chest pain from anxiety reaction, how to help it naturally?
ByI had a rough day yesterday. I have PMS and had a spat with my hubby. I’ve been under alot of stress lately. Since last night I have been having mild chest pain. I know this is most likely an anxiety reaction. I have been through the ringer with cardiac tests that all came back “normal”. Emotionally I’m pretty calm but tired. I just don’t know how to relieve the chest pain. Deep breathing exercises are not helping and I don’t have any medication to help. I don’t want to go to the hospital if I can help it.
I am NOT, I repeat NOT hyperventilating, not at all. I know what hyperventilating is and this is not happening to me. If I was hyerventilating and having chest pain and couldn't call it down I would call 911. I'm mostly going about my normal day. the chest pain is bothersome and just won't subside
Wow! I’m so sorry your going though this. I too have anxiety, but I have meds for it. But since you have don’t want to take meds, I would say the main thing for you to do is keep your mind totally off the hard stuff. If you are at work, this could be hard. If not, go out and enjoy the day. Your body reacts to stress alot different then people who don’t have anxiety like yourself. I wish I had an answer for you, but i think you just need to calm down and wait it out. Sleep always helps me too! I usually wake up feeling better. Good luck. Also, maybe there is someone you can talk to about some of the issues that are going on.
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October 27th, 2008 at 9:07 am
You may be hyperventilating. I have anxiety but have learned to manage rapid heart rate and chest pain by breathing slowly, not deeply. When you exhale too much carbon dioxide you can experience chest pain. Keep a plastic bag with you and when you feel you are overbreathing, breathe into the bag to replace some the carbon dioxide you’re losing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperventilation
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October 27th, 2008 at 9:19 am
Wow! I’m so sorry your going though this. I too have anxiety, but I have meds for it. But since you have don’t want to take meds, I would say the main thing for you to do is keep your mind totally off the hard stuff. If you are at work, this could be hard. If not, go out and enjoy the day. Your body reacts to stress alot different then people who don’t have anxiety like yourself. I wish I had an answer for you, but i think you just need to calm down and wait it out. Sleep always helps me too! I usually wake up feeling better. Good luck. Also, maybe there is someone you can talk to about some of the issues that are going on.
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October 27th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Since you and I have pain in our thoracic spine, when my muscles get tight in my back, it refers to my chest when my back muscles tighten up. It’s hard to relax after after a spat. Does motrin have any effect on your chest pain? I answered your question once about your echocardiogram results and I’m assuming you Dr said you were alright. Is this pain worse with movement or when you take a deep breath? Then it’s propably muscular skeletal in origin.You could go to a pharmacy and get some Robaxacet (just make sure it;s the one with Tylenol not aspirin because of the Motrin) and give that a try. If it doesn’t go away soon you should have an ecg done to be safe I really think you need to get out of your house and just do something that you enjoy.I’m only writing that because a change of scenery works for me.I hope you feel better soon, take care, Donna
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October 27th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.
Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There’s this strange herb called “St John’s Wort” - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John’s Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced… you have that “learned behavior” in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction… There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to….
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