Burping, Chest Pain, arm numbness, and hand and finger tingl

What did ur test results show?

Has anyone with these symptoms been diagnosed with anything yet? I'm going through this right now. Just spent the night n ER hooked to a heart monitor for the tingling and chest pains. They told me everything was fine must have been anxiety but it's not. It was different.

I am happy to share my experience, with the caveat that its cause may be different from yours. Hopefully, this will help someone, though.

I'm a 36 YO male, with no history of diagnosed chronic illness. I've been following this thread since soon after it started, and the headline symptoms have come and gone for me over the last six years, with two ER visits and a suggestion that it was anxiety-related.

For the same time period, I have also had a prescription for either alprazolam (Xanax) or lorazepam (Ativan)—both benzodiazepines—for use as needed in occasional treatment of insomnia.

It took me a very long time to notice the pattern—until this spring I never took either medicine for more than three or four consecutive days—but in hindsight this suite of symptoms would always flare for me a day or two after I had stopped taking one of the benzodiazepines.

Importantly, the symptoms would always resolve for me between a few days and a month after my last dose. I still didn't make the connection until:

Last winter, unable to sleep with a three month sinus infection, I asked my doctor if I could take Ativan to help me sleep. I took it for three weeks, and about a week in had the most intense flare-up of these symptoms I'd ever experienced.

I asked my doctor, who suggested it was anxiety—and to take more Ativan, if it helped. It did help, but not because I was suffering from anxiety.

I was experiencing inter-dose withdrawals from the medication. Not knowing this, and the sinus infection having abated, I left for vacation without my Ativan.

A day later I was in the ER again, with our symptoms dialed to eleven, plus weak limbs, pins and needles, and what felt like intense adrenaline surges. All these normal.

I continued to get progressively worse while the doctors as Cedars Sinai (where I'd been admitted) couldn't figure it out. I started vomiting up any food I ate, and I couldn't walk without holding on to a nurse.

Alone with my iPad and terrified, I researched my way to the conclusion that I was hypersensitive to benzodiazepines and had developed an acute physical—definitely not psychological; I've always the way the drugs made me feel—dependency on them.

I managed to convince the hospitalist to give me 1/2 an Ativan—if dependence or anxiety, it would help, if not, at least we'd know.

My symptoms were about 75% better in an hour, and got precipitously worse again when the drug began to wear off.

Quick ending: This was last April. I came home, found a physician specializing in iatrogenic drug dependency (one caused by my use of the medicine as prescribed, with no abuse) who confirmed that benzodiazepine hypersensitivity and withdrawal were my problem, switched under his guidance to a long-acting benzodiazepine (more stable in the body), and began a slow taper off the medicine.

I have not had these symptoms since a week after switching medicines, and I have felt progressively better as I've gotten lower on my dose. No anxiety, no trouble sleeping, no anything.

If you're on or have been on benzodiazepines, it might be worth exploring if your symptoms are related to them.

There are many online resources for assisting in getting off benzodiazepines. Just Google "benzo withdrawal."

Further, I wanted to add what one physician later mentioned: The symptoms of benzodiazepine hypersensitivity and withdrawal are neurological and related to GABA system dysfunction. GABA is a primary inhibitory neurotransmitter in our bodies (Google it!).

There are countless GABA receptors in our guts. Alongside the drug taper, I was also advised to take a strong probiotic to help my stomach, etc. recover. My GERD, diarrhea, and other GI symptoms have gone along with the rest, but it's unclear if the probiotic helped in that area, too.

I'm happy to offer any further information I have. Cheers!

"All these normal" above should be "All tests normal."

Your not alone I'm going Through the same thing and it will not go away I went to go get an EKG H pylori test and everything came out okay and taking antibiotics and medication for my heartburn it feels like if I'm going to get a heart attack I think I have to change my diet.

Hi, i've been experiencing similar symptoms in the last 3 years. I was diagnosed with laryngopharyngeal reflux (acid reflux) sometime in 2013. I was advised to take pantoprazole which worked pretty well. However the acid reflux goes on and off due to my anxiety disorder that has gone really worse. When i am stressed the symptoms come back and make me really sick.. I experience numbness in my left arm, sharp shooting pain in my chest, shoulders and back, constant burping, dizziness, indigestion. It feels like i am going to have a heart attack. When i had a 2d echo in 2013, they found out that i have mild pulmonary hypertension. Doctor said that it was insignificant and does not necessarily mean i have a heart problem nor getting an attack soon. I still couldn't remove my doubts though, but I had to put my mind at ease to prevent more anxiety attacks. As i write this comment, I am feeling tingling sensations on my left fingers and shooting pain on my chest, but i couldnt be bothered.. I've had this symptoms for quite a while and i have learned to deal with it. I will still consult a cardiologist soon to make sure I am alright.

Yeah I get the Meth burps everytime. I cannot stand it

Jim,
I will bet dollars to donuts this is GERD. I am 38 and when I was 32 I had right shoulder pain and neck pain that would come and go. Doc told me it is acid. Apparently the esophagus is attacked to hundreds of nerves that radiate around the upper chest and neck. The I rr it's to manifests as a pain in these areas.

I have much the same thing but I get pain in the chest and upper back part of both my arms,I get giddy, hot and sweaty. The pain is near unbearable at times and I think Im going to pass out. Im on some pills that work OK Esomeprazole 1 a day. If an attack comes on I quickly mix up some bicarbonate of soda and drink that while standing up for a few minutes and it gradually fades away. I think its to do with bacteria in the stomach. Theres a treatment called triple therapy its 3 types of antibiotics that you take to kill hepta something or other, Its a bacteria that causes ulcers, a doctor called Marshall received a Nobel prize for its discovery.I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow so Ill probably be put on it then.

Wow. I can't believe how many other people have these symptoms.
I went to the Emergency Room a few weeks ago with a stabbing pain in my chest, and numbness in my left arm. I got a full work up and ECG and they found nothing. I was put on Omeprazole, and it seems to do nothing at all. Even now I seem to get a burning or sometimes a cold (minty?) feeling in my chest or stomach area, and I've had both my arms get numb. It really scares the c**p out of me. I have an appointment for a Endoscopy on my upper GI, so hopefully it gives some results. Very scary.

Ohhh.


Went thru exact same thing...about 2 months ago.
I visited sp. Doc for nerves and psychiatry.
He told me that I was held by first panic attack(that thud feeling) and with continues with anxiety.
He also tole me its treatable ND he did.
He prescribed be Tofisopam-a non addictive benZo with propranolol. Both very mild.

That sh*t dizzy feeling continued for 14-15 days. But then slowely I went away within 15 days..


But the greatest thing he told me and what I feel made me good is that he told most of the people with anxiety suffers bcoz they have less physical activity according to his exp...so I started jogging for 30 min everyday.....and man it made wonders to me.

I was slow ND dump from last 3 years...but running made me feel good.

Also this tingling feeling in shoulder and arm is bcoz of heavy acidity levels in your blood.stay away from acidicts..no alcohol for a month.

All 3 steps and within 25 days....I was back in life..

Yes all of these seem to be gastrointestinal related but I am a female that has particularly not just pain under the left breast and extending out towards the back and arm but also total lack of energy or concentration. Heart attack heart condition breast cancer. Is this feasible because I don't think just GER D covers all of this

You are different. Your family history of heart attacks is concerning. Keep nitro in hand and find another doctor. Eat well and exercise moderately.

The rest of us are likely experiencing back pain degeneration or other issues pressing on nerves. I've got all those symptoms, done the tests and diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy. Unknown cause. I need an MRI.

Hey everyone,
20 y/o male here, so relieved to see I'm not alone.

About three weeks ago I started getting a pain in my chest (relieved via belching), tingling in my fingers, some back pains, and a rapid pulse. I "naturally" thought I was having a heart attack (Google can be the worst thing sometimes) and went to a doctor. They took my blood pressure, which was fine. Rapid pulse and tingling hands put down to panic. Doc listened to my chest, told me I was "a bit chesty" and prescribed me something for that. Then he had me lay down, pressed into my abdomen (which hurt a bit) and asked me if I could "feel the fluid going down" when drinking a glass of water. I told him I could (which had been going on for a while) and he prescribed me something for acid reflux.

Since then, the feelings have returned (esp. the tingling hands) occasionally, but not nearly as bad. Googled "hypochondria" 'cuz someone told me I was being crazy about - I was bloody ticking boxes through reading the Wiki article.

I've come to the conclusion that I probably do have some acid reflux problem, along with stress/anxiety (it's telling, as someone reminded me later, that I had two fairly big assignments due in college the week this all started). I'm gonna visit another doctor this week and explain what's going on, and see if he can help.

In the meantime, I've been making some lifestyle changes. No alcohol, no chocolate, no acidic/citrus fruits, more walking, sleeping with my head/neck in an elevated position, taking time out to breathe/meditate, not lying down immediately after meals, and drinking more water. This all seems to be helping.

Will post here again with an update, but I'm interested to hear how others are doing! Also, if anyone has some good tips for reducing stress and preventing panic that'd be great. Good luck, everyone!

Hi I use a product called ENO, it's the only thing that helps me, you can get it at a pharmacy or in shops. It helps heartburn and indigestion