chest pain - Panic Disorders Message Board

sara103 · 04-08-2003, 04:38 PM

Does anyone get constant chest pain with anxiety?
Like up high in the chest/throat area?

Please tell me you do.
Sara

ahope4u · 04-08-2003, 05:45 PM

I do! I do! I've been suffering with this for about a month now. It's going away now because I started taking 0.25mg of Xanax 3x's a day. What a relief!! I feel so much better and I don't feel as panicky. I remember, 10 years ago, I was experiencing the same symptons. I went to every type of doctor you could name. I even went as far as having double clamps put down my esophagus to have it stretched because a gastro. doc told me my esophagus was shaped like an hour glass. Needless to say, I still had the same symptons. I started taking Xanax and that relieved it completely. I didn't get addicted!!!! I took Xanax for about 6-9 months and weined myself off of it. No problem whatsoever. I know this doesn't work for everyone but from all the horror stories that hear about Xanax, I just can't relate. Never had a problem with it. So, starting with Xanax again puts no fear in me. It's been a wonder drug for me and it has given me freedom to live life again.

Good luck to you!!!

sara103 · 04-08-2003, 08:06 PM

Does or Did your chest pain last for hours on end?

Thanks for all your input, I also take Xanax .25 mg. for about 2 years now..

Sara

Graciecat · 04-08-2003, 09:11 PM

I used to get chest pains all the time, but I don't get them anymore.
They would be so bad that I would lay down and rub the palm of my hand over my chest.
Then I'd wake up the next morning and I couldn't even touch my chest, it would hurt so bad just from me rubbing it.
Maybe once every six or seven months, my heart will just take off racing for about 2 or 3 minutes, then it slows down to normal.
I get the skipped heart beats more than anything.
But, even that isn't as bad as it used to be.

ahope4u · 04-09-2003, 04:39 AM

Sara,
My chest pains would last for days! These pains would give me so much anxiety. Sometimes they would send me into full blown panic attacks. Went to the emergency room countless times. They do the norm-hook you up to an EKG machine and take vials of blood. There was never anything wrong. It was my anxiety. So when it started again recently, I knew what it was. Don't get me wrong, I did have those scary thoughts that it could be something else but I decided to take Xanax and not drive myself crazy. My chest pains were so bad, along with my anxiety, that I couldn't even stand up for long. I feel much better.
If your pains continue, for your own peace of mind, go to your doc and let him/her run a few tests to rule out anything.
Just thought I'd let you know that you're not alone. There are many of us that feel your "pain".

Hope