r/HeartAttack•
_LySa

Could this be a sign that I’ll have a heart attack? :((

// female, 20 years old, 5’5, 112 lbs \

Im terrified. Can’t sleep due to anxiety because of this. I’ve been dealing with shortness of breath and chest pain that feels like heartburn for around 2 weeks now. At first, the heartburn feeling wasn’t bad and I only got it like 2 times. Went days without it. Doesn’t happen when I eat. Then, around thanksgiving I got it quite bad and couldn’t sleep at all. Changing positions didn’t help. After that, I kept getting slight heartburn on and off. I also get pressure in my chest but it’s never too bad. I also started feeling weak lately and sometimes my left arm will feel a bit sore and sometimes shoulders and back. It sometimes feels like I have something right under my ribs and I could really feel it when I walked or stretched. I don’t always feel that though. I also get headaches a lot, some that stay for a bit. Just overall not feeling right. chest never hurts when I press on it

I’ve been to the ER on the 3rd of this month and ecg looked fine as well as chest X-ray. This doesn’t mean I’m totally fine though, right? There might be something not being detected.

Actually, around march last year, when I was 19, I’ve had chest discomfort and shortness of breath as well. Lasted end of march and all of April. Not heartburn though. It was all pressure. I’ve had ecgs done, chest X-rays, and even a holter monitor for 3 days and all was good. Went a whole year without anything going on, until now.

I should note that I’m very inactive and never workout or exercise. I also am usually always sitting or lying down because I have no life 😍 so a sedentary lifestyle. I also eat very little and very poorly, lots of junk food and salty, sugary foods. Like that was my entire diet pretty much until recently. I’ve started eating healthier so there’s that I guess. Need to work on the exercise though but I’m scared to right now because I don’t want anything bad to happen 😭😭 oh and I have very bad social anxiety and stress badly 24/7 if that has anything to do with anything. I have no insurance until like February so can’t do much about my health because I’m so broke.

(And now there’s a stomach flu going around my house so that makes it even harder to tell if I’m having a heart attack😭😭)

Prayers would be nice!!! ❤️ thank you :’)

Posted Dec 10, 2025, 2:51 AM UTC

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