For 12 years I've been getting infrequent episodes of pretty intense chest pain that I believe is totally due to anxiety. I went to the energency room the first time, in 2005, and they found nothing wrong with me otherwise. I can go a few months or more in between having one of these "attacks." I have no history of any kind of heart trouble.

I just tell myself that it's all mental and will stop if I relax. It does - in 5 to 25 minutes. The pain is sharp and worsens when I inhale. I can always associate it to something I was worried about. Sometimes it hits when I'm driving the car, and I have to stop and lie down in the back seat.

I'm wondering if there is a med that can stop it immediately? I wonder what others do about chest pain related to anxiety. What brings it on? How often do you get it?