It's not asthma, got the doc to listen to my chest last week. No wheeziness, no problems breathing. I'm thinking I'm getting myself worked up about NYC.
I presume since you've seen a doctor that they've ruled out heart problems? Both those symptoms can occur during a heart attack (I'm not trying to worry yopu, they also fit many other complaints too). I work for the BHF, so I'm kinda obliged to mention it, particularly as they've just started a new advertising campaign. (See here: http://www.2minutes.org.uk/)
Anxiety attacks have never affected me that way, I mainly got/get nausea, the shakes, dodgy stomach, etc. but everyone's different, so it could easily just be anxiety.
*nodsnods* The doctor didn't seem worried but if this persists, I'll go again and just double check. I have to admit, I was worried about heart problems but there's no personal or family history of them, but we are a bunch of worriers so it could be stress/anxiety. I won't ignore it if it doesn't 'way, though. Thanks for posting.
Sounds like anxiety to me. I started having that about a month ago (my subconscious playing up on me, because I am not consciously worried), and did the whole doctor/chest x-ray thing. I even had a hyperventillation incident two weeks ago, which was highly unpleasant (you feel like you're dying).
To avoid this (hyperventillation), try deep SLOW breathing when you feel your chest is tight, making your exhale a little longer than your inhale. When your chest feels like that, you want to take in more oxygen, even though you're getting enough, you can start to shallow breathe, get too much oxygen and then hyperventillate, because it feels like you're not getting enough oxygen, when the opposite in true. I had the ambulance out and everything, because I'd never experienced anything like it. They were amazing, listened to my chest (fine) took blood sugar (fine) did an EKG (totally fine) reassured me how common it was for this to happen and for people to get alarmed and call 999. Then later that day it hit my bowels. If you feel chest pain/ache, try a heart burn remedy at first. Your stomach might have joined in with the symptoms.
Now, I'm mostly fine again. It going away was an inexplicable as it arriving. Felt it a little yesterday, but the breathing really helps. I have no plans to hyperventillate ever again, because that was bad.
Also, try not to look things up on the internet too much, and I'd avoid TV shows like "House" and "ER" because they only feed anxiety, conscious or not.
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Both those symptoms can occur during a heart attack (I'm not trying to worry yopu, they also fit many other complaints too). I work for the BHF, so I'm kinda obliged to mention it, particularly as they've just started a new advertising campaign. (See here: http://www.2minutes.org.uk/)
Anxiety attacks have never affected me that way, I mainly got/get nausea, the shakes, dodgy stomach, etc. but everyone's different, so it could easily just be anxiety.
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To avoid this (hyperventillation), try deep SLOW breathing when you feel your chest is tight, making your exhale a little longer than your inhale. When your chest feels like that, you want to take in more oxygen, even though you're getting enough, you can start to shallow breathe, get too much oxygen and then hyperventillate, because it feels like you're not getting enough oxygen, when the opposite in true. I had the ambulance out and everything, because I'd never experienced anything like it. They were amazing, listened to my chest (fine) took blood sugar (fine) did an EKG (totally fine) reassured me how common it was for this to happen and for people to get alarmed and call 999. Then later that day it hit my bowels. If you feel chest pain/ache, try a heart burn remedy at first. Your stomach might have joined in with the symptoms.
Now, I'm mostly fine again. It going away was an inexplicable as it arriving. Felt it a little yesterday, but the breathing really helps. I have no plans to hyperventillate ever again, because that was bad.
Also, try not to look things up on the internet too much, and I'd avoid TV shows like "House" and "ER" because they only feed anxiety, conscious or not.