Chest pains and pains all over body

[Fields00]

Hello, I'm new here
So I've been diagnosed with anxiety 6 months ago. I was wondering if the pains in the chest and back was apart of anxiety. Anxiety also cause high blood pressure readings from time to time. I feel like it's something else but I have had every test(stress test, 2 echoes, endless blood work tests, troponins, ekgs, chest x Ray's, etc) nothing has been found. I am Afraid to continue daily life activities and I'm trapped in the room all the Time. Why do I feel like this and how can anxiety be this powerful? I've been to the ER over 80 times!

 

[adamden]

Hi Fields, welcome to the forum first of all. Happy to have you here.
Your anxiety can definitely cause pains in your chest and back. It is actually one of the most common symptoms of anxiety, so I would assume that if the tests have not found anything, then these symptoms would be caused by anxiety.
Have you sought out therapy services for your anxiety? Or are you currently on any medication?
Hope you can find comfort in this post

 

[Phillip1991]

Body aches and pains are common with anxiety. I get pain in my arms, neck, head, and eyes. It’s annoying.

 

[solaine]

Yep, I get them too. Chest pain is the most common - sometimes it's a feeling as if it's being crushed, sometimes it's burning as if it's on fire. For back and other body/joints pain I found that warmth helps a lot, either a warm bath or wrapping up in a blanket

 

[Akenn]

Hello, I'm new here
So I've been diagnosed with anxiety 6 months ago. I was wondering if the pains in the chest and back was apart of anxiety. Anxiety also cause high blood pressure readings from time to time. I feel like it's something else but I have had every test(stress test, 2 echoes, endless blood work tests, troponins, ekgs, chest x Ray's, etc) nothing has been found. I am Afraid to continue daily life activities and I'm trapped in the room all the Time. Why do I feel like this and how can anxiety be this powerful? I've been to the ER over 80 times!

I have the same. They run all the tests and tell me I'm having panic attacks. I had stress test and it was positive so he took me to heart cath and told me it was negative. He said minor common issues found nothing to worry about. He prescribed me a baby aspirin and very low dose bp medication. He told me excercise and diet only other thing that I needed. I told him I get chest pain but he told me what he found wouldn't cause that. He thinks it muscular, joint or GI related was most likely the cause. I have been to ER 3 times in July and they said I am working myself up and having panic attack. They ran all labs 3 times, did CT of chest to rule out clots and was negative, did CT of abdomen and pelvis also negative. Ekg and cardiac enzymes negative. I told them I am not making up these symptoms but they tell me I am having anxiety over all these common issues. My PCP said he will not rule out GI issue and is referring me to specialist because he has never known me to have anxiety which he has known me more than 10 yrs. He said if that comes back negative then it has to be anxiety alone. He prescribed me medication but haven't started it. He said you have it when you are ready. I dont know if I am ready but I definitely feel bad not trying it if my family will have me back to myself again. I hate putting my poor husband through this everyday. I feel trapped and dont want to leave my house as it gives me a terrible anxious feeling. I hope we both can find relief. I don't know why I dont believe the doctors and the cardiologist I know and he is very to the point and straightforward with me. I have know him for almost 8 yrs from previous work history. Part of reason I picked him. I still find myself doubting him and I dont know why. I guess this anxiety is too strong that it makes you doubt everyone and everything.

 

[Jmin2music]

Ahh this is so familiar for me a couple years ago! Have had more EKG then I can even count! I was convinced that something was terribly wrong. I had ALL those symptoms and still do from time to time when I have an anxiety flair up. I didn’t believe what the doctors or the ekg were saying I new there had to be something going on but there wasn’t! Flash forward a couple years and I still get it once and awhile but so much more manageable. I didn’t some cbt therapy mixed with a TON of reading up on anxiety and why it happens. It’s fight or flight when we get panicky so are body is reacting to a fear that we can’t actually see but it is so real to us. I also make sure when I’m feeling that way that I keep repeating that it is not dangerous just uncomfortable and that is just a feeling like being happy or sad and it will pass.

 

[Akenn]

Ahh this is so familiar for me a couple years ago! Have had more EKG then I can even count! I was convinced that something was terribly wrong. I had ALL those symptoms and still do from time to time when I have an anxiety flair up. I didn’t believe what the doctors or the ekg were saying I new there had to be something going on but there wasn’t! Flash forward a couple years and I still get it once and awhile but so much more manageable. I didn’t some cbt therapy mixed with a TON of reading up on anxiety and why it happens. It’s fight or flight when we get panicky so are body is reacting to a fear that we can’t actually see but it is so real to us. I also make sure when I’m feeling that way that I keep repeating that it is not dangerous just uncomfortable and that is just a feeling like being happy or sad and it will pass.

I guess it has to be anxiety and I am making myself sick over what happened. I am trying to stay positive but these symptoms which I believe are side effects to medication are really bothersome. So maybe they are common side effects but they are causing me to panic. I am not used to these symptoms and I feel the medication is partly to blame but its causing me terrible anxiety. Did you ever try medication for anxiety? I don't know If I want to. The one pill they gave me made me worse so I never took it again.

 

[Jmin2music]

I’m currently on celexa and have been on and off for 5 years it seems to help and I really haven’t had any negative effects from it what medication are you on?

 

[Akenn]

I’m currently on celexa and have been on and off for 5 years it seems to help and I really haven’t had any negative effects from it what medication are you on?

I am on Atenolol 12.5mg daily for bp. Nothing for anxiety.

 

[Akenn]

I’m currently on celexa and have been on and off for 5 years it seems to help and I really haven’t had any negative effects from it what medication are you on?

They gave me on Ativan at ER and made me feel worse.

 

[Audrey]

I have been on celexa now going on 10years