Chest Pain---- anxiety related??? PLease help?!
Question:
Chest Pain---- anxiety related??? PLease help?
Hi im a 17 year old male, with good overall health. i just had a physical about a month a go and everything is good. I am currently in grade 12. In january i was having some chest pains/palpulations and i went to the emergency room and they did the EKG, blood tests and an x ray and everything turned out fine. They said it was just stress/anxiety causing my chest pains. they told me to take some advil and it should go away. I did and it went away, however now im having chest pains again. they have lasted for about 3 days ( they are pretty mild pain) on the left side but sometimes it moves to the middle. i think it is just the anxiety because i have exams coming up in a week and im all worried about the results.
Do you think this is just anxiety causing this ( i also got headaches a lot in january) overall i am a really anxious person even the doctor said it and i worry about everything.
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I just think that if i worry about it it will get worse, and if im not thinking about it i dont really feel it as much
Answers:
Sounds like stress and anxiety to me. Maybe you could try some type of relaxation exercises. There are all sorts of relaxation tapes you can purchase to listen to. Perhaps Yoga? When you start to worry excessively, try listening to some upbeat or soft music to distract your mind. Exercise can also be very helpful to relieve stress. Work that stress away on a tread mill, lifting weights, aerobic exercise etc. Exercising regularly might also help with your headaches. These are things that have helped me to deal with stress and anxiety. Hope I have been of some help.