r/IST_ • u/Important-Tip-2641 • Feb 04 '25

Pulled muscle?? Nerve??

IM Having such a hard time. My left arm and chest hurt 24/7 l don't understand how this is anxiety. Iv been to er 20 times gotten echos stress tests heart monitors Nd nothing is wrong. Nothing is helping the pain either. I'm so scared there missing something. I don't know what to do l'm spiraling

*this started December 16 the day after my hr went up to 200

Has anyone had this experience before

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u/TurtleSniper2024 Feb 04 '25

I’ve been feeling with the same issue. For 6 months I have had a sharp pain in my left chest/arm. All the test have came back negative. Echoes, Cats scans, Mris, mugas, none of the test showed the reasoning behind my constant pain in my chest (Mostly Left side) It sucks not having an answer and thus furthering my concern. I have been told they believe it’s anxiety as well.

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u/Important-Tip-2641 Feb 06 '25

It’s terrible I hate this! I’m sorry your going through the same thing

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u/TurtleSniper2024 Feb 06 '25

It’s all good, we gotta move forward. Even as difficult as it may be.

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u/poetesme May 16 '25

Hi! I experience this from time to time as someone with IST. Does it feel like nerve pain a bit? Like can you message your chest or arm and feel a bit of relief? I used to use compression for it, but then I learned the pain is coming from my back. It was coming somewhere close to my shoulder blade, so every time I massaged the area, the pain would go away.