Hi, i was reading a few of your post and all of your symptoms and your post sounds like you could be my twin. I have chest pain almost everyday now i have had every test and they all show my heart is fine. They also told me my chance of having CAD is about 1% but i am obsessed about this. I was told it was possible i have fibromyalgia along with my being a hypocondriact!!!!! My chest pains feel so weird its hard to describe them, they come and go and my back and shoulders hurt and my elbows, mostly my left elbow and arm but the pain is now on the right side also. I am sick of feeling like this everyday. I am on ativan as needed but here lately that seems to be alot, cause once the pains start i start to freak out and think ok this is it, this is the heart attack that has been warning me is coming and i want to run off to the ER. Its nice to know that there is someone to talk to that knows how i feel.

Jill

hi jill,
so now that you know you are not alone you can take a chill pill instead of freaking out and taking a pain pill you may not need in a few minutes if you just stop first and try breathing and standing up straight and a bit of stretching your chest muscles back.
i guess we all went thru that part of learning to live with unexplained pain. the being afraid the docs missed something. must be necessary on some strange level of our journey. it passes. thank heavens or we all would be raving and terrified. you are not a hypo. unless you decide you are. have you asked your doctor about fibromyalgia? take research printed out to your next appt. somewhere here there is a symptom list. print that and fill it out.
get your answers so you can plan your next step.
peace,
bluelakelady

Hi Jill -

I am also glad to have someone understand what I am feeling. In fact today I went to my Dr. and we decided to go ahead and do a CT Scan of my chest. I didn't really want to do it because of the radiation but the mental stress of the 'what if's' was destroying my life. Since my pain is so constant it's all I can think about. I cannot relax or focus on anything else most of the time. Not to mention my poor husband (who is very active) trying to understand what has happened to me. I used to be an active person - worked out 4-5 days a week and now I can barely do anything active. I have pain in other places but nothing like the chest pain. The Dr. left me a message that everything looked with the CT scan looked ok and to call the office in the morning. Of course, now I'm paranoid because if everything is ok why does she want me to call? Oh well, trying to just keep my mind occupied on something else until tomorrow morning.

I also had that test done and it came back 0%....you cant get much better than that but i STILL worry everyday. I also have pains other places and i contribute them all to my heart and think they are all related. The chest pains have been horrible today, then i started to feel sick to my stomache and got really weak........i started to panic and thought about going to the ER but talked myself out of it and took my loranzapan. I want my life back.......i use to enjoy life and have fun now i am always depressed about this and i know it is rubbing off on my children. The time i spend with them is never any fun to them cause im scared to go to far from home. I seriously do not think there is even 1 second of my day that my heart is not what im thinking about. Im sure your test is fine or he would have told you if it wasnt right then, i had to do the same thing, they said it looked fine but to call. I called and they gave me my exact number...the 0%. I worried all nite and felt much better then next day when i was told that but then went right back to my thoughts of " what if they are wrong". Good luck with your results and i am here alot so if you ever need an ear, im here:)