Shifting chest pains

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A slight history first. Some time around last year I had a mild chest pain. This was around the time I was a member to a jym, which my new unemployement put to a stop, as expected. I sipped some alcahol moderatly, and about two days later I was in the kitchen of my apartment when I felt this soft, steady, and slow 'squish' inside my left chest area. This isn't far from where my heart is. After that, it stopped hurting for sometime, till recently, when I went back to the tred mill one time and walked for two miles.

The morning after I did the walk, I woke up with a really good pain in the base of my chest area, on the left side, and just under the ribs. Not in the middle. I took light breaths till the pain went away. Once again, alcahol seems to lighten this minor 'ouch' feeling. I don't have to be numb or drunk for it to do this, just take reasonable sips of it, and it seems to have gotten better. Well, I started to sleep on the other side of my body, and the pain has shifted to my right back side. It feels like a muscle sprain, but this morning I had my mother dig in, and no muscles popped or felt like they were the spot. It felt deeper.

This is really strange, because I went to sleep, sure the pain was stopped. My mother told me "Oh it's not possible for a clott to move from one side to the other." Why is it not possible? I'm not fakeing, but at least it hurts alot less, now. I do happen to be a game addict, so a clot or the like would be quite possible or plausable. I don't know what I should get x-raied. My bones, my lungs, my veins... My blood, period? I wander if coffie doesn't have something to do with it.

I sometimes have pains that seem to move around a bit and that also vary in intensity, and I believe they come from some overall stress and being too sedentary. A good doctor might be able to pinpoint one or more of them for you, but I would try getting back to some regular exercise. I had a heart attack 10 years ago, and I felt great for the next few years while regularly getting on my stationary bike and doing some pedaling ... and I am sure that is a large part of what could make a significant difference once again.

If you're a game addict, the pain may be related to the way that you sit at your computer, especially if your posture is bad.

Did the shift in pain coincide with a change in the side you lean on when playing games?

Yes, any of those would make sence.

Fear of failure. Recently, it's been causeing me to feel plenty of stress, sleeping trouble, and heavy self-loathing. Being employed would actualy not help if I am working to serve the public with my speech issues.

Ok I wander now if I'm more stressed than I think. Yes, this place has a jym. I can't stand it when people see me in there. I'm going to have to go in there when they are sleeping. The equipment isn't very good either.

I've had shifting chest pains sounding like that on and off for decades. Early on I got checked out heart-wise and all was fine. In my case it is definitely stress / anxiety / depression. Thankfully they're pretty rare for me nowadays.

Are you eating a lot of trans fat? Make sure you keep your saturated fat intake within sight of the recommended daily allowance and avoid any trans fat whenever possible. I have a pinpoint of pain on the right side of my chest if I eat anything with trans fat in it. If I exercise, keep my saturated fat intake within sight of the recommended daily allowance of no more than 20 grams per day and avoid all trans fat, I have no symptoms.

Definitely get any chest pains checked by a doctor, it may be something
minor like a pinched nerve in your spine, or it could be a heart issue.
You could have walking pneumonia, which may cause similar pain

Am I the only one here under 30 (in fact under 20) who has experienced chest pains before? I don't think mine was anything serious, they just come and go.

i got them really bad for a short while. i think it was just anxiety or stress. now that i know that i can help counteract them better. I did have this disgusting brown squidgy bruise just over my heart but i think that was from carrying all my furniture up 4 flights of stairs. I did freak out for a few days though.

I would say you should get it checked out. Good luck