malachite1976
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Out of the blue, I get these REALLY strong, sharp pains in the center of my chest like something's squeezing my heart. Taking a few deep, slow breaths normally calms them. Any ideas what could be causing them? I get them when I lay down at night, sitting and watching TV with my kids, and during any other normal activity. I don't even have to be active and they hit me suddenly with no warning. I'm on Blood Pressure Medicine w/Dieuretic due to my hormones raising my levels (I'm Polycystic and on BC pills for the hormones and they caused alot of fluid retention and swelling...which caused my blood pressure to elevate slightly...funfunfun) and went through 4 EKG's and that horrid EchoCardiogram where they tried to kill me on the treadmill and gave me medication to make my heart race. The result were all fine and the cadiologist tried to tell me it was all in my head. I'm an at-home-Mom of 3 kids and our home is rather stressful right now, but this has been going on for over a year now. Any ideas folks?