Miss,
All I can say is WOW!! You and I are soooo alike. I, too, worry about diseases, I've had every test done, I am always aching somewhere, my stomach is always bloated, I have severe heartburn, and I used to have chest pains and palpitations daily. I am also only 23 years old and going to college full-time. All I can say is that I have gotten better. I used to look up every physical symptom on the internet and that only fueled the fire. I started worrying I had this disease or that disease. I now refuse to search the internet when I feel bad or when my anxiety is really high because I know it will only make my anxiety worse. This has helped me tremendously. I also no longer suffer from daily chest pains and heart palpitations. For the heart palpitations, I actually started taking a magnesium supplement, 250 mg twice a day, and this seemed to do the trick because I rarely have them anymore and I used to have several major ones a day. But you have to understand that when our bodies are under intense stress, palpitations are a normal bodily response and don't necessarily mean that something is wrong with your heart (it took me several cardiologist visits and EKG's to come to this conclusion). As for my chest pains, I was hyperventilating and breathing improperly and this caused my chest pains, especially during panic attacks. Now I just do breathing techniques and don't experience chest pains anymore. I still suffer from my anxiety and I still worry alot and I still get afraid that I am going to let it beat me. But when I look back on this past year, I have gotten a lot better as far as palpitations, chest pains, hyperventilation, dizziness. I still suffer from occasional symptoms but things have gotten better. Thanks for making me realize that ;). I've been having a tough time lately with struggling with having to go back to class after our winter break so it is good to see that things have only gotten better. Good luck and know that things will get better for you.
