thanks for the info, docs will not tell you more than " here's your perscription" I do know that my bp meds are for my anxiety as well as my blood pressure....but thanks for clarifying that raising my dose will stop my chest pains....I think my anxiety disorder was bought on by the physical palpitations that first started a year ago it scared me and worried me thinking there was something wrong witth my heart so on came the stress of worrying. I take metoporol 100 mg a day..one in the a.m and one at night. I was reading somewhere that it is rare to have chest pains ( angina) without having heart disease, I don't know the truth but my doseage was raised 3 weeks age up from 50mg. and I will see my doc again, she always asks about the chest pains....lately I have been having them a little more than usual. I was taking Atenonol but it was a little pricy so I asked to be switched to metoporol which does the same thing she says. Of course I read everything I can on what I'm dealing with and it sometimes can be to much info, especially the one on "heart attacks" the symptoms that women particularly have and it is so similiar to what I deal with....but I guess it turns out to not be that this time......just now I felt my heart jump in my chest I hate that feeling..it kinda takes my breath away...thanks for the info much appreciated.