rossgirl
25-10-07, 10:08
Hi all,
I was a regular browser and occasional poster on these boards a couple of years ago, as I used to suffer panic attacks and bouts of very fast heartbeats.
They resolved themselves over time, but I have recently started having regular episodes of ectopic beats.
When I had the fast beats before, I was checked out several times by cardiologists, nothing sinister was found and I was sent on my way. Now I don't get the fast beats, just regular, upsetting ectopics, lasting for a few hours at a time. I have been to my GP with these, of course as soon as I arrive and he listens to my heart they stop. Sods law. But he did his best to reassure me that it was nothing to worry about.
When I get them, I am always tired and stressed out. Last week I got them after arriving back in UK after a 9 hour flight from the US, then the morning after, as I guessed my body was all out of kilter. This morning I am having them now, I am sure because of a stressful few days with my partner who is not being very supportive and is unhappy at the moment. This resulted in a minor skirmish this morning, and a few tears on my part. It is also half term, and so having my daughter at home is more stressful then usual.
SO my question is, should I be worried, or does this sound totally benign? Is the stress enough explanation for why these are happening to me? I am quite a highly strung person, it doesn't take much for me to get wound up, and I have a few unresolved issues involving the death of my mother 8 years ago, as in I never grieved...I didn't get the chance being an only child, I had to be there for my father who fell to pieces and constantly told me he was going to kill himself. Fortunately he didn't, but I didn't ever get the chance to feel sorry for myself, and I wonder if this is all coming out now. I feel as if my chest is squashed, and the only way to relieve it is to cry and cry. My partner as I said before is not v supportive, he is a true stiff upper lip type, so I feel as if I may explode if these thoughts don't come out.
Sorry for rambling, it all needs to come out somewhere. Any help gratefully recieved.
Amber.
I was a regular browser and occasional poster on these boards a couple of years ago, as I used to suffer panic attacks and bouts of very fast heartbeats.
They resolved themselves over time, but I have recently started having regular episodes of ectopic beats.
When I had the fast beats before, I was checked out several times by cardiologists, nothing sinister was found and I was sent on my way. Now I don't get the fast beats, just regular, upsetting ectopics, lasting for a few hours at a time. I have been to my GP with these, of course as soon as I arrive and he listens to my heart they stop. Sods law. But he did his best to reassure me that it was nothing to worry about.
When I get them, I am always tired and stressed out. Last week I got them after arriving back in UK after a 9 hour flight from the US, then the morning after, as I guessed my body was all out of kilter. This morning I am having them now, I am sure because of a stressful few days with my partner who is not being very supportive and is unhappy at the moment. This resulted in a minor skirmish this morning, and a few tears on my part. It is also half term, and so having my daughter at home is more stressful then usual.
SO my question is, should I be worried, or does this sound totally benign? Is the stress enough explanation for why these are happening to me? I am quite a highly strung person, it doesn't take much for me to get wound up, and I have a few unresolved issues involving the death of my mother 8 years ago, as in I never grieved...I didn't get the chance being an only child, I had to be there for my father who fell to pieces and constantly told me he was going to kill himself. Fortunately he didn't, but I didn't ever get the chance to feel sorry for myself, and I wonder if this is all coming out now. I feel as if my chest is squashed, and the only way to relieve it is to cry and cry. My partner as I said before is not v supportive, he is a true stiff upper lip type, so I feel as if I may explode if these thoughts don't come out.
Sorry for rambling, it all needs to come out somewhere. Any help gratefully recieved.
Amber.