iiisecondcreep
07-31-2006, 05:21 PM
Hello
For a few years I've been suffering from occasional chest pains.
The first time it happened I was 18 or 19 and I was in a shop and I had an extremely intense sharp pain in my chest, it only lasted a few seconds but I couldn't breathe and my legs gave way. I was on very strong antihistamines for an (unknown)skin condition at the time and I asked the doctor when I was in for a check up and he said
"whats probably happened is you've read the side effects of the pills and saw chest pains and imagined it"
I kid you not. I hadn't read the side effects but I did when I got home and chest pains was not a listed side effect. But I put it down to the fact that I'd been drinking which I REALLY shouldn't have been on those pills.
And that was it really until maybe over the last year. I've not been on the antihistamines since then and I don't drink(much) anymore. I started getting pains again, at first they were just twinges but over a few months they got worse and worse til the point that they were as bad as the first one I'd had except it kept happening and lasting up to a few minutes each time.
After a few weeks of the bad pains I went to the doctor who said it was probably muscular because of my job and sent me for chest x-rays.
I never got my results. The pains got less and less then went away. But I had one the other day, not as bad but still very uncomfortable, I think it was just a one off because it hasn't happened again.
I work in a job that involves a fair amount of manual labour but the first time it happened was years before I started my job and I never had it again til I'd been in my job for 2 years!
I've had my share of injuries at work, I did karate for about 6years and I've been horseriding for 15years so I've had my share of muscular injuries but it doesn't feel like any of those. the best description I could give of the way it feels would be like an extremely bad stitch in my chest and I can't breathe fully, if I try to take a deep breath it feels worse and I just can't!
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
I'm 22, slim, I wouln't go so far as to say 'fit' but I'm certainly not unfit, I'm on my feet 40hours a week! And I'd say I'm pretty healthy, I hardly ever eat sweets or junk food. I am however quite nervous and a regular stressed eric(I'm finding more recently I'm getting short of breath when I get stressed but thats probably me just getting more unfit!) and sleep pretty badly. I sometimes get a fluttery feeling in my chest but i think thats quite common and to be honest, I think its quite pleasent :)
I grudge going to doctors because I don't appreciate being told I'm imagining things. (I've suffered from pains in my lower back for years, mainly if I eat or drink anything really sweet, makes me feel like I'm going to puke- was also told I was imagining that,they took urine sample and again-never got my results, so i just avoid anything I think will kick it off)
Anyway, be very interested to hear any suggestions, unless its 'your imagining it'! :)
For a few years I've been suffering from occasional chest pains.
The first time it happened I was 18 or 19 and I was in a shop and I had an extremely intense sharp pain in my chest, it only lasted a few seconds but I couldn't breathe and my legs gave way. I was on very strong antihistamines for an (unknown)skin condition at the time and I asked the doctor when I was in for a check up and he said
"whats probably happened is you've read the side effects of the pills and saw chest pains and imagined it"
I kid you not. I hadn't read the side effects but I did when I got home and chest pains was not a listed side effect. But I put it down to the fact that I'd been drinking which I REALLY shouldn't have been on those pills.
And that was it really until maybe over the last year. I've not been on the antihistamines since then and I don't drink(much) anymore. I started getting pains again, at first they were just twinges but over a few months they got worse and worse til the point that they were as bad as the first one I'd had except it kept happening and lasting up to a few minutes each time.
After a few weeks of the bad pains I went to the doctor who said it was probably muscular because of my job and sent me for chest x-rays.
I never got my results. The pains got less and less then went away. But I had one the other day, not as bad but still very uncomfortable, I think it was just a one off because it hasn't happened again.
I work in a job that involves a fair amount of manual labour but the first time it happened was years before I started my job and I never had it again til I'd been in my job for 2 years!
I've had my share of injuries at work, I did karate for about 6years and I've been horseriding for 15years so I've had my share of muscular injuries but it doesn't feel like any of those. the best description I could give of the way it feels would be like an extremely bad stitch in my chest and I can't breathe fully, if I try to take a deep breath it feels worse and I just can't!
Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
I'm 22, slim, I wouln't go so far as to say 'fit' but I'm certainly not unfit, I'm on my feet 40hours a week! And I'd say I'm pretty healthy, I hardly ever eat sweets or junk food. I am however quite nervous and a regular stressed eric(I'm finding more recently I'm getting short of breath when I get stressed but thats probably me just getting more unfit!) and sleep pretty badly. I sometimes get a fluttery feeling in my chest but i think thats quite common and to be honest, I think its quite pleasent :)
I grudge going to doctors because I don't appreciate being told I'm imagining things. (I've suffered from pains in my lower back for years, mainly if I eat or drink anything really sweet, makes me feel like I'm going to puke- was also told I was imagining that,they took urine sample and again-never got my results, so i just avoid anything I think will kick it off)
Anyway, be very interested to hear any suggestions, unless its 'your imagining it'! :)
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Beefsteak
07-31-2006, 11:31 PM
Hi,
At 18 or 19, when you first had it, it's most unlikely to be heart-related. I suggest you get a another doctor - one who listens better. Why he sent you for the chest x-rays is a puzzle.
There are a couple of things he should have checked you for. One is precordial catch syndrome (PCS) which is pretty common and a sharp pain where you can't easily inhale. The cause of PCS is not known but it's harmless.
Beefy
At 18 or 19, when you first had it, it's most unlikely to be heart-related. I suggest you get a another doctor - one who listens better. Why he sent you for the chest x-rays is a puzzle.
There are a couple of things he should have checked you for. One is precordial catch syndrome (PCS) which is pretty common and a sharp pain where you can't easily inhale. The cause of PCS is not known but it's harmless.
Beefy