This type of thing was at the onset of my recent problems, beginning on December 24 last year. I started with a crick in my neck, then it began stretching down my arms and into my chest. I don't have the headache part as often, but I have the muscle soreness.
I waited until that Friday, and the pain was still bad, a squeezing pain in my left arm that made me worry about my heart (I have high blood pressure as well, which doesn't help). My doctor suggested I go to the ER, just to be safe, and they did several tests, and said I probably had a pinched nerve. But after that episode, I've been having panic attacks, sometimes all day, almost every day since. I had about 10 days that were good, and then a couple days ago they came back in a bad way :mad:
I hope you feel better. I don't know why we have to go through this. People without this problem, though trying to help, often say things like "just don't think about that" when I tell them what's bothering me. Even my wife, who has depression problems of her own, sometimes gets upset when I'm like this and don't want to be teased or played around with. She thinks I'm "whining," when I say I'm really feeling panicky and don't need the stimulation of tickling or a mock pout over what we're having for dinner.
