I had chest pains in my heart area, they were crippling and an every day occurence. Turns out it was a stomach ulcer which had hemorregged (sp?) and thats what was causing all the pain. I guess your pain could be ANYTHING and it took mine absolutbly months to get diagnosed, so good luck you could be in for a long ride! Just get tested for everything you can, be persistent with your doctors.

Pain that is related to the heart is not localized. It is felt as a heavy pressure sensation throughout the chest and a lot of times radiates to other parts of your body (jaw, arm, back, etc.) Your "heart" pain is most likely related to muscle tension/strain related to the anxiety.

I get 'heart' pains also. Never been tested or anything, but it is definitely related to my anxiety. I know I'm not helping at all, but at least you know you aren't alone!

I some time get the same pain as you do, but not on a daily bases. I smoke every day for many years as well. I think is just our body telling us, is time to quit! :)

Hi,
Like you i smoke as well.About a year and a half ago. i woke up with an awful pain near my heart.I went to casualty and had all the tests etc and was told i was fine.Anyway since then the pain has returnes so after several more visits to casualty and to a cardiologist i was finally told that i had inflammation of the muscle and bone in my chest!They have just suggested that i take painkilles to manage the pain.
Do keep going back to them until you are finally told what you have going on, and a treatment for it.All the best.

I honestly feel exctly the same way. I know I have a slight issue with xanax, coffee and cigarettes but I'm 20. I wake up and go to sleep with heart pain and palpitations. I got a standard doctor's appt and blood tests. Nothing was physically wrong but I'm still extremely worried. Check your family history of heart issues. That's a very helpful indicator.

A lot of pain in this area is either gastro or skelatal problems with your heart occur in the middle of your chest not actually where you think they will i have sufferd with this pain on or off for years i have mis shaped valve and have sufferd hyper vent tachcadia as i have 3 node my heart rate has risen to 212 beats a minute very scary but does not mean anything it has taken me years to accept that theese pains are food or skelatal related but they are have you tried any form of food monitoring as it may be something setting it off take care i know its hard

If you relax and there is no pain then it is just anciety. If the pain is continuous--hurts even when you are totally relaxed or your mind is on tv, or computer, whatever -then it is something physical.

Josh, you've told me you have MVP..there's your answer. I have the heart pains too when I'm stressed and my anxiety is up. Stop searching!!!

I experience similar pains from time to time, and it turns out the cause - in addition to anxiety - is the result of two old injuries to the left side of my chest. One was from a stupid motorcycle accident when I hit a street sign, and then the same area was aggravated in a bad auto accident from the seatbelt locking and doing its job. I've actually had a couple of ribs knocked out of place on the left side quite a few times, all results of the two injuries. NSAIDs help quite a bit when these pains flare up.

In addition to the muscle-skeleton issues, I also have ERD and am on Prevacid for that condition.

And of course, panic attacks help SO much with the chest pain/heart palpitations that go along with them.

As sleepykitten said, your pain could be caused by quite a few conditions. If the cardiac docs say your heart is fine, ask your primary care doc to have other potential causes checked out.

Best of luck!

i have this a lot and it freaks me out and sometimes gives me panic attacks, which just increases the pain. I was diagnosed with a hole in my heart when I was 13 but the doc says I'm fine now. i get paranoid that I will just randomly drop dead, but I'm pretty sure that it is just paranoia. If your doc says your fine than maybe and hopefully you are :D It still sucks though, just try to calm down when you get them.

I have the same kind of pain. I've been through EKGs, echos, and a Holter monitor. I've also had an upper endoscopy, ultrasound, and bloodwork. Nothing. It's musculo-skeletal pain from anxiety and possibly hurting ourselves in other ways that we don't notice.

Like JustDavid said, heart pain is very widespread. I had pericarditis and myocarditis at the same time over a year ago. That pain was very ambiguous and difficult to pinpoint. It felt like my entire chest was in pain. Heart pain isn't specific.

I'm not going to be dumb enough to say not to worry. Just know that, from my experience, heart pain does not feel like you would expect.

i dont even know to be procise where the heart is lol. but if they checked your heart in its fine than it cant be ur heart. i get upper chest pain on left and rite in area heart is located due to gastro problems with my crohns.

i thought you were excepting your symptoms as anxiety??? didnt you say you had found the answer for everyone why u still looking???

I think even though you accept your anxiety, it's still not smart to just accept every pain without making sure it's not serious. I mean, if you break your leg, you should say, "My pain comes from anxiety" and try to live with it. You have a broken leg. The anxiety has nothing to do with it. As for the chest pain, though, it's pretty simple (though, not easy to accept). A pain that feel like it comes straight from your heart is almost certainly not heart related. It is most likely just the chest wall pain that all panic disorder sufferers have in varying degrees. If the pain is an ambiguous chest-wide throb and pressure, then you might have a heart problem. Even so, it still might not be your heart. You could simply have irritated lungs. Those guys in the movies and on TV who act like they have heart attacks look nothing like someone having a heart attack. The movies guys grab the center or left side of their chest and collapse. Real people with a heart attack will cross both arms over their chest because it all starts to suddenly hurt. That is my non-professional experience.

So, to recap:
specific pain whether dull or sharp, mild or moderate = chest wall, esophageal, or various other pain

ambiguous pain that covers more than just a specific area of the chest and usually a very large portion or all of it, dull or sharp, radiating wave after wave, rarely mild, mainly moderate to severe = lung pain or, possibly, heart pain

Remember folks, the heart is a tough muscle. Do you worry that your bicep is going to give out suddenly? Of course not! If you've had the test, and the doc has told you that you just don't have anything to worry about, try to keep that in mind. I struggle with it every day. I'm right there with you. Despite all the info I've laid out, I still convince myself every day. Don't give up hope, and don't succumb to worry.