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Alroy

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Joined: 11 Jul 2007
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Location: Australia
Chest Pain
Posted: 07-11-07 17:56pm

Hi,
I work in sales and have been woking hard for 2 years in a sales role where I talk to poeple all day and manage others in a very busy environment. 18 months ago I had pain in my throat brought on by stress and now the pain has ingrained itslef in my left chest. The pain is constant and sometimes agony to lay down at night. The pain can also spread to my middle back. My sternom can be very tender to touch and coughing and sneezing very painful with a kind of snapping or clicking of my ribs when I do.
I do not belive it is my heart but am convinced it is from being under constant stress and presuure. I have a history of addiciton and have been abstinent for 7 years but my addiciton can play out in other areas such as work. I have taken on a new role that is not face to face sales and frontline management, but the pressure still gets to me.
Does anyone have any experience of recovering from this? I would appreciate any techniques, books, courses, medication that I could try to help me move forward and recover. I have to be really careful with mood altering medication due to my addictive nature.
Thank god for this site too as this is the first place I have read about poeple with similar experiences.
Cheers,
Alroy
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The Ginger 1

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Joined: 09 Jul 2007
Posts: 556
Location: Loony-tune-land, England

Posted: 07-11-07 18:40pm

Hi Alroy

You like to be busy and you are a dedicated member of your team at work. For you to relax your body, will probably counteract the stress you are contantly putting your body and mind thru.... I'm not telling you to give up work or take time off, perhaps you could speak to your bosses, line manager, and request that due to some work stress, you'd need to take less responsibilty, just try it for a couple of months .... I've not been stressed to your extreme, however, I have been depressed thru work, I try and listen to good music, sing along if it helps you relax, eat plenty veg n fruit .. talking this thru with a supportive boss may help them help you...
Good luck and remember to breath and take a step back from it for a bit.....
Angie
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