Hi everyone, this is the first time I've posted on here after searching the internet high and low for any posts about anyone who has had similar symptoms to me.

I am a 24 year old female and for the past 8 or so months, I have had an increasingly troublesome pressure feeling in the right side of my chest, behind my ribs. Over the past few weeks, the pressure has increased to the point of it being painful where I can now feel it under my armpit and collarbone. I have had extremely itchy skin to the point where nothing helps for probably over 5 months now. I've had an 8kg weight loss (was 58kg, now 50kg). I feel so lethargic and tired all of the time. Recent blood tests showed low iron, that was all. A chest x-ray didn't show any abnormalities. I don't have any obvious neck lumps, just the intense feeling in the right side of my chest.

I'm starting to get frustrated as I feel that my GP is constantly putting my symptoms down to anxiety (I have had anxiety for around 8 years now, however this is currently under control). It's at the point where I don't want to take this any further - I don't want to go to my GP or A&E as I just get told it's anxiety each time. I know my own body, and I know that something definitely isn't right. Given that, over the past week my chest pain symptoms have worsened and I can't stop itching - it's so intense. I don't know what to do. I plan to call NHS24 for advice, but I suspect all that they'll do is send me to A&E, where I'll go through the full schpiel again of bloods, chest x-ray, shows nothing, and then home. At this moment in time, the only thing that would put my mind at ease is a chest CT.

For reference, I'm a nurse in a haematology setting. I'm worried, of course, but not to the point where "anxiety" is causing my very real physical symptoms.

Any advice or recommendations would be much appreciated. I just feel at a complete loss. Thank you in advance.