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What causes chest pain and body tremors while suffering from anxiety?
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I am 34 years old and lost my mother at age 49 due to a massive heart attack and it has forever messed me up. The last several years I have been having pains in my chest and have been to the ER and GP on several occasions, both say it is just anxiety but it feels as though it is heart related. I have had multiple EKG s, cholesterol tests, 2 stress tests, chest x-rays, blood tests, everything you can think of and other than an extra heartbeat, they cannot find anything wrong with me but yet I am having a hard time accepting that because it feels so much like my heart. Can anybody tell me if they have been through the same thing? I tend to get shaky, pain in chest, sweaty, my arm might get heavy but at the end of the day, nothing seems to be wrong. What is wrong with me? I weight 120-130 lbs, my weight does fluctuate, I am not as active as I used to be due to having multiple surgeries for another underlying problem and haven t been released by the dr to start exercising again other than walking. My BP runs 120/80 or below, something 110/60-70. Good cholesterol. Suffer from both anxiety and PTSD
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Anxiety disorder can cause chest pain due to variety of factors like excess labored breathing or GERD triggered by anxiety itself. As you completed all the tests related to cardiac problems, and everything is clear, you should stop worrying about it and face the life with renewed vigor. If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL.  Make sure that you include every minute details possible. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications. Good luck.