Hannah! at the Disco
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This is my first time posting, and Im not quite sure if I am in the right place, so please re direct me if I'm not! 
A few months ago I was diagnosed with costochondritis. The problem is, is that if that diagnosis is correct, I've been living with it for about a year and a half.
Before it all started, I was feeling perfectly fine. I was on the computer and had a little tickle in my throat, so I was coughing pretty hard for a couple minutes or so. All of a sudden I get a sharp pain in the center of my chest. Since then it usually hurts to cough, sneeze, bend backwards, and sometimes breath deeply. Sometimes it's more painful than others. The first time I went to the doctor she just said I hurt myself coughing and I was fine. (didnt do any tests, feel my chest, or anything). Fast forward about a year.... (pain is still going on) ...One night I feel as though I'm having a panic attack, I am nervous and can't sit still and my stomach was hurting very bad. I feel like maybe I need to throw up or go to the bathroom to make myself feel better. Nothing helped. After a couple hours I calmed down enough to fall asleep. That morning I was still feeling the same way (anxious, feeling the need to vomit) and decieded to go to the ER. They did blood work and listened to my stomach to discover that i had a "gurgly" stomach and it just might be a little infection. They gave me something for my nausea and sent me home. A couple of days went by and I hardly felt any better. Second trip to the ER... this time it was more that my breathing felt off. (this is the part where i have a hard time explaining...) I'm not really wheezing or short of breath, but it feels as though something is in my chest or throat. (weird i know) Basically they told me I was having a panic attack and sent me home. But it seems to me like I didnt have a lot of those symptoms..? Just because it had been going on for a couple of days and I wasn't "panicked". Anyway, those ER trips were about 5 months or so ago. Now, I am not the kind of person that goes to the doctor for every ache and pain. Last time (before this episode) I was at the doctor was at least a few years ago for a physical. What scares me about all of this is for about 5 or 6 years I get sharp pains in my chest (around left breast area). sometimes its worse than others and usually lasts for a few minutes at least. these happen once a week... a few times a month... no telling. I had an EKG and it turned out fine. Now I will admit that I have been worrying about this 24/7 and it has really interfered with my life. So I know that stress/anxiety COULD be a part of this, but all of this pain started way before (obviously) I was anxious. So of course I am thinking all of the worst things possible- cancer, blood clots, a tumor from somewhere else that broke off into my chest... etc. (a lot of internet searching).
Thank you for taking the time to read this novel!! Apologies for it being so long, I am just tired of dealing with this. Forgot to add- I am a 23 year old female and do not really have any constant stress in my life right now.
A few months ago I was diagnosed with costochondritis. The problem is, is that if that diagnosis is correct, I've been living with it for about a year and a half.
Before it all started, I was feeling perfectly fine. I was on the computer and had a little tickle in my throat, so I was coughing pretty hard for a couple minutes or so. All of a sudden I get a sharp pain in the center of my chest. Since then it usually hurts to cough, sneeze, bend backwards, and sometimes breath deeply. Sometimes it's more painful than others. The first time I went to the doctor she just said I hurt myself coughing and I was fine. (didnt do any tests, feel my chest, or anything). Fast forward about a year.... (pain is still going on) ...One night I feel as though I'm having a panic attack, I am nervous and can't sit still and my stomach was hurting very bad. I feel like maybe I need to throw up or go to the bathroom to make myself feel better. Nothing helped. After a couple hours I calmed down enough to fall asleep. That morning I was still feeling the same way (anxious, feeling the need to vomit) and decieded to go to the ER. They did blood work and listened to my stomach to discover that i had a "gurgly" stomach and it just might be a little infection. They gave me something for my nausea and sent me home. A couple of days went by and I hardly felt any better. Second trip to the ER... this time it was more that my breathing felt off. (this is the part where i have a hard time explaining...) I'm not really wheezing or short of breath, but it feels as though something is in my chest or throat. (weird i know) Basically they told me I was having a panic attack and sent me home. But it seems to me like I didnt have a lot of those symptoms..? Just because it had been going on for a couple of days and I wasn't "panicked". Anyway, those ER trips were about 5 months or so ago. Now, I am not the kind of person that goes to the doctor for every ache and pain. Last time (before this episode) I was at the doctor was at least a few years ago for a physical. What scares me about all of this is for about 5 or 6 years I get sharp pains in my chest (around left breast area). sometimes its worse than others and usually lasts for a few minutes at least. these happen once a week... a few times a month... no telling. I had an EKG and it turned out fine. Now I will admit that I have been worrying about this 24/7 and it has really interfered with my life. So I know that stress/anxiety COULD be a part of this, but all of this pain started way before (obviously) I was anxious. So of course I am thinking all of the worst things possible- cancer, blood clots, a tumor from somewhere else that broke off into my chest... etc. (a lot of internet searching).
Thank you for taking the time to read this novel!! Apologies for it being so long, I am just tired of dealing with this. Forgot to add- I am a 23 year old female and do not really have any constant stress in my life right now.