Anxiety or something else

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Hi I’ve noticed these last few weeks I’ve got a tight chest, went out yesterday for a short spin to fend off cabin fever and noticed almost instantly a tight feeling in my chest as though I had mucus or something on my chest. as the short ride progressed the feeling didnt subside but I could breathe fine my power and hr was about correct.

I’m putting it down to anxiety as I have had it in the past and with the current situation it seems to match the symptoms of covid, I have no cough or temp and no other reason to think anything is wrong with my health just a constant feeling I need to clear my throat and chest, anyone else had this.
Understand ably I don’t want to bother the doctors as at the moment they are running a very strict appointment for serious cases.

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Many of my colleagues at work are fearing furlough right now and many reports of tight feeling in their chests. Me included from time to time. I had the same feeling years ago during 911 when I was furloughed. And prior to that I felt the same thing when our daughter was fighting for her life in the hospital.

Anyway, if you do a search on anxiety you will find a ton of info better than I can give. In a nut shell hormones dump into the blood to target muscles related to fight or flight response.

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