset. Remember that there are alof of muscles in your chest and back and when you become upset then can become tense and mimic heart issues. I have found this for myself, but that's just my opinion.

@ summer, I have heard of that Costrocondritis. I am sure it is that. I have experienced many physical symptoms since my anxiety started back in March. It is truly amazing how powerful your mind is without you knowing it. Strange. Have any of you experienced head trauma? Just curious. I have and that is when the anxiety started.

I've had chest pains from anxiety before. I've read that a lot of people find out they have panic attack issues because they go to the ER thinking they're having a heart attack. I know that's how I found out.

I haven't gone to the ER but have been on phone with advice nurse. lol I have had a few EKGs and am scheduled for an echo and stress test as I do have a medical disorder that can affect the heart. More than likely it hasn't at all since I am treating it but we shall see. I am sure I will be way more comfortable about it once I do those two tests.

Its quite funny because I just had some chest pains a few minutes ago.. I got worried but I do occasionally get them and I did just clean my apartment, and sometimes I sit there thinking and worrying, so I think I was doing it subconciously and thats why I had the pains. I think sometimes our bodies should be allowed to have little aches and pains, but their just ' bumps ' in our bodies and it goes away and we live :) I over react all the time to things, and whats funny, is while I was unpacking the bathroom ( finally getting to it all !! ) I unpacked meds that I was supposed to be, and am supposed to be on ( Prozac & Perphenazine ) and Im thinking, maybe thats a sign that I should be taking them, lol. Unfortunately us that dont take medications will feel everything that maybe someone whose on meds hasnt felt in a while.

does your chest pain last for days or mins?

I get chest pains really bad when i have panic attacks, to the point I've been into the back of an ambulance a few times as I've been convinced my chest will explode or my breathing feels so tight that i will drop dead on the spot, even though I know it is just a symptom of my panic attack I really struggle to put the 2 together when it happens, I had it about 2 months ago, I was put on some new med's from the doctors to control the anxiety - they were a anti-depressant (I can't remember the name of them off the top of my head) I took the first one at home and 15 minutes later decided to walk into town to go visit my Sister, on the way I noticed that my anxiety symptoms were worsening but just tried to soldier through it and carry on, by the time I got into my Sis's house (only a 20 minute walk) I was in a full blown panic attack, I felt my chest was closing up so much I ended up collapsed around the toilet on the floor, feeling as if my lungs were closing up, having convulsions, sweating out, heart was racing like hell, i was tremors, couldn't stand up, see straight or hear clearly, In my head I thought I was dying even though I knew it was just the symptoms of a panic attack, just elevated - you'd think after 18 months you would get used to it! My Sister hasn't really experienced it and it scared the hell out of her and she called the Ambulance and as soon the paramedics got there I felt the pressure ease straight up and the chest pain stop, almost instantly, they told me I was one off the 1 in 1000 people who the Anti-D I was given causes extreme anxiety (no matter how many times I try and tell the doc I'm not depressed and the only thing that gets me down is the anxiety he still always tries to put me on them) and after being checked over for 10 minutes I was fine - extremely mentally and physically exhausted from the experience and my nerves on edge and in over drive mode, but perfectly fine with the chest pain gone. So yeah, chest pains can be a symptom of a panic attack, I get it a lot now, so much it caused me to develop health anxiety, and I ended up getting checked for every known chest problem I could think of (all saying I'm fine) sorry just realized how much I drifted on there. First post and felt good to get it off my chest! lol