Costochondritis

[ArgelTal578]

Suspect I have costochondritis/tietze syndrome.
After a panic attack that seemed extremely like a heart attack, and recurring (often constant) chest pain, doc cleared me through an ECG and said my heart looked healthy. I'm very active so that makes sense.

They didn't specify costochondritis, but said they think it's musculo-skeletal, and to rest it a bit. They gave me amphitryptiline for the pain and I suspect partly anxiety, which doesn't always seem to work but can help with sleep.

I'm struggling with the idea that it might be something more serious. I know many anxiety symptoms can seem like heart attacks (palpitations, tingling etc) so although this sometimes bothers me, its more the possibility that it's something more like a disease that bothers me. Are there any routes I could take to rule out something like heart disease? The descriptions online I've read of costo definitely match what I'm experiencing.

 

[Phillies Phan]

For the longest time I have had on and off muscle pain. It can come anywhere on my body, but prefers my low back as well as my left side which wraps around both the front and back. I have learned over the years that my muscles tense easily, and when you go thru either a long period of stress, or a quick hard experience like a PA, the muscles respond by tightening. Nowadays I arrange to get a massage from my RMT and it might require a second one a week or two later.

Take it from a long time HA sufferer, don’t go looking for zebras in a field full of horses. Another keen saying..if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a freaking duck!

Calm down now, you’ve been cleared by your doctor. Go out and exercise and consider a massage.

 

[ArgelTal578]

Take it from a long time HA sufferer, don’t go looking for zebras in a field full of horses. Another keen saying..if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a freaking duck!

Thanks, that's a good - and humourous way to think of it!