I’ll preface this by saying I’ve been to the ER and all heart/lung issues were ruled out. This pain isn’t caused by anxiety, but not knowing what it is is getting very stressful so I wanted to turn here. 

I had a nightmare last night that I had chest pain, and woke from it with chest pain. Kind of a rhythmic cramping, like a tightening right across my chest that came and went. Not too severe, no other symptoms. I decided to head to ER at 2 am and was discharged around 8 am. Made a follow up appt with my GP for tomorrow afternoon. 

It’s about 16 hours since it started and the cramping is still there, most on my right side now—all of the pain falls within the front/side parts of my ribs that a sports bra would cover. 

I’ve googled (I know, I know) and am wondering if I have a bruised rib or costochondritis maybe? It’s so odd to me to have these little cramps come fairly regularly for this long (and no other symptoms, no injury). I know no one here can diagnose me, but maybe someone has words of encouragement? Idk, it’s just frustrating. 

Thanks for reading 🙂