Bonnibelle
10-07-13, 18:46
I'm really getting upset and scared about the palpitations I'm getting and I need some words of wisdom to help. I posted on he palps section but got very little response so I hope it's ok to ask here with it being busier and a forum I use often.
I had a horrible turn one evening in February this year which landed me in an ambulance. My heart was 160 and I ha palps, it was determined I had panicked but I had been on the drug Dosulepin a month which can cause a fast hear rate so they took me off it. I had an ECG in January before the event and one in the ambulance that night, I was told both were fine and to just feel reassured it was due to the meds. I had been suffering with palpitations alot whilst on the drug and soon after stopping it they went. In the last 2 months though I'm having them daily, my GP told me they were just due to anxiety earlier this year. This week I'm having them every night as soon as I sit down to rest. It ruins my evening as I sit there all night worrying I'm going to have so many they won't stop and I will end up in hospital and suffering for agoraphobia that isn't something I'd find easy.
When I get them they are like either a thud in the chest that takes my breath away or flutters at the base of my throat in the centre. They terrify me, it's just a fear of them not stopping. I wish they'd stop:blush:
I've been feeling much better, I've been fighting anxiety, panic and agoraphobia after my brother attacked me 10 months ago. I've come on so much so this is just making me feel low again.
I'm going to see my GP next Friday, I rarely go now but I feel I have to, to get some reassurance about these. It's a long wait and I am scared what he will say. I don't want beta blockers, just want to not be scared of them and to know what's causing them. Can anyone help?
I had a horrible turn one evening in February this year which landed me in an ambulance. My heart was 160 and I ha palps, it was determined I had panicked but I had been on the drug Dosulepin a month which can cause a fast hear rate so they took me off it. I had an ECG in January before the event and one in the ambulance that night, I was told both were fine and to just feel reassured it was due to the meds. I had been suffering with palpitations alot whilst on the drug and soon after stopping it they went. In the last 2 months though I'm having them daily, my GP told me they were just due to anxiety earlier this year. This week I'm having them every night as soon as I sit down to rest. It ruins my evening as I sit there all night worrying I'm going to have so many they won't stop and I will end up in hospital and suffering for agoraphobia that isn't something I'd find easy.
When I get them they are like either a thud in the chest that takes my breath away or flutters at the base of my throat in the centre. They terrify me, it's just a fear of them not stopping. I wish they'd stop:blush:
I've been feeling much better, I've been fighting anxiety, panic and agoraphobia after my brother attacked me 10 months ago. I've come on so much so this is just making me feel low again.
I'm going to see my GP next Friday, I rarely go now but I feel I have to, to get some reassurance about these. It's a long wait and I am scared what he will say. I don't want beta blockers, just want to not be scared of them and to know what's causing them. Can anyone help?