please help

Hello lovely ppl..im suffering with chest pains and pains near shoulder and muscle pains..im so worried im leading upto a heart attack :( these pains appear every day :(.. im on sertraline..only been on 11 days and i feel liveless and thinking i should stop all medication?? Help please soooo worried got heart problems :( had ecg nd bloods done twice in last 2 mnths but feel thy missed something..cant live like this

Thanks bambi bear.. im convinced they have missed something though..surl pain every day in chest is not a healthy normal sign :( its like sharp shootin pain :( going into my back aswell..im so so fed up and dont see a future at all :'(

Hi Dan88

How are your coping skills going? Have you been able to put them into practice everyday?

Were you able to check out the health anxiety self-help material from our Resources yet? It is really helpful and effective. If you've not already done so, I really encourage you to!

S.C.

Dan88,

I only have just a short bit of time here, but wanted to encourage you in the fact that I went through those same symptoms and thought patterns. I was SURE the doctor's had missed something... I mean how could I have these chest pains, and NOTHING be wrong??! I kept running to the doctor's asking for more tests, and nothing EVER turned up.

It wasn't until I was willing to accept that I had what the doctor's thought: "Anxiety" that things started to change for me. It wasn't an overnight process, and it wasn't easy at all, but as I started to test the waters and see if it was actually anxiety---I started to notice that my symptoms started to go away. So strange. I know. But our minds have this crazy subconscious power over our bodies. There are a lot of other things that went into my symptoms disappearing...like learning coping skills, finding support, taking SSRI's, and benzo's if absolutely necessary...

But I am willing to bet that you can find this healing too! I don't think anxiety is ever 100% cured, just learned to be managed better....! Please keep posting! And hopefully you will feel better soon!

I also have a heart attack a few times a day... hard to believe its just anxiety... but if it was anything more Im guessing I wouldnt be typing this right now... because 2xs today my chest hurt pretty bad and went into my arm neck and back... I just try to focus on other things and try to remind myself its just anxiety and I get on here and read about other people with the same problems for reassurance!!!! Im so sorry you feel bad... You will get through this ... try to self help things and look for something that works for you...