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mcjacko1987
12th August 2011, 11:37
over the past few years its only happened now and again where i get a really bad like sharp chest pain where i can only take a short light breath (id explain it like say theres a knife in a lung and when i breath and the lungs expand the knife causes the sharp pain and i cant breath in any more), pain will last about 5-10 mins then i can breath normal.

other than this the past couple of months i keep feeling really tired threw the day and if im sat down for half hour i will nod off. doesnt matter if iv had a lack of sleep or if im getting plenty of sleep. im feeling really drained threw the day and this morning got a slight tightness in my chest and a very slight lack of breath.

i know i have been quite streesy lately and snap at the smallest of things.

my partner reckons it could be depression causing it. now i dont feel depressed but i have had a very depressing life (found my mum dead when i was just 11, my step mum died when i was 15, my dad turned into a bad alky and i was like a slave to him, lost my brother when i was 16 (well so i thought.found out 2 years ago he actually survived)i thought he died of a brain tumor when he went in hospital and i lost contact with him and my other bro). my dad has had several strokes over the past few years and is now in a care home (due to the drinking no doubt).
even tho all this has happened it never on my mind but my partner says im holding it all in that much i dont even know it. as i never show my emotions (no how much something bad happens i just cant let it out into tears).

could all this be related to the pains and tiredness im getting? im gonna go docs next week about it cos i think its time i did something. im 24 and got 2 kids, my hairs going gray in places and im reseeding :n: im taking out a lot of my stress on my kids and fear im turning into my dad how he treated me (he was very strict with me). i used to smoke but been quit just over a year now but im usually quite healthy.i hardley drink anymore. used to go out clubbing every weekend when i was about 18 but now im lucky to have a drink every 2-3months lol.

sorry iv wrote shit loads but tried to put as much as i can think.

any opinions on what it could be? iv searched on google and its sayin heart disease etc which i very much doubt (although heart attacks run in my family).

VillicusVTR
12th August 2011, 11:48
jesus i feel your pain mate, sorry to hear that. if it was me I'd get it checked out asap, could be many things i suppose, Thing is I never ask people on forums about health issues because its really for a doctor, you'll get different answers and opinions which will be complete bullshit which might make you worry etc, id just get to the docs asap, especially with family history with illness

mcjacko1987
12th August 2011, 11:51
jesus i feel your pain mate, sorry to hear that. if it was me I'd get it checked out asap, could be many things i suppose, Thing is I never ask people on forums about health issues because its really for a doctor, you'll get different answers and opinions which will be complete bullshit which might make you worry etc, id just get to the docs asap, especially with family history with illness

yeah im going to go docs first thing on monday mate. i know ill get mixed answers but it wont worry me whats said on here unless someone is a doctor lol. just good to have a few opinions :y:

in general tho im a happy kinda guy lol

DusheR
12th August 2011, 12:43
Stress is linked to a lot of things so that could be it. My pal had similar problem with his heart, had him on a heart rate monitor etc. Found nothing. Just had random palpitations, was weird :/

Best just to see a doctor mate. Keep on going back till is sorted aswell. It might be hard to diagnose straight away, so just nag the shit out of your doc till its sorted.

mcjacko1987
12th August 2011, 12:45
Stress is linked to a lot of things so that could be it. My pal had similar problem with his heart, had him on a heart rate monitor etc. Found nothing. Just had random palpitations, was weird :/

Best just to see a doctor mate. Keep on going back till is sorted aswell. It might be hard to diagnose straight away, so just nag the shit out of your doc till its sorted.

yeah will do. wonder if i need a psychiatrist (gf thinks so) lol

Malky
12th August 2011, 12:56
You are going to die. Keep checking the rear view mirror for the grim reaper.

Stress can bring on a lot of things including panic attacks which involve palputations, tightness of the chest, breathlessness.

As already said, a professional is the best place to start for an examination. Searching Google only stresses you out and you end up having about 3,000 life threatening diseases when in fact it may all be down to purely stress.

666saxo666
12th August 2011, 13:22
Stress is any easy thing to put it down to with most illnesses. doctors often say oh its stress or you are imagining the pain, which is also a common one. Mayb if you had the odd irregular heartbeat it could be stress related but as for a feelin of your heart bein stabbed then no chance is it stress.
I am no doctor but i am quite experienced in that area as my grandad has had two triple heart bypasses and took it upon myself to do a bit of readin on the subject. but obvs your doctor is best to have a word with. To me it sounds like you have a blocked artery and the pressure is causing you pain. It is actually quite common so much so that a new med was introduced only recently that gets rid of the blockage in the artery.
Go see your doc but dnt mention stress and depression at first. cos they will jus palm you off.

mcjacko1987
12th August 2011, 13:51
oh yeah i forgot to mention and i dont know how. on 2 occasions iv frightend my partner threw middle of night as iv woke up feeling stiff (seriously cant move for shit) and gasping for breath. felt like my body was possessed lol.


You are going to die. Keep checking the rear view mirror for the grim reaper.cheers for that......put my mind at rest :P lol

Go see your doc but dnt mention stress and depression at first. cos they will jus palm you off.
good tip that,cheers mate

RJohnson
12th August 2011, 15:04
I had similar symptoms to you mate, sometimes I'd get the sharp stabbing pain which made it almost impossible to breathe in, then other times my chest would just feel tight, one time they where so bad I was on my knees in pain (that scared the girlfriend a bit).

I've been going to the doctors on now for the past year and still found nothing, had a x ray on my lungs, an ECG or something along those lines, numerous blood tests and still found nothing, my doctor say's it could be stress, it could be the fact I do alot of training, but he said if they ever get to the stage where you can't breathe properly then call an ambulance straight away.

Mine seem to have calmed down alot over the past few months, still non the wiser as to what caused them though! Let me know if you find anything!

Saxologist
12th August 2011, 15:47
Asthma?

mcjacko1987
12th August 2011, 18:40
Asthma?

i doubt that tbh. had it slight when i was younger but it went away. nowerdays i always pass that 'blow into a tube' numbers test thing. although not done one recently but im sure iv done one within the time iv had the symptoms. i dont get out of breath threw exercising etc. but never know could be coming back........ i can ask for a test on it just in case tho cheers mate.