I?m a middle age guy, mid 40?s, been partying for 10 years.. Used to do blow every Sat night.. Eventually stopped that due to hard recovery as I get older.. Then was turned onto Ecstasy for past couple yrs.. Again, only on Sat. nights usually in a night club downtown with large groups of other partiers.. Then stopped that mid last year when I found Ketamine.. After K there was no point in anything else for me.. again, just weekend worrier..
**AND THEN**This past NYE I took an ecstasy tab (Not sure which one, was a red BAR) at the club and experienced extreme tenseness in my chest, back, and mostly deep in my left armpit.. I really thought I was having a heart attack.. Due to embarrassment I went home to calm down and took an Ambien (my prescribed sleeping pill) and the pain went away within minutes.. The next morning the same symptoms returned.. Of course Like everyone says, once you feel that feeling you become scared, and it seems to get worse.. My girl takes Xanax for anxiety so I took 1/4 of the bar and the feelings went away again.. This went on for weeks at least 3 times a day so I decided to go to the hospital. They did an ECG, Blood work, chest x-ray, All the test came back NEG and they told me I'm suffering from anxiety that brings on panic attacks. Now I know I never had this problem until after I took that pill that night and the fact that I work out in the gym daily, run 3 miles, 4 times a week.. and don?t stress about anything UNTIL now of course, Seems odd to just come down with this?
Even though the Doctors told me I'm completely healthy, better than most... I still 3 months later get tension in and around my chest and the deep pain in my left armpit DAILY.. If I take a Xanax it goes away.. I'm still running daily, working out, STOPPED taking any drugs (other than the Ambien for sleep and Xanax to relieve the chest pains.. But my problem persists.. Could this be something like serotonin syndrome? Was it the LUCK of the night that NYE was the final straw so to speak? Any advice of other things I should be looking into, are there specialists that know about this kinds of toxicity situations from long term drug use.. Because I can?t find any.. They all just spit out the pamphlet info and refer me to NA and say stress.. but my GUT is telling me something is happening, maybe not my heart but something isn?t right.. all suggestion stories, ideas, warnings MUCH appreciated.. Thanks in advanced guys,,
Thanks for all your help mate..