Chest pain

[Panter485]

Been having a stinging chest pain for 3 or so days now like to the left of the middle of my chest, to the right of my left peck.
I am 21 years old and farely healthy recently been losing alot of weight I have severe health anxiety TBH, I can get scared about the smallest things.
I've been posting quite alot lately but this pain triggered an anxiety attack last night.
It's like a medium sharp stinging pain in said area and it comes and goes and gets worse with some movements.
Could this be connected to my back and shoulder pain?
I've also had like a tightness in my knee and thigh lately along with twitching muscles like quite alot of it in my left foot. But the tightness in my knee is like a numb pain but it's still there and it annoys me especially when I lie down and rest.
I am hyper aware of everything atm that happens in my body any small twitches and such.
But the chest pain and leg pain is my main concern atm.
I've had EKG's done and they came up clean.
Any tips or anything helpful that can help me? I've seen that back and shoulder pain can radiate and make your chest hurt because well it's all connected and I do have GERD but this is a different type of pain.
I doubt it's cardio related but my anxiety can't think otherwise. Any tips or help is apprieciated! :)

[haidagoo]

I have definitely experienced pain in my chest that was actually from my rib being slightly out of place ( ON my back not my front). This is very normal and not dangerous. It started because I had a tight shoulder muscle from sitting at a desk and typing. There are so many non - dangerous reasons chest pain can arise! However if it is bothering you and weighing on your mind you could always visit a GP. A decent chiropractor would also be able to tell you if it is a sprain - this kind of sprain is very common. It's likely that it is something like that so in the meantime try not to stress too much! good luck!

[Paxiled]

Ditto that -- I got mine from getting hit in kung fu sparring -- more than once.  Chiropractor put in right back in place.

[Panter485]

I did break 3 ribs a couple of months back but didn't think much of it. Had pain in my ribs since but no like serious problems TBH. Could this be the issue?

[NobodyReally32]

I also have Gerd. You may be having esophageal spasms. I have them from time to time, and the chest pain is crippling. It comes and goes and can last a long time. I thought it was a heart attack the first time. I can feel the pain all the way through to my back. I got a prescription for Donnatol (Belladonna and phenobarbital) and it works like a charm. There is no test for the spasms, they just ruled out everything else. Ask your doctor to consider this. The reflux irritates your esophagus, which begins to spasm, causing the pain. If that is it, it is a simple fix.

[NobodyReally32]

Oh, and that med is an antispasmodic, I believe, so it should help with any other twitching, though I cannot imagine they are related.

[NobodyReally32]

Oh, and one more thing. I suffered from crippling ptsd and anxiety, phobias and panic attacks at a young age. I also constantly worried something was wrong at every pain, which probably added to the Gerd. But sometimes you are right and there is a fix. I also happen to have legit health problems. It has taken me 25 yrs of learning how to separate to two. Try not to get carried away, and mention every little thing to your doc. You will have zero credibility when you really do have a problem. Stick to 1 thing a visit, and avoid your urge to mention every "symptom" youve ever experienced in the same visit. If you have Gerd and are really having consistent off and on chest pain over the course of days that starts BEFORE your panic attack, talk about only that and make sure you press that the panic attack is not the cause.

[Paxiled]

I would only say that GERD is a digestive disorder, and while drugs can help with symptoms, drugs don't solve the digestive problem.  So you just live with it forever and take drugs forever until they stop working or harm you even more.  Drugs are sometimes necessary, but with a digestive problem, changing diet and lifestyle are the long-term solutions and there are gentle natural medications that help a lot.  I've had it, and I got rid of it.  I've still got the anxiety, because that's a harder nut to crack, but digestive disorders have been around forever and have a lot of options for treatment.  We all have to realize that no drug is safe, but they are sometimes the only thing that works, and I take them, but we should all try less invasive methods first if we are able.  Doctors are only trained to treat symptoms for the most part, they don't get trained in how to deal with the causes.  In our system, doctors match symptoms with drugs.  But there are other forms of medicine that work well for a lot of things (and horribly for others), and digestive disorders are one of those things.  This isn't to say anyone should change anything they're doing, just to let people know there are options out there your doctor isn't going to know anything about or talk about.  Peace, all.

[Paxiled]

Seriously, I'm not at all trying to be mean, but this question has been asked and answered so many times already.  Your main problem is your thinking, and until you solve that problem, preferably through therapy, you're going to make yourself a wreck and yes, that will have impact on your neurological response to the normal tweaks of life.  Truly, tell me what feels worse -- the level of pain you're feeling or the amount of worrying you're doing over it?

[Paxiled]

And I don't mean to belittle the pains you're feeling, it's just that you've been told all the things we know of that might be causing this physiologically but you don't appear to be doing anything about that, you're spending your time worrying and worrying, which is what is making you feel the most pain.  Right?

[Panter485]

It's all just new to me to be honest and I don't take your comments the wrong way at all. Actually being told these things help.
I went to psychologist today for the first time and we talked alot about these things.
Just that it helps to vent out on the forum and get responses from other people dealing with this due to the fact that I got no one close to me going through these types of things at all to talk with.
That's my main concern talking about it and discussing it and that helps me alot. And I am trying to work through this properly.
The psychologist is the first step I believe but also just accepting the fact that it's happening and it's nothing to worry about in all reality due to anxiety causing all these issues.
This particular post was written during a panic attack and that's the main problem I believe.
But I understand completely what you mean and where you're coming from.
And I understand you're not belittling my pain or trying to be mean in any way.

I do apprieciate your response no matter what it is.
And to answer your first question it's the worrying about the pain and you are right about that and I know that as well, just that 2% of the brain thinks it could be this or that and it's killing you usually takes over the other rational 98%.
That's the main problem I am dealing with when it comes my anxiety to be honest.

[Paxiled]

I only say what I do because I live there, and I've gotten old living there, and I don't want anyone else to have to do that.  That's why I'm here.  Trying to deal with a medication reaction, I've exercised myself to a point of constant pain, and the diagnoses all point to it being me feeling more pain that structural problems would indicate.  That's what constant worrying does.  If you can learn to stop doing that, I think the rest will take care of itself.  Peace.