Pulled muscle, panic attack or heart attack

[nenevomito]

I've either pulled a muscle in the left hand side of my chest thats causing pain there and down my arm. This is perfectly possible as I was doing repetitive work on the weekend which could have caused this. Not lifting heavy stuff, just bending and stretching.

I could be having a panic attack. This is also possible. I'm at work, have a project that I estimated would cost around £150k, but they've moved the goalposts and now will cost closer to £250k and there's no money and I need to sort it out (hence my procrastination on Mumsnet this morning - I will deal with it later).

Or the pain in my chest and down my arm could be a heart attack. Kind of possible being an overweight smoker, but I'm not grey faced and can breath, and as I have no other symptoms and can come here and type without keeling over, I suspect not.

Its possibly combination of 1 &2. i.e. I've pulled a muscle in my chest, but with the stress at work and getting the idea into my head that I could be having a heart attack, I'm having a small panic attack.

So, the question is, do I

1. Take ibuprophen as I've pulled a muscle.
   
2. Take diazepam as I'm having a panic attack
   
3. Go to A&E where they will tell me that I've pulled a muscle and am having a panic attack and recommend that I take some ibuprophen and diazepam, OR
   
4. Call my CPN and make it her problem?

[stripeyjimjams]

I know it's a PITA, but how about NHS 24, as it could well be purely physical? Either that or your CPN. And try not to think of it as a heart attack - a friend of mine presented at A+E with your exact symptoms. It was a combination of panic attack and a repetitive strain injury which had just surfaced. Hope you're OK, don't worry.

[nenevomito]

That sounds like a reasonable plan. I've done A&E before with this kind of thing as last time I couldn't breathe but this time s can.

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