feeling like i'm being squashed

[Ploppy1999]

i keep feeling like im being squashed like someone is sitting on my chest, it doesn't last long and my heart rate doesn't increase. I feel no other pain like in my arms or my jaw so quite sure it's not a heart attack! only just started happening friend of mine said it might be a panic attack but i am not worried about anything. any ideas it's not pleasant.

[shylock73]

I`d most certainly get checked out by your GP, asap, just to be on the safe side.

[Ploppy1999]

yeah i have an appointment booked

[Ice.Maiden]

Could be a type of indigestion, but any constrictive feeling around the chest should be investigated. x

[*Princess*]

Could be a number of things, asthma, panic attack, indigestion...but you're doing the right thing about going to your GP, they'll be able to offer you advice and help you get better :o)

[Ice.Maiden]

Just noticed you've got an appointment booked, Ploppy. Best way, even though it'll probably turn out to be nothing serious.
Hi Prioncess - Legend - x

[Ice.Maiden]

OOPS! Sorry about the typing.

[Hermia]

A chest infection can feel like pressure on the chest.

[mandimoo]

something like this happened to me once. i was lying in bed dozing and i 'went flat' thats the only way i could describe it. it was like id been squashed to a sheet of paper for 1 second, my breath was caught, and then 'ping' back again, completely normal, no pain, nothing. its so inexplicable!

[bubbles4920]

could be stress, i used to get this kind of feeling, are you worked up about something?

[blondie83]

This started happening to me aswell. It got to the stage that i couldnt actually breathe. My GP just kind of...well....did nothing. anyways, so i started making notes and realised that it only happened when i was drinking alcohol, and i narrowed it down, and noticed that it only happened when i drank alcopops.(blue WKD's ect) which is strange because iv been drinking them for years and never had a problem. so now i can only have one and i have to go on to somethin else! I spoke to a friend of mine who has the same propblem. Maybe this is what it could be with you?.....

[ermintrude35]

ploppy you don't mention (as does mandimoo) if this happens while in bed ..if so then you may find this rather interesting...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

[cuddleMe]

ploppy

ive had experiencing the same symptoms for many years, its not all the time though. i went to see my doc but they always say its just due to stress and anxiety and nothing to worry about. just take it easy.