| Anyone else with unexplained chest pains?
I've experienced tightness in my chest, generally on the left side on and off for a few years. Lately, it's most of the time and more severe. The feeling is not painful, but uncomfortable and worrisome. I've seen a doctor, an acupuncturist and a cardiologist. No one has a remedy or explanation of the cause. The doctor gave me pills for anxiety to help me sleep. Stress test, chest X-ray and EKG went very well. My blood pressure is good. Blood work shows high cholesterol even though I eat a very healthy diet. I also discovered I'm Vitamin D-deficient, so I'm taking a supplement for that and getting sunshine daily. For about 20 years I have taken Co-Q-10 and other supplements like garlic, nattokinase, spirulina and omega 3 oil, as well as vitamins.
I'm 67, female, and generally healthy except for arthritis. I take glucosamine chondroitin. I still have hot flashes and difficulty falling sleeping, and I use progesterone lotion, and take black cohosh and dong quai which helps. I'm exercising, eating flax seed meal, and using red yeast rice to lower cholesterol.
As you can see, I prefer to take a natural route to good health. I have an appointment with a naturopath I used to see regularly years ago. The appointment is still 1.5 months away.
Does anyone have experience or suggestions I can use to make sense of the chest pains and get some relief? I cannot find a correlation to anything like exertion, heartburn, muscle soreness, menopause, weather conditions, diet, stress, or other factors. It seems random, and the doctors are stumped.
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