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Are you me? I have the exact same symptoms, especially the left arm pain and panic attacks. Full heart checkup and nothing was found to be wrong but I always suspected it had to do with my nervous system.

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Yup, that sounds like a badly wired myocardial pain circuit.

There are well known instances, like the Markus-Gunn syndrome where the mastication commands projects onto eyelid muscles. Similar bugs may occur in other circuits.

https://youtu.be/g7e2rFua0Sw?t=7s

You should read about TMS by John Sarno (see divided mind). Maybe it can help you too like it helped me. Your symptoms sound a lot like it but ofcourse you need to read it and decide.

Not the original grandfather, but I'm a fellow migraineur. I read Sarno's book, and found it to be unhelpful. From what I remember, the gist of it is that "unresolved emotions" cause a great deal of physical problems in some patients. That's not a theory I'm willing to trust.

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