I've been experience a mild, sharp ache in the left side of my chest, over where my heart is located. I recently starting taking birth control (August 23rd) and heard that chest pain can be a bad side effect. I also started school a week after starting the birth control, and the chest pains did not start until a few days after school had started. I get stressed out very easily and have been under a lot of stress from school. This is my first time back at college in a year. I have experienced this pain before in high school when I was really stressed and anxious (I was not on birth control then). The pain has not increased in intensity, it's just been an on/off ache that feels the same every time. I'm wondering if it's necessary to go see my doctor now or should I wait and see if it goes away as I try and de-stress.