Hi Charmaine,

Sorry you're having all this stress.

Unfortunately there is a chance that the stress is making your symptoms worse!

I'm not a qualified medic so all I can do is speak from my own experience and that of friends.  When I read your second paragraph my mind went to conditions like fibromyalgia or issues with the trigeminal nerve in your face.  There are many conditions along these lines and they can present in weird and wonderful ways.

In terms of your chest pain and dizziness, I'm pretty sure these symptoms can be caused by folate deficiency.  They can also be accounted for by anxiety and panic attacks, and it does sound like you are anxious (understandable with the symptoms in your face).  In addition to that the chest pain can, as your doctor has said, be accounted for by your acid reflux.  Given that they have checked out your heart, and you have three very possible and treatable causes for the chest pain, I wouldn't worry about it.  I know it's hard, I've had chest pain on and off for 27 years, really severe at times, but my heart has been checked out twice and it is absolutely fine.

With all those possible causes for the chest pain it might be best to consider those as separate from the issues with your face and try and get to the bottom of that problem.  That said I wouldn't be using Dr. Google unless you have medical or anatomical training, it isn't your friend and will just worry you needlessly.  From what you've said I can't see any reason to even start thinking that it might be cancer, if it was me I'd be looking to rule out numerous other conditions first.  But I realise that some people suffer from health anxiety and that health anxiety seems to be on the rise too.

Has your doctor given any thoughts on the problems with your face?  Has he suggested any nerve or myalgia-type conditions?

LJ

Thank you so much for your advice.

I have been seeing the same gp since october, she has suggested that it could all be anxiety related. 

She has just recently refered me to neurology, but seems to think they will not see me as I am not presenting with enough symptoms to cause any concern. 

I think, with having young children and other people relying on me, and using Dr Google I have made my anxiety about my health sky rocket. Now I think I have every condition under the sun. 

It doesn't help that I cant talk to my partner or family as they seem to think it's all in my head. 

Again thank you for your advice. 

No worries Charmaine.

It's possible that just with the referral the neurologist will be able to advise in some way, so even if they don't see you they might still be able to offer some help via your GP.  Still, if it doesn't get better don't be fobbed off, push for a diagnosis, it can't be easy getting on with all of life's tasks with pain in your face!

I don't know if you have health anxiety or not, but it does seem to be becoming a real problem these days which is why I mentioned it.  It's understandable with the internet providing so much information and, in a sense, misdirecting people.  If you think your anxiety is getting out of hand then please do speak to your GP and ask for help, any form of anxiety can become life-destroying and you deserve to have a life.  If they can't help then see if you have a mental health Recovery College or mental health charity nearby that can offer help.  Anxiety (of whatever type) can be managed, even cured sometimes.  My chest pain and dizziness eased off greatly when I tackled my panic attacks, in fact I rarely get the chest pain now and I don't get any dizziness (unless due to other causes).

You know your family and partner far better than me obviously, but if some of your symptoms are down to anxiety then they are well placed to help you with that so it might be worth trying to talk to them.  I don't know what their understanding or views of mental health are but if you think anxiety is an issue for you then it might be worth telling them that you realise this and want to do something about it.  That could be a way to get them helping you rather than telling you it's "in your head" (which technically anxiety is, but it can still be a serious illness).  No-one should be dismissive of anxiety.  Is it worth giving talking to them a go?

Feel free to message me if you want to talk more about it.

LJ

Hi I feel your pain,

I suffer bad with chest pains iv had ecg bloods stress test 

all normal but my chest pains comes with a burning feeling and discomfort when this wave comes over me I’m thinking worse case all the time.. 

when it happens during the night when I’m in bed I’m thinking I won’t make it true the night.. 

it makes me get a fit of coughing as I feel it’s hard to breathe and I freakin out.. 

i cant tell my wife as she just thinks look it’s in your head but I’m going true real symptoms 

she just will never understand so I hide it

Hi I can really relate to this 

it all started about a month ago I started getting dizzy spells when I was driving and at work I put it down to just over doing it but it didn't stop, on the 3rd day of having these dizzy spells on and off I had to call a ambulance out to my house early evening. 
they took my pulse and it had shot up to 165bpm and wasn't going down so they took me into a&e. 
 

after a few hours of being hocked up to a ECG scan my heart rate still wasn't going down so they had to give me something to bring it down and kept me in for 5 nights monitoring me, Taking bloods etc. I couldn't have a heart scan as they have been over run with coronavirus patients so I am having my heart scan done as a out patient. No body knows how long this will be. 
I came out on the 5th day and they diagnosed me with AF but my heart rate had gone back to a normal rhythm and was around 70bpm when I came out so back to normal. I thought this was the end of it but it hasn't stopped. I keep getting dizzy spells and pains in my chest (heart) there not there all the time but feels like they come on at random times of the day and then can last for hours and sometimes the next day. 
 

I tried doing some exercise on one of the days and my heart rate shot up and didn't come back down so I had to take a b-blocker just to bring it down to a normal level 
 

I am 30 years old in good health, I am taking vitamins b12 and multivitamins since all this has happened and also my local gp prescribed me a low dosage b-blocker 

anyone have any idea as this is really worrying me 

thanks 

 
 

Hi. 

I have exactly the same symptoms. I'm 34 Male. Been having chest pains on and off for nearly 2 years now, been to A&E at least 20 plus times, numerous ambulances out to my house, my work. These pains can come on out of the blue. They get that bad I do actually think I'm having a heart attack. I've had ECGs over 20 times now every time came back normal, also bloods normal. I've had chest Xrays normal, colonoscopy normal, abdominal CT scan normal. I've just recently had a Endoscopy which they have found a hiatal hernia. This is where your stomach pops up into the chest through a hole in the diaphragm. My GP is adamant that this is not causing my chest and back pain. So now I'm back to square one with it. I'm now being referred to a neurologist and also having a chest xray but from the back and more bloods done. It's very frustrating, they try and fob you off with it could be anxiety ect. I know my body and my mind, I was fine all my life then one day these pains came on suddenly and have never gone. I am now on I think 9 medications. It's worse now this coronavirus outbreak because they aren't seeing people, on waiting list and got told it could be 18 months! So that would take it to nearly 4 years of pain! Anyone else having the same experience? Any advice?

Hi I've just read your post am a male 35 I've got exact same symptoms as you they can't find out what wrong ive been at a&e lots of times with my heart racing up to 156 just resting. Its so scary I need to get it fixed 

Hi, did you ever find an answer? I have very similar symptoms and have been told not my heart but looking online which I know I shouldnt, it seems that it could be my heart and they are not making the correct diagnosis.  

I have the exact same. Mine started last year at work I had a bad chest pain after moving some tool and I thought I was having a heart attack on a building site and it scared the crap out of me, I couldn't breath properly chest pains tingling in my hands. I went to see my doctor she put it down to too much caffeine and stress. I had a week solid of bad chest pains I then ended up at a&e I had a ecg and bloods done all fine no problem with me at all. I had a good couple of months then more stress then bang I driving to work I couldn't breath Ann chest pains again back and forth to the doctors. I got diagnosed with panic disorder and anxiety which has now developed into health anxiety so my senses are now heightened to every body sensation so my mind is always thinking the worst. In total in the last year I have been to hospital four times. I have had ecg's chest X-ray ct scan blood test after bloods test thyroid checked cholesterol levels checked all come back no problems there. I have been referred to a cardiologist I have had a exchocardiogram and I have got to go and have a stress test as well then I have got a telephone appointment on the 11th of December thanks to corona. 

I have the exact same. Mine started last year at work I had a bad chest pain after moving some tool and I thought I was having a heart attack on a building site and it scared the crap out of me, I couldn't breath properly chest pains tingling in my hands. I went to see my doctor she put it down to too much caffeine and stress. I had a week solid of bad chest pains I then ended up at a&e I had a ecg and bloods done all fine no problem with me at all. I had a good couple of months then more stress then bang I driving to work I couldn't breath Ann chest pains again back and forth to the doctors. I got diagnosed with panic disorder and anxiety which has now developed into health anxiety so my senses are now heightened to every body sensation so my mind is always thinking the worst. In total in the last year I have been to hospital four times. I have had ecg's chest X-ray ct scan blood test after bloods test thyroid checked cholesterol levels checked all come back no problems there. I have been referred to a cardiologist I have had a exchocardiogram and I have got to go and have a stress test as well then I have got a telephone appointment on the 11th of December thanks to corona. 

This is the exact same thing that is happening to me! Everything you have said above is how I have been....I feel like I'm being robbed off with "oh it's anxiety related" it's very frustrating. 
mom due to speak to cardiologist next week....

like you all my bloods came back normal and ecg. I have had no x ray yet though 

I am having the same issues had the same test but had x ray waiting on that now as I was unhappy with the treatment had this problem since September just get told it's anexity. But it puts your life on hold as it never seems to go away plus a read google which makes you worse 

I still get the pains now they can come at anytime sat playing with my kids. Chilling out watching tv. I try to change my mind processing all these pains then bang I feel like I can't breath properly that is the anxiety side of it. I did speak to a cardiologist in the end and they put it down to musculoskeletal pain and they gave me some antacids to see if that helps but nope it's still there lurking waiting to strike at any moment. I didn't get great feed back from the cardiologist I got told that he didn't think it was angina which made me feel worse as it's not a definitive no.I have gone from being me to completely someone different the only time I start to feel a bit normal is after a drink but I don't want to go down that road. Eg drinking to forget about my pains as it's temporary and they come back even worse whilst hungover big time. I hope you get the answers you are looking for Zoe34 and get your chest pains sorted. 

I have had the exact symptoms since may 2020. In and out of a&e numerous times, I get on off chest pain, neck pain, heart racing, like a wave coming over me just not feeling right, ears popping and feeling like I'm going to faint. I've had ecgs, bloods, heart scans and chest x-rays and they've all come back completely normal (I'm currently taking beta blockers). I recently spoke to another GP who believes in having panic/anxiety attacks and is going to start me on anti depressants next week I'm hoping this is just the case even tho I'm not feeling anxious etc. I have 4 children and I'm a care worker so maybe it is stress? Hopefully get these meds going and if they don't work then I want more answers.

After starting talking therapy mine is down to stress losing my house my partner having to have a emergency c section then losing my job I would recommend going down that route as well mind is a great charity and I'm doing cbt cognitive behavioural therapy. To change my thought process. I have tried antidepressants last year during the first lockdown sertraline they didn't agree with me one bit but they can work for other people. I have to accept that what the cardiologist has told me there is nothing wrong with my heart and that I'm ok. Being a care worker is a hard job. now even harder due to this pandemic I take my hat off to you. Try to find something to take your mind off of it a walk with the kids music is a big one for me that helps a lot. 

Thank you I'll look into that. Yes me too accepting there is nothing wrong is kinda hard really knowing your body just doesn't feel right :(. I only work part time because children are off school and their father works in the day I actually enjoy it when I'm feeling fine ;). Sertraline is what I'm being prescriped so I'll give them a go.

Hi ive been getting the same since nov 2019 chest pains left arm back and jaw pain it can happen anytime and atleast 5 times a day palpations i get loads too been hospital so many times ecg and bloods normal then get sent home its driving me insane im 31 with 3 young boys constantly worrying it my heart my mum and all her 4 sisters have had heart attacks by age 45 so have heart problems in family what makes me worry more doctors say they dont think my heart because ive had kids usually pregnancy puts strain on heart and they would know if i had problems then they put me on sertaline now saying panic attacks but i know its not just feel they getting sick of me now and fobbing me off because im young i shouldnt have heart problems so they say the only time i feel normal is if i have a drink too but as u said dont want to go down that route i hope u find out what going on i feel your pain its so worring

Trust me you will get better it does take a while but you will get there I found that exercise helped me a lot I did panic to start off with where my heart rate was racing from pushing myself but I had to tell my self I was fine the doctors are right. There is nothing wrong with my heart cbd oil is good along with cognitive behavioural therapy which really helped me it's trying to work out what is triggered this mine was too much caffeine I was training for the parachute regiment and working skipping meals and one day bam heart pain on a building site that was I thought heart attack and it went on from there. I find certain foods can trigger it like curry red meat and coke (the drink lol.) but trust me you will get there. 

Iam 32yrs and was suffering from chest pain for nearly 7 years.

I had around 10 ecgs done and 4 echo over the years and numerous blood tests. Everything came back normal each time. The chest pain was constant 24/7

The pains used to feel like having a heart attack i guess, skipped heart beat etc. 

Untill i saw a consultant cardiologist (paid private) he advised me to take Magnesium citrate 200mg. After taking it for 2 days i have seen instant relief and have not experinced chest pain.

Excersise used to make it slightly better.

Sometimes magnesium deficiency can cause chest pains

Sorry was a repost but i really want to help people who 

Omg I could if written this myself! Everything about it the pains just playing with my children or chilling watching tele and the only time it eases is having a drink but the next day wow they're even more intense!! Had bloods and ecg all ok so now don't know what to do! Just wondering if you hav gotten anywhere with yours since this post?