RE: Chest Pain

[Guest guest]

I was reading the Chest pain post and just wanted to say I have PTSD -

Post Tramatic Stress Disorder. I often have sever chest pain that mimics

a heart attack - they call it angina. I use yoga, deep breathing when I

am able and if I am not able to do the deep breathing - I gentally work

with my body to gain the control back and get to were I can do the

breathing deeply through the pain till it is in control - not to say the

pain goes away but the symptoms become more manageable. I also use

visualization and meditation to calm myself as I struggle to gain

control of my breathing. This with gental bio-feedback and possitive

self talk is most effective. My heart Dr is one of the top 100 in the

country. He has done a battery of test - even the heart catheter (sp?)

which I stayed awake for and watched on the screen as he went through

the various chambers of my heart. I have sever cardio fibrosis, and a

mitro valve prolaps. Though I have these things, they could not find a

reason for the chest pain - I am a researcher and while doing research

for a patient during that time, I ran across an AMA study that brought

out the point that PTSD has an effect on the human body. Often people

will have various illnesses associated with the shut down of various

systems of the body via the PTSD over time. I have this phenomenom. (so

sorry for my spelling) You may also have some PTSD related chest pain or

stress oriented angina which does not have to be PTSD related. I once

was waiting in the car for my boyfriend when he hurried out of the store

yelling for me to come - there was a woman lying on the floor struggling

with sever chest pain and semi-consious. She looked as if she were in

the throws of a massive heart attack. I came and as I have had cpr and

other ems training joined an rn who happened to be on the seen also -

there was a woman on the phone to the 911. As I took the womans pulse

and monitored her labored breathing I noticed no irregularity in the

heart rythm just that it was fast, and she was cold and clammy to the

touch, her pupils were relatively normal and the breathing though

labored was regular at intravuls. She was having a major anxiety attack

that rendered her virtually helpless and nearly unconsious. Angina at

its worst. She was taken to the hospital by the ems - treated, kept for

her benefit and rest for 2days and moved to a treatment program to help

her manage depression and sever anxiety. She is much better today.

Thankfully. It was a scarry moment for her. We keep in touch.

 

Hopefully this info will help you - log in to www.medscape.com

<http://www.medscape.com> and do some research on different forms of

chest pain, anxiety, ptsd, and see if it helps if you need my help email

me privately at - magimae12000 <magimae12000

and I'll be happy to get with you - put something like need research

help in the subject line -- hugs and well wishes -Jean