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[Kellylou17]

Hi all, I signed up to this site about 3 months ago when my symptoms began out of 'nowhere' I have a 5 month old daughter so put my feelings down to postpartum hormones.. I have suffered from anxiety since I was 19 but have never had it this bad and to the point where the symptoms are just debilitating. Some mornings I wake up okay and some mornings I wake up with an intense crushing feeling in the centre/left side of my chest to the point where I am certain it will kill me. When I sit up and walk about I tend to feel better. I have intense backaches and aches in my upper shoulders that I blame on bad posture but the burning is often times so intense I have to rub and rub my shoulders to get the pain away. I had a huge panic attack a few months ago and rushed to the ER where I was told I had a heart murmur - which sent me into panic drive central - after that I could not go an hour of a day without this horrible pain/pressure in a localised area of my chest. I went to my gp in tears and he confirmed I do not have a heart murmur and that I am fine - after this the pain in my chest seemed to go away. Then the digestive issues arised! I have all the symptoms of ibs and acid reflux and it is just the worse! I seem to have gotten a grip on them but just recently I have now started to get pins and needles everywhere often and get out of breath when talking and doing small things like going up the stairs - I can go shopping fine and not get this feeling... The pains in my chest in the morning seem to dissapear when I pass gas but feel too intense to be gas pains. My GP insists I am healthy but I am constantly in fear of a heart attack - I am 25 years old and I am just so so aware of my heart beat - it's almost like I can create a palpitation in my chest if I think hard enough. Often I feel too nauseas to eat but other days I am completely fine and can eat my body weight in food!

This is the first time really I have written down some of my symptoms and feelings - I just need to know there are others like me and that this is anxiety. I have never had anxiety this long that I have struggled to battle through - seems I am being presented with every physical symptom there is.

Thanks for listening

[Cares179]

Yes yes! I feel all this too! I have acid reflux and ibs which make my anxiety so much worse or is it the anxiety that makes my ibs worse?? I have tingling in my legs daily mostly on the outside of my calfs. I wake up with heart palps and jitters mostly every morning. You are not alone and yes it is anxiety!

[Kellylou17 in reply to Cares179]

Oh god thank you for your reply! On a day where I am feeling 'out of sorts' this is just what I needed. Always here if you need someone to talk too

[FP77 in reply to Kellylou17]

Yep I know how you feel, battling with the anxiety daily at the moment. Make sure you have a good doc who can help you through this. Talk to friends and family helps, as does counselling. You're not on your own....

[Erubin in reply to Cares179]

Yup sounds like me too!

[Mloanddb]

Wow I thought I was the only one who felt like this. I have an appointment for an endoscopy in feb. Here are my symptoms shortness of breath chest pains horrible back pain shoulder pain. My pain usually is on my left side most of the time. Right under the left breast where your ribs are. It's an inside pain sharp and terrifying sometime if I even turn the wrong way it happens I stop dead on what I'm doing because I feel any moment it starts I'm gonna have a heart attack. I have this pressure on my chest it's the only way I can explain it. It's a dull kind of ache but not pleasant. The doctor gave me 40ml of omeprazole I just started it yesterday I hope it starts working because the stress of worrying every single day is really doing a number on me. To a better 2017 for everyone 😊

[Kellylou17 in reply to Mloanddb]

Hello Mloanddb - I went to the GP again yesterday determine to get some blood tests and investigate my symptoms a little more - I am being tested for many things but one of the things that stands out the most to me is H.Plyori - I don't know whether you have heard of this before but chest pain seems to be a prominent symptom along with other digestive issues, aches and pains etc. I'll let you know how I get on next week when I have the tests and get the results - In the meanwhile sending lots of good wishes your way!

[Mloanddb in reply to Kellylou17]

Please let us all know when you get all of your test back. I truly wish you nothing but the best. Nothing worse then having all these symptoms really not getting any kind of answers. Some of these symptoms are terrifying and definitely jump anxiety full force.

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