Chest pain in sleep and in waking

[GTO67]

This is pretty scarry. Sometimes when im asleep i actualy feel chest pains in my dreams. Like my "character" to say in my dreams is having severe crushing chest pains, then the really scary part of this is i actualy wake up with this same crushing pain on my chest and it goes away within the minuite. I havent had this for months and it just returned last night. I do have anxiety disroder and hypochondria (My thread is a few under this one).  And i do sleep on the couch with my head rested on my arm due to anxiety (I know its weird). What im worried about is sleep apnea im really afraid to go to sleep tonight.

[adam690]

Sleep apnea can cause bad dreams and then it causes you to wake up. Ensuing anxiety can rush in, which can cause chest tightness. Please rule out sleep apnea.

[marZ89]

hi iv been having real bad dreams lately mostly to do with death,sometimes I wake up with a chest pain then it's gone. This time it's still here!! Like I can't breath in that properly without it hurting a
Little. I don't know what I dreamt about lol

[csagect]

i am online looking for answers now. i just woke up with chest pain in my breast/heart area like someone is pricking me deeply with a needle. scary, not i am aftraid to go to bed. i was not having a bad dream, either. but the pain/sensation woke me up. happens a lot during the day all over my chest and has woken me up twice now. no answers on my end yet.

[vm17]

when  i wake up from  my sleep and stretch up, i have a slight chest pain in between my breast. is there something erong with me?

[thedewman316]

hi hun, ive read your thread, and im a sufferer from anxiety attacks and panic disorder. and ive done alot of research on the subject. I also have chatrooms and studies i conduct for a book im writing on panic disorder. i have a few things to offer you on your problem. and its from my own experiences aswell as from other studies. ive personaly had these chest pains your talking about, ive had them while im asleep and awake to just like you. you can have panic attacks during sleep. ive learned this from research  and from my own anxiety. ive also found that what you eat and how you eat can effect this. i personaly have an ulser so i try to watch what i eat. and the main thing i found hun was to make sure i chew my food real good. by not chewing your food good enough traps air behind it and causes gas bubbles so to speak. id say the pains you are having are gas pains. i get them all the time and i just make myself belch. even though i know its not good manners it helps me bigtime. oh and i never eat alot at one time. i try to eat small meals more thru out the day. and its helped me. i was eating big meals once or twice a day and over eating, then id just sit around. was a bad combo. lol
so i hope this might help you hun. oh and always go to your doctor and get checked when you have any kind of chst pains. better safe than sorry.

[borninquisitive]

I would go to your GP and ask about just this. My best guess is, this is what you are experiencing.

[GTO67]

Hm...Funny, im reading about LPR and i did wake up this morning feeling like i had a sore throat (I even hacked up some weird pieces of what might have ben digested sunflower seeds (i eat alot of those at night) and i was almost positive i was sick. Yet im not.

[GTO67]

Yes in  fact i was praying that its just GERD. I probably have gerd due to my stomach problems during the day, but as anyone of us with anxiety, the most dangerous problem is the one we belive we have.

[borninquisitive]

Have you considered GERD or LPR: http://www.entnet.org/healthinfo/topics/GERD.cfm

[GTO67]

I also forgot to add that i have alot of nausea and heartburn during the day, im espicaly neausus(spelling?) in the morning. (And i eat alot at night before i sleep usualy small stuff like chips and candy ).

[GTO67]

...huh