cant sleep and chest pain

[Iron Ranger]

Sleep is a multipurpose cure. It seems that when I have a bad headache or an ailing muscle or even the flu, sleep is what works.

And saunas, lots of time in a sauna always puts me out.

 

[RangerFabWorks]

i had this same thing about 6 months ago. i have a lot of stress in my life. and i guess i ate a candy bar a day. and i took some of those 5-hour energy shots.

i guess the stress. and the shots got to me. cause every night, i woke up to what i thought was a heart attack.

the pain in my chest was so unbearable that i almost drove myself to the e.r. mind you, im 18, a little over weight, nothing terrible. work hard everyday, and usually sleep pretty good.

turns out that i was having a caffine overload. and a major stress overload. cause i cut the shots, and some friends, and now i sleep no problem.

i still would like to know what the hell caused me all that pain though. it was so bad that it locked my upper body. i couldnt move. i didnt have pain in my left arm when it did happen, so i didnt think it was a heart attack.

my blood pressure is a little high, but that runs in my family.

(jim gaffigan) very weird (jim gaffigan)

 

[PaleBlue90]

well i slept last night. idk what it was, hopefully i can sleep again last night. i didnt take anything last night...i did have a break down and punched a big hole in my wall......stupid move on my part....

 

[adsm08]

sometimes you just gotta let the pressure blow.

When I was younger I used to have a lot of anger control issues, to the point where one day at school i walked into the cafeteria, grabbed a kid by the throat, and started slamming his head against the table for looking over my shoulder while i opened my locker. I also had some pretty massive insomnia issues.

Back then I thought I was always pissed off because I couldn't sleep, but I didn't start sleeping well until I got the anger under control.

Anger = stress on the body and mind,

maybe that was your problem.

 

[Jason]

The chest pain sucks. I get it from time to time but am afraid to go to the doctors for fear of losing my CDL and my job if it is heart related. lol.. Isn't health insurance and DOT laws a bitch?

 

[PaleBlue90]

sometimes you just gotta let the pressure blow.

When I was younger I used to have a lot of anger control issues, to the point where one day at school i walked into the cafeteria, grabbed a kid by the throat, and started slamming his head against the table for looking over my shoulder while i opened my locker. I also had some pretty massive insomnia issues.

Back then I thought I was always pissed off because I couldn't sleep, but I didn't start sleeping well until I got the anger under control.

Anger = stress on the body and mind,

maybe that was your problem.

i once beat up a kid in middle school for saying hi to me.... i was on meds till i was 15 and i stopped takeing them, i went cold turkey. i learned how to deal with my anger issues. idk what the deal was

 

[TheBeast]

Being suspended from school and almost expelled every year for fighting I know what you mean. I was like 10 and they put me in therapy, but it was ill-placed as alot of my anger was just normal and each time I beat someones ass I had good reason. Got to love public school

 

[adsm08]

i once beat up a kid in middle school for saying hi to me.... i was on meds till i was 15 and i stopped takeing them, i went cold turkey. i learned how to deal with my anger issues. idk what the deal was

Thats pretty much what I did about it too. After I stopped we realized that one of the meds I'd been on for ADD was actually making my anger issues worse!!

 

[93rangerXLT4x4]

you sound like me... i cant sleep worth the shit either.. usually its 2-5am when i get to sleep.

i cant usually sleep too well either especially before big trips.. dad and i went to alberta canada november 14th to pick up some goats, well shit the night before i couldnt sleep for the life of me. we left at 2am, i got up at 1am made coffee, had a cup then we hit the road, about 5am i drove for about 30kms. we stopped got some diesel and a coffee hit the road again.. about 6:15am i forced myself to sleep for about a half hour, then i drove for about 3 hours, got the goats, and i slept a whopping 45 mins on the way home wow.. haha flipping ridiculous... i drove about halfway home..

we went to airdrie (its a 7 hour drive one way from my house).. it was stupid.. i was awake for about 30 hours that day.. i dont take any pills or anything to sleep.. beer for me helps.. drink at least a 6 pack in a sitting and i'll sleep good. no i dont get drunk off only 6 beers lol

 

[TheBeast]

You do know theres only 24 hours in a day right 93ranger? lol

 

[PaleBlue90]

Thats pretty much what I did about it too. After I stopped we realized that one of the meds I'd been on for ADD was actually making my anger issues worse!!

2 of the ones i was on, when mixed together can cause me too see things and lose my mind. i guess like trippin drugs, i couldve lost my mind. there have been people that mixed those meds, "tripped" and offed thereselfs

 

[fireguy12117]

I never had outward physical signs like you had originally mentioned, but i go through bouts of similar things and basically it can all be summed up as stress. sleeplessness, anger, anxiety were my outward signs i suppose, but anytime i get stressed i feel one or all of those. with the help of someone very important to me i just completed over 2 years of regular therapy with a shrink. stress will never go away, the world we live in today is far far to complicated, however the way a person deals and responds is controllable. id say it was less an issue of yes or no your going nuts with 2 years of therapy, but more a process of learning what makes me tick. i had some traumatic times early in life and it put me in a position to not deal with reality too well, but i never knew the difference! i was always pissed at something never knowing what it was but always feeling restless, sleepless, anxious, angry...pile on starting a career, buying a house, trying to just remain stable and it got way over my head really fast.

between the therapy, eating a better diet, exercise, and as mentioned i keep journals or write lists, i've managed to feel much more in control lately and not lay there staring into the dark for hours and hours wondering what the in the world is wrong. multivitamins, tea, better diet, and knowing why i react the way i do to things has made me much more capable of controlling the reactions and in the long run has reduced stress, reduced all the other things.

i firmly believe in something like herbal therapy and making sure you have a balanced diet. seems like too many doctors just 'plug' you into something and expect a result when it could just be your not getting enough vitamin C or something dumb like that.

sorry for the ramble- i just feel your pain. for nearly 20 years i dealt with a monkey on my back that i never knew was there that caused a lot of sleepless nights.

 

[93rangerXLT4x4]

You do know theres only 24 hours in a day right 93ranger? lol

haha why yes i do.. so that would mean i was up for over a day.. haha

 

[PaleBlue90]

well i stepped on a scale today and ive lost 15 pounds. i slept for a little while last night (about 4 hours) but im not tired tonight