Hello all! I started Lions Mane (Real Mushrooms brand) a couple of months ago for the benefits I've read about. Nothing odd or significant happened. I actually have more energy in general and don't get tired during the day.

But right now I am in a process of elimination phase of trying to figure out what is happening to me since the docs can't figure it out.

I'd started having chest pains a couple of weeks ago but this isn't something unusual for me as an occasional thing. Having a mother who worked in open heart for 25 years, I often run things last her and trouble shoot and also realize that chest pain does not always mean heart attack.

I also tend to be sensitive to medications and have a list of them that I can't take because of reactions they can cause me.

Anyway, two days before Thanksgiving, I went to the ER with classic heart attack symptoms. I am 49 and female. The ER is the last place wanna be, I downplay health issues cuz I don't want to waste time on what ends up being "nothing". Plus, I knew it would interfere with what I needed to do for Thanksgiving. I only say all of this to impress upon you that for me to go to the ER with this means that I felt something was really off.

Long story short, they found nothing. They actually kept me overnight despite all my labs and EKG and everything else being absolutely fine. They did a stress test the next day which also found nothing. Yet the entire time, these chest pains ebbed and flowed through the middle, and left side of my chest, in my shoulder and down my arm. Pain was about a 3, so not severe. The only thing I took in hospital was nitro, Aspirin, ibuprofen, and they gave me an IV antacid just in case it was gastro related (didn't help). They checked for blood clots, took Xrays, all fine.

So they released me with a diagnosis of unstable angina and the doc said "probably anxiety". Which....I am certain it is NOT anxiety. But their data says I'm fine, so I was told to follow up with my PCP (which I am doing) to explore further.

This chest pain has continued unabated everyday since then. It increases during activity. At night when I am at rest and sleeping, it goes away mostly. Then returns when I get up and start moving.

So I began thinking, I need to stop my supplements for now and see if this pain dissipates. Most everything I've been taking for quite awhile with no effects. The Lions Mane is the only thing I've added recently.

So my question is, has anyone else had heart related issues happen while on LM? Tell me your story.

TL;DR: Bullet Points

• Started taking Lions Mane (Real Mushrooms brand) a couple of months ago
• Started experiencing chest pains a couple of weeks ago
• Went to the ER with claasic heart attack symptoms but all tests came back normal
• Chest pain continues everyday, increases during activity
• Considering stopping the Lions Mane supplement to see if the pain goes away
• Asking if anyone else has experienced heart-related issues while taking Lions Mane

Edited for :typos