Oh I have chest pain all the time due to my anxiety! It is scarey isn't it! As a matter of fact, my husband recently was having a heart attack (so we thought) rushed him by ambulance to ER...turns out it was only a panic attack, so YES they can be scarey!

I definately understand how you feel about the chest pains. I have them a lot now. I get either really sharp pains or a feeling that somethings stuck in the center of my chest that makes it feel really tight. I try to take really deep breaths when this starts. I haven't found a way to get them to stop yet, so if you find anything out...let me know.

Hello... I am new to this site and I am hoping to be able to make some new stressed friends...as far as chest pain, my BIGGEST worry or anxiety s now that I ignore it so well now, how will I know if it is the real thing one day??!!

I get a lot of chest pains as well, also on both sides of my chest. I thought something was wrong with my heart for a very long time, and, like you, all of my tests came back normal (EKG, CT scan, etc). One thing that helped me a lot was to start excercising. Going for a run or bike ride and getting my heart rate up and letting it go back down really convinced me there was nothing wrong with my heart and the chest pain was caused by anxiety. I still get chest pains every now and then, but when I do I tell myself there is nothing wrong with my heart and take a few deep breaths. Its been a long time since I rushed myself to the emergency room and I've had an excellent past few weeeks. These techniques take practice but in time I know you will beat these feelings. Practice deep breathing and I definitely reccomend excercising daily. Hope you start to feel better.

Hello ! Yes I have also experienced these same symptoms. It has been a couple years but it would realy scare me. The pains would be in mt shest, shoulders, arms hands and jaw, it seemed like it would usualy start in my chest then radiate to the other areas.
Hang in there,I know it is hard not to worry that it may be something else. You have had all the tests to see and everything has came back fine, so when you are experiencing the pains remind yourself that it is only anxiety. It helped me out alot when I stopped worrying about what it might be and just sort of went with it. Take care and hang in there!!

Chest pains are a common side effect of having anxiety and panic attacks...some feel so strong that you feel like you are having how a heart attack is described. I also get pain in my arms, as well as in my shoulders, neck, back and throat. Ativan and xanax have both helped me and also reminding my self to relax, journaling my feelings, and deep breathing exercises. Hope this info helped!

I also have bad chest pains thinking heart attack all the time. Had the tests all normal. You have to tell yourself that it's a panic attack or anxiety. Easiser said then done because i always think that someday i'll tell my self it's only a panic attack and it will be a heart atack and i will die. Then you have to tell yourself houmorously well would you rather die a thousand times everytime you think you are dying or just once when the big one hits. Try some xanix or ativan something to calm you down. Deep breathing ,exercise, hobbies to take your mind off of it, talking to someone. Try reading the book (panic to power)or listening to lucinda bassett tapes. one quick video that will help is her jump start the road to recovery. You can get them at the local library don't buy the program off the web site it costs over $400.

i had that for along time too. come to find out most of the time it was a gas bubble, and the other times it was just stress. try taking gas-x when you have them and see if it works for you.

When I started to get chest pain 15 years ago I went to see a therapyst after going to the emergency room about 8 times thinking I was having a heart attack. I remember the first time I went to see him, I told him to call 911 cause I was having a heart attack right now. He told me he was with another patient now and to go walk around the parking lot 10 times and then come back and see him. I thought he was crazy, but after the third lap the chest pains started to go away and after the 4th lap they were gone. You have to burn off that excess anxiety every day.

Yes it is common. I have more of a tightness in the chest. And palpitations. But they are all common for anxiety sufferers. Only thing that helps me is working out and drinking tension tamer tea or taking calms forte herbs.

When I first started with anxiety in 2004 I ended up in the ER with shortness of breath, heart palpatations and numbness of the face and left arm. What a scary thing, I seriously thought I was having a heart attack (my dad has congestive heart failure). I seem to suffer a lot of discomfort in my chest especially under the breast bone. I chalk it up to heartburn most times. Other times it is a nagging pain that shoots in one area. I try to feel out what is going on in my mind and try to refocus my energies with something that will occupy it. I can't say this enough, when I was diagnosed I was put on buspar and used lorizapam for an episode the meds didn't quite help. I went off the meds cold turkey with the doctors recommendation when I thought I was pregnant. I was lucky I suffered no withdrawl symptoms and ended up never going back on the meds. I truly believe because I work out 5 days a week for 1 1/2 hours a day in the morning it has become somewhat of a stabalizer for me. Yes, I do still suffer mild anxiety attacks, but I can usually calm myself down and stop them before they become full blown and when I can't I have klonopin to take care of them, but they are very infrequent. Good Luck and take care.

I am so very greatful I found this sight. I have always felt like I was crazy and alone. But you all have pretty much summed up every thing I have and presently going through. Relaxation and destraction are my only way of dealing with the symptoms. I cant take any meds because of a blood disorder. latley ive been having alot of arm, neck, back and chest pain. I have to remind myself that its just anxiety and Im not going to die but it sure feels like it.

I hit that tredmill for about 70 minutes every morning (walking) just to work out the "junk adrenaline" or whatever it is lol. It really helps. Most often I will hit a point at about 2 miles where everything starts "melting away" for a while at least. Hope this helps-God Bless