Chest pain, diffcult breathing, sweaty hands, and shaky

Hello, I'm new to this and wanted some advise from you guys.

about a month ago i wasn't feeling myself, thought i'd wouldn't breathe again or something bad was gonna happen to me. went to the ER so many times and told me it's a panic/anxiety attacks. Now, last night i had a rough night, i woke up in the middle of the night sweaty around my neck more, with a chest pain, difficult breathing and shaky. it was scary feeling, i don't know what to do anymore at this point, it does feel like i was having a heart attack but once again i went to the ER so many times and they told me i'm okay as i took my blood test and they heard my heeart and lungs.This is a scary feeling. last time i went to the ER is 2 weeks ago. At this point i do not know what to do anymore. I'm so scared. I don't know if i should go back to ER again but then they might once again say i'm okay.

The symptoms i normally have i always being breathless or diffcult breathing

* Someone choking me

*Tighness

*My breathing wants to stop (sometimes)

Heart pains

* Chest pain either in the middle or in my left side with a bit of a back pain

*heartburn

*Chest feels heated/burned

*gassy, burbing.

*there will be back pains or ribs pains

Headaches

*light headed

*dizzyness

*pounding

*feels like i'm fall.

**Very scared when these symptoms comes

Sweatyness, shaky, nervous

Can someone recall this and tell me if any of you feel the same way i do or what should i do ??

Please help, this is scary and want some advice from you all.

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Jess did they hook you up to an EKG, do an Echocardiogram, was your blood test Blood Gasses or?

Knowing these things is necessary because it means a Doctor has made your diagnosis,
if he did do this there is a ton of advice available to you.

Larry ***

The doctor only did bloom work, check my heart with the machine and just my throat and heart best/ lungs like regular basic check ups but said I'm normal nothing is wrong with me...

i just feel like nowadays i am going to stop breathing, i don't even know if I'm breathing when i inhale it feels like i can't exhale normal, in between all this i always been getting a sore throat that hurts a lot.

this thing is scaring me :( i just want to fight this attacks .. these breathing attacks has been going all day...

Scaredy Cat said...
Hi Jess and welcome!

Assuming that you are under the regular care of your doctor...and with so many ER visits...you are bound to have ruled out any physical reason for these symptoms...you can most likely assume that you are dealing with anxiety.

Now that does not mean that these feelings aren't physical in nature, and very real and really frightening...it just means that they have originated from anxiety, not in some disease or condition of the body.

Therefore they need to be treated differently. Have you discussed your options with your doctor? Therapy and medication are the two most common ways to manage this issue.

We also have a great Resource Guide here on our main page, 1st post. Check it out and see if there is something there that looks like it could be of help.

I can however, recommend therapy such as CBT, as something that you will want to look into for long term treament. I went from daily attacks, to managing my anxiety very nicely!

Keep posting with us as well. It is great to have support along the journey to healing, We understand and care.:)

Talk to you soon,

Scaredy Cat

Hi Jess,

In regards to your choking sensation, I had it. For me, I had acid reflux and needs meds to help me keep the acid down. Like you, I would wake up at night gasping for air and panicking. The acid may be one explanation for your sore throat. I used to wake up in the morning losing my voice...Maybe ask your doctor to prescribe some meds like antacid or protonix and see if it helps. All the best! :)

I been feeling for a day in a half of being breathless and everytime i inhale i get this COLD headache feeling like my head wabts to freeze up.. is that normal ?

Littlepetal said...
Anxiety and Panic really do feel like this - very real and shocking.

I have often felt like you have described, yet, like most people on this forum, have found the symptoms pass and we are okay.

Panic will run it's course, but you have to learn to ride with it and then you will conquer it.

Repeating something like 'I am fine, this will ease, I'm okay, it's only a panic attack' helps as it is a form of distraction, calm and also regulates your breathing.

Too much awareness of any singular bodily function is bound to cause worry and irrational fears. I always have this with breathing and my heart rate..it is a common and usual symptom of panic problems.
We with anxiety just love to zone in on our hearts and breathing!!

Take care,

LP

I will check that out with the doctors and update everyone when i go!

imagr8cna said...
Things will get better but you also might have Sleep Apnea. The doctor will order a sleep study and if needed by the results you will use a CPAP machine. The CPAP machine will help get your breathing back on track.

Hey Jess I have the same thing as you do and went to the ER and everything got all of the tests and everything was fine. Yes you have been to the ER quite a bit and I am 100% positive that the doctors wouldn't let you leave unless they absolutely found something wrong with you. So what you got to do now is relax yes you may feel that something is wrong with you but you got to accept the fact that you went to the ER and everything is ok:) all of those symptoms you listed are in fact symptoms of anxiety. I have a few that you mentioned. And you got to understand that yes getting it checked out by medical professionals is the right thing to do and you did that. Now that you know your fine you got to use that information to your advantage and say to yourself that your fine. Going back to the doctor again and again only adds to the fear because you'll keep thinking " I my gosh I still have these symptoms so they must have missed something" that is not what you want to do to yourself. You must use the info from the doc to your advantage and keep saying to yourself when these symptoms come up is to say that you ARE FINE. And I can't stress that enough. I've been through your situation and know exactly what it feels like but I got the info that I am 100% healthy and use it to my advantage. And somedays it may not just work but trust me it won't last forever. My best wishes:)

Hey im new to this and i was looking up the symptoms u have i have going through this for a couple of month's now and i don't know how much i can take i really think there something else like maybe my heart or head or something that doc's aren't getting anyway have u gotten better i just wanna know that im not alone

Can you tell me how to rule out costochondritis ... I mean by which test ...

Thanks....

I have to see about that costochondritis although i want to ask does anybody have like pressure pain on head different parts of the head and it goes to my eyes and nose the pain goes to my eyes then i feel the pressure in my nose. Im so scared of just having such a hard time of breathing or yawning so much i might get a aneurysm or something i feel like my body is trying to yell me some thing is wrong idk anybody experience this as well?

Hi Thia and welcome!

I am glad that you have joined us here. I hope that you find the support and understanding that I have here among this community.:)

I invite you to check out our Resources on our main page for great information and help with anxiety management tips.

Also, it is great to see you posting and responding to others. Feel free to start a thread of introduction for yourself at anytime, and post often!

S.C.

If you'd like to take a break from Dr. Google and trying to check into what "he" says you "may or may not have," I would like to recommend a few good books for you to read.

1) As long as you're reading, steadily, your mind won't have time to meander into those scary "what if" modes, and

2) This book (and another one that helped) are great because they're written by people who understand. Plus, it gives you tools and exercises to help rescue yourself.


So here we go:


1) First Book available at amazon entitled: "FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY" by Susan Jeffers. (Caveat: I'm a total penny pincher and always by the used books, which are pretty decent, for around $.01 or up to $3.00. They have audio books too if that's your schtick.).

2) Second Book at Amazon: "AN UNQUIET MIND" by Kay Redfield Jamison. Super important to me. I think this book helped save my marriage because in addition to speaking about how suffering from bipolar (and she remains this affected her, she write how it affected her husband, and he she learned to communicate if efficient way to her spouse and coworkers what was going on, helping to explain so there was no anger, but understanding, and how to broach sensitive topics.

I found it helpful when she talked about having a husband who is a pilot, as mine is, and learning to communicate differently. Boy was I way off base.

Both books helped a lot, and I've still got them ready! Never far away

I want to mention them because they remain on my top shelf, ever-ready, and super-handy.

If you're curious, read a quickie little note on her on Wikipedia. She won't indulge in trying to make patients feel victimized, but rather, she teaches empowerment.

You can read it as you will but I recommend cover to cover. Exceptional book for anyone with fluctuating moods and dreadful employment.

Worth a try....



M.